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Swing Kings planning Peoria gig next year
Big Band hoping to add concerts soon
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Band members are anxiously looking forward to getting back into music entertainment activities as soon as it would be safe for the performers and audience.”
AZ Swing Kings
IF YOU GO
Who: AZ Swing Kings
When: 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19
Where: Arizona Broadway Theatre, 7701 W. Paradise Lane, Peoria
Tickets: $32-$36, available online in November at azbroadway.org/box-office.
More Information: Visit azswingkings.com or contact Lenny King at 623-388-4858 or len.king@cox.net
Arizona Broadway Theatre 7701 W. Paradise Lane Peoria, AZ
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The AZ Swing Kings big band has scheduled a show in Peoria while waiting for circumstances to allow for other future gigs.
The 18-piece band representing the swing and jazz eras and under the direction of Lenny King, founder and former leader of the Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, will perform 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19 at Arizona Broadway Theatre, 7701 W. Paradise Lane.
“Band members are anxiously looking forward to getting back into music entertainment activities as soon as it would be safe for the performers and audience,” the Kings stated in a news release. “We are hoping to set up some outdoor concerts in the upcoming months, September-October-November. The programs would feature our 18-piece big band with vocalists, performing popular music of the Big Band Era.”
The Peoria concert will feature vocalists Vito Maynes, and also vocalist Bridget Maynes and her pianist/arranger Auggie Mendoza as the “Bridget & “The Aug” duo.
