{"id":5560,"date":"2015-06-12T14:57:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T18:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2015-11-02T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T18:01:33","slug":"blackbird-society-orchestra-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2015\/06\/12\/blackbird-society-orchestra-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Recap: Blackbird Society Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a fantastic concert to kick off our Summer Concert Series<\/a> in Glen Providence Park on Saturday, June 6 with 1920\u2019s Hot Jazz performed by Blackbird Society Orchestra!<\/strong> The authentic arrangements and ebullient performance by the 9-piece, snazzily-dressed band captivated the audience of around 200, as children danced and played in the background. It was a delightful afternoon enjoying music that seemed perfectly suited to\u00a0the 1937 WPA stage.<\/p>\n

Blackbird Society Orchestra<\/a> uses original vintage arrangements to accurately\u00a0and skillfully re-create classic jazz recordings<\/strong> such as Smile When the Raindrops Fall <\/em>and Yes Sir, That\u2019s My Baby. <\/em>They choose songs as fun to hear as their titles are compelling – The Terror, Sugar Foot Stomp<\/em>, and Burnin\u2019 the Iceberg<\/em>. If you google these songs, you are likely to find videos of the 78\u2019s being played on a Victrola \u2013 evoking\u00a0the era when the park was founded.<\/p>\n

The talented Blackbird Society Orchestra:<\/strong>
\nRichard Barnes – guitar, banjo, vocals
\nJoe Strenk – drums
\nMike Hood – bass
\nJeff Hart – sax\/clarinet
\nWalt Blauvelt- sax\/clarinet
\nBill Dibiase – sax\/clarinet
\nRob Ford- trumpet
\nTom Hoey \u2013 trumpet
\nJim Gicking – trombone<\/p>\n

We are grateful to Delaware County Parks & Recreation<\/strong> for working to resurface the 1937 WPA stage for the park\u2019s 80th<\/span><\/span>\u00a0anniversary<\/a><\/strong>. To make the stage usable for the concert, they installed a temporary surface for Blackbird Society Orchestra!<\/p>\n

Many thanks to all who made this concert possible:<\/strong>\u00a0Delaware County Parks & Recreation<\/a><\/strong>, Concert Series Sponsors Media Recreation Board<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Media Rotary Foundation<\/a><\/strong>, Concert Sponsor Seven Stones Cafe<\/a><\/strong>, our volunteers, Marcia Tate for her artful decoration of the stage, the 200 people who attended, our tireless Concert Chair Lisa Johnson, and of course the talented Blackbird Society Orchestra!<\/p>\n

Thank you to George Tate for taking these fabulous photographs – scroll through to see what it was like!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t