{"id":8851,"date":"2022-06-07T10:53:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T14:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=8851"},"modified":"2022-06-07T10:57:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T14:57:53","slug":"concert-recap-blackbird-society-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2022\/06\/07\/concert-recap-blackbird-society-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Recap: Blackbird Society Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was a perfect clear and breezy spring evening on June 4 for the Blackbird Society Orchestra<\/a>\u2019s return to the Glen Providence Park. The park\u2019s historic WPA-era stage was absolutely the ideal venue to host Blackbird\u2019s 1930\u2019s era big band jazz and kickoff the Friends of Glen Providence Park\u2019s 2022 Arts in the Park season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening with the theme song from the Little Rascals shorts, the orchestra swung right into Roaring 20\u2019s numbers Happy Days Are Here Again<\/strong> and Bessy Couldn\u2019t Help It<\/strong> \u2013 reproduced note for note from the original 78rpm recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Louis Armstrong 30\u2019s hit Mahogany Hall Stomp<\/strong> and That\u2019s My Baby Now<\/strong> by the The Nighthawk Jazz Band nailed the sound and tempo of the flapper era to a \u201cT\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band, the audience and the glen came together for another beautiful evening of entertaining music here in Everybody\u2019s Park in  Everybody\u2019s Home Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can see\u00a0<\/em>their performance on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0(also linked below) thanks to volunteer Carol Carmon. In ten seasons of concerts, Blackbird Society Orchestra is the first performer we have brought back! You can see photos and a recap from their 2015 concert<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many thanks to all who made this concert possible:<\/strong> Delaware County Parks & Recreation<\/a>; a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts<\/a>; Concert Series Sponsors Media Recreation Board<\/a> and West End Flats<\/a>; Concert Sponsor Shere-E-Punjab Indian Restaurant<\/a>; our volunteer Concert Committee; the well over 250 people who attended; and of course Blackbird Society Orchestra!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our 2022 Arts in the Park was made possible by funding from Program Stream, <\/strong>a grant initiative of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts<\/a> that is regionally administered by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on any photo for a closer look!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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