Sinatra Big Band Birthday Bash

Get Ready to Celebrate the Holiday Season as Mainstage Center For the Arts and Kortair Productions presents “The Sinatra Big Band Birthday Bash,” Sunday, December 14th, from 1- 4 pm, at the beautiful new Stardust Ballroom, on Browning Rd, in Bellmawr, NJ.  Andy Kortman of WNJC1360 and WFYL 1180 will be your host as we mark what would have been Frank’s 93rd Birthday by welcoming The John Hoey Orchestra and vocalist, Rick Anthony, as they showcase the timeless classics made famous by Frank Sinatra. The orchestra will also be joined by the Harmony and Encore Showchoirs in-between acts with an assortment of holiday tunes to liven your holiday spirits.

This is going to be a GREAT party. Door open at 1:00pm. The All New Stardust Ballroom features the largest sprung  dance floor in South Jersey. We will provide some light desserts and coffee, please feel free to bring your own bottle and any addition munchies you may crave. We’re having a party!!!!!! For those who love to dance, you can’t ask for more than Sinatra at the Stardust, but for those who just want to watch a great show, you will be transported back to the supper clubs of the  of the 1940’s with a ringside table. The Stardust is all on one level and  is easily accessible. 

You will also enjoy the holiday sounds of the Harmony and Encore Choirs as they sing and dance in a professionally choreography production. These talented young performers are some of the best that South Jersey has to offer. Harmony recently performed at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World and was featured during the 4th of July Welcome America activities at the foot of the Art Museum in Philadelphia.

All of this for only $25!!!!!!

Lovers of Sinatra’s music know that not only did he sing the best songs from the best composers and lyricists, but he also had the best arrangers. Hearing Sinatra’s music on CD or record is one thing, but to hear it live sends a rush to any lover of the big band sound. There are many Sinatra impersonators around and make no mistake, there was only one Frank Sinatra, and there will never be another. What makes this concert so special is that song stylist Rick Anthony does not try to impersonate Frank Sinatra, but is himself, a wonderful stylist of the classic American standard song. He has performed at private parties as vocalist for both Frank Sinatra, Jr and Nancy Sinatra. At a private party in New York for the Sinatras, Rick seranaded Nancy Sinatra with the song “Someone to Watch Over Me” - a song her dad use to sing to her when she was a little girl. 

The 8-piece John Hoey Orchestra, on the other hand, is an extremely hot band. The music is first class with tight arrangements and virtuoso performances that captures accurately the Sinatra music. This will be a fabulous concert. If you love the sounds of Sinatra, the arrangments of Nelson Riddle, and Quincy Jones, the music and lyrics of Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Oscar Hammerstein, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin, then this is the concert for you at a great price.