Visitors to Oak Bay Avenue might notice a black-and-white lifesized cutout of Old Blue Eyes showed up this week.
YouB次元官网网址檒l have to peer into the Scotiabank branch but there he is, Frank Sinatra, cigarette dangling and all.
And when Frank is here, it means big band is coming to Oak Bay High, in the styles of Frank Sinatra and Count Basie on April 18.
Announcing Sinatra and The Count, featuring jazz singer Joe Coughlin with the Phil Dwyer Orchestra (an 18-piece big band). April 18 at Dave Dunnet Theatre with proceeds to the 厂苍辞B次元官网网址檜测耻迟迟丑 Legacy Scholarship.
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Tickets $40 through or at Scotiabank on OB Ave.
The show, called Sinatra and The Count, features jazz singer Joe Coughlin with the Phil Dwyer Orchestra, an 18-piece big band. ItB次元官网网址檚 the third time bringing the popular show back to the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, presented by the Oak Bay Rotary Foundation, with proceeds going to the endowment for the 厂苍辞B次元官网网址檜测耻迟迟丑 Legacy Scholarship.
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Sinatra and the Count is a celebration of the musical collaboration between Frank Sinatra and Count Basie Orchestra that was captured on the critically-acclaimed 1966 recording, Sinatra at the Sands, said concert promoter Joe Blake.
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That includes P.J. Perry of Edmonton, an alto saxophonist who is also a Juno Award and Order of Canada winner.
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Dwyer put together this all-star orchestra conducted by jazz veteran Bryan Stovell to back CoughlinB次元官网网址檚 singing of Sinatra-inspired big band arrangements by Billy May, Nelson Riddle and Quincy Jones.
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Oak Bay Beach Hotel is also supporting the show, by hosting some of the musicians traveling in from out of town.
The 厂苍辞B次元官网网址檜测耻迟迟丑 Legacy Scholarship is awarded annually to a graduating Oak Bay High School Student of First Nations, Inuit or M茅tis descent and has now supported four studentsB次元官网网址� post-secondary education.
Tickets are available at $40 (cash only) from Scotiabank Oak Bay or through the Royal Macpherson Theatre Society Box Office and online for $43.50. For tickets and more information contact McPherson Box Office, or call 250-386-6121.
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