40's Dance

Well, I admit it, I ditched my online office hours last night to go to the annual Naperville North High School Forties Dance. Every year the five jazz bands and four to six vocal jazz ensembles at the school present an evening of Jazz, primarily big band swing and vocal jazz from before 1950. If it were not for the dedication and committment of the band and choral directors at North and schools like it all over the U.S., jazz would be a dying art form in our nation. I know some might argue that jazz is dead, but you sure wouldn't know it from the verve and eagerness thase young people bring to what is now an old and sometimes even considered by some to be a “stodgy” art form. And this is a big event for the kids as well as parents. Swing dancing is still cool in some camps among the kids, and they were here swing dancing in force. A nice evening, great sounds, and jazz staying alive. What could be better?

Posted by trygstad | Category: Music | 11:49 AM