eight-piece ensemble, complete with a male vocalist and a Doo-Wop trio, will perform May 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Melbourne Municipal Band’s Rock & Roll Revue will rock during a Friday, May 29, dinner-and-a-show at Martin Andersen Senior Center. Dinner and a show for $25 is a sweet deal, but it’s even sweeter when Melbourne Municipal Band’s Rock & Roll Revue rocks the house for a good cause.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Dinner and a show for $25 is a sweet deal, but it’s even sweeter when Melbourne Municipal Band’s Rock & Roll Revue rocks the house for a good cause.
The eight-piece ensemble, complete with a male vocalist and a Doo-Wop trio, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 29, during a dinner show that benefits Martin Andersen Senior Center in Rockledge.
Founded in 1983, the Senior Center provides older area residents with essential resources and opportunities for social connections.
Now in its 61st season, the Melbourne Municipal Band provides free, high-quality concerts to the community and nurtures the next generation of musicians through youth education and performance initiatives.
Founded in 1965, the MMB is an integral part of the Space Coast cultural community, serving more than 21,000 attendees each year through concerts, dances, and other ensemble performances.
The band’s 80-plus members and auxiliary volunteers spend 30,000 hours each year on rehearsals and performances.
During the performance on May 29, attendees will enjoy a lasagna-and-salad dinner, followed by classic dance tunes from the revue.
“The audience can expect music from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s by several of their favorite artists for their dancing and listening pleasure,” said Rock & Roll Revue conductor Art Martin.
Joining the musicians and vocalist, Jeremy Lundquist will be the Swingtimers Vocal Trio of Connie Maltby, Diana Sageser, and Dave Hutson.
Maltby, who moved to St. Augustine last year, is back in town and thrilled to sing again. She sang with the Brevard Chorale, Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, and, of course, the Swingtimers Trio for many years.
You can catch her in The Sound of Music this summer at the Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine.
Sageser has been singing away with the Swingtimers for a decade.
“I come from a very musical family, one that used to sing harmonies together while we were setting and clearing the table after dinner,” she said.
Sageser has played percussion with both MMB and the Melbourne Community Orchestra and has also played and sung with the Harbor City Dance Band.
The multi-talented Sageser has also performed as a living history interpreter and a professional clown.
“My grandmother was involved in vaudeville, so I guess it’s in my blood,” she said.
Hutson, founder and director of the Swingtimers, has been singing close harmony since high school, when he was part of a folk music group.
When he joined MMB’s Swingtime Big Band as a sax player, Hutson formed the Swingtimers to sing swing music of that era.
The group has since expanded its repertoire to include songs reminiscent of Manhattan Transfer.
Hutson also sings in the Oh Golly Dixieland Band and the 321 Jazz Orchestra and plays sax for the New Horizons Band. He is the founder and director of the Adagio Sax Quartet.
Rock & Roll Revue conductor Art Martin attended the legendary Juilliard School of Music in New York City.
He taught in New Jersey public schools for more than 40 years and served as an adjunct instructor of music at Montclair State University.
Martin has been a member of the Melbourne Swingtime big band, Melbourne Municipal Band, and The Oh Golly Dixieland Band, and has played a variety of woodwind instruments in the pit orchestras at the Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse and the Henegar Center.
He also performed with the Space Coast Pops and Central Florida Winds. He is currently the band leader for Rock & Roll Revue and the Oh Golly Dixieland Band.
Tickets for dinner and the show are available at the Martin Andersen Senior Center, 1025 Florida Ave., Rockledge. For more information, call 321-631-7549.
