[Dixielandjazz] gigs

[David Palmquist]

A gym with 3,000 dancers - boggles the mind.  How were the acoustics?

I read somewhere once that big bands had their origins in the need for 
enough sound to fill the huge ballrooms of the 1930's.  Then when 
amplification became possible, the need for large groups died down.

David in Delta



At 09:27 15-12-02, James Kashishian wrote:
>We've just played two nites for a big get together of ballroom dancers.
>They had two nites of about 3000 people per nite in a big gymnasium.
>This is the second time we've played this gig, which is interspersed
>with recorded music & a few exhibition dancing sets.
>
>It's a completely different scene than the usual jazz club/concert gig.
>Real nice to see everyone enjoying the beat.  The most successful tunes
>of the nite were the medium tempo ones, mainly Mack the Knife & Amapola.
>Swing tunes (Glenn Miller, etc.) go over well, also.
>
>Tonight, we have a break, then 3 nites in a jazz club, our regular Thurs
>hotel lounge gig, then another jazz club on Sat.  Dunno when I'm going
>to do the Christmas shopping, what with a full days work to do, also.
>Still, great to have a lot of gigs.
>
>Jim
>
>
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