Saturday
night, December 11, Oregon Coast Lab Band will make its first ever
appearance at Little Theatre on the Bay. “Evolution”, one of the six
bands of Lab Band, will fill the Liberty
at 2100
Sherman Avenue in North
Bend with the exciting sounds
that have produced invitations to many regional festivals, beginning
with the Medford Jazz Jubilee every year since 1997.
“Evolution”
has also performed at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee in California
each June since 2001 and at
the Sisters Jazz festival since 2003. In 2002, “Evolution” had the
honor of performing at the Glenn Miller Jazz Festival in Clarinda
, Iowa
and at the 2004 Sun Valley Jazz
Jubilee, also in Idaho .
From
the Lab Band website at www.labband.org
:
"We
strive to develop self-esteem and confidence through performance.
Lab Band encourages respect, moral character, and teamwork in a family
atmosphere.
Lab
Band is designed so that each young musician in the program has the
same opportunities to advance through the band levels at their own
pace or level of desire. They learn quickly that a band is a team
working toward a common goal of enjoyment of playing music for themselves
and their audience. The older students mentor the younger students,
putting into practice our motto, 'Passing It On'."
Greg
Young will host and direct the evening. When asked about a planned
program, Patti Young, co-founder of Lab Band with Greg, stated that
the evening will be “swing music which will include ‘Sing, Sing, Sing'
and ‘In The Mood'. From there, Greg is liable to play almost any Big
Band Sound, led by the desires of the audience.”
“Evolution”
features 25 musicians from area schools including: Bandon, Coquille,
Marshfield ,
Myrtle Point, North Bend
and Reedsport High
Schools .
Current
“Evolution” membership includes:
Trumpets
: Bryan Feger, Carolann Horath,
Kurt Schab, Jolene Slagle and Jim Suhrer
Trombones
: Holli Young, Devon
Biasca, Greg Pederson and Carter
Duval
Saxophones
: John Gorman, Courtney Slagle,
Brittney Doffing, Nancy Sorensen, Ryan Biasca, Matt Crocker, Patrick
Horath, Josh Ward and Alex Langenstein
Clarinets
: Corina Daugherty and Dustin
Culver
Rhythm
Section : Justin Thomas (Piano),
Chris Gaunt (Guitar), Amy Hoggatt (Bass), Matt DePaolo (Drums) and
Kacey Wiggans (Vocal)
The
appearance of Oregon Coast Lab Band is an “LTOB Special Event”. LTOB
Special Events are unique performances which are scheduled from time
to time and are not included as a part of the LTOB Season Ticket.
Demand for seating is anticipated to be substantial. Seating will
be “Reserved”, meaning that early ticket orders will have the best
choice of seats.
Tickets
for the event are available from the LTOB Box Office at 2100
Sherman Avenue, North Bend
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
from Noon
to 6 PM
and one hour before the performance on Saturday. Tickets may also
be ordered by telephone to (541) 756-4336 or by email to ltob@charter.net
. When ordering by either email or telephone, please leave your
name and telephone number as ticket orders are completed by telephone
or in person.
LTOB
has a website, www.ltob.net which has further information
about Lab Band and all other LTOB events.
