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Mile High Jazz Band presents "Jazz & Beyond: Carson City Music Festival"
Speakeasy Dance Party - Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014
Features
Festival schedule
Mad Hatter Garden Party at the Governor's Mansion - Aug. 1
Speakeasy Dance Party - Aug. 9
Bill Watrous Concert and Trombone Master Class - Aug. 11
Link to 2012's
Link to 2011's
The Mile High Jazz Band Association formed in 2001 as a nonprofit corporation to support the MHJB and its subgroup, the Millennium Bugs (jazz combo), promote live jazz performance in northern Nevada, educate the public about jazz, and enrich the cultural life of the community. Member benefits include mailings, discounts on admissions, and invitations to special events, plus the satisfaction of helping big-band jazz to thrive! To book the Mile High Jazz Band (big band) or Millennium Bugs (jazz combo), call 775-883-4154. |
Music *** Art *** Dancing
About "Speakeasy Dance Party"
Listen and dance to the toe-tapping music of the Brass Knuckles Band - Scot Marshall, Rich Lewis, Doug Coomler, Paul January, Graham Marshall, Andy Heglund, and Ron Savage. Watch artist Deana Hoover create a unique painting during the event. Try your luck on a raffle ticket - the new artwork will be raffled off during the festival. Â Get one free ticket on entrance; buy more during the evening. Win prizes for best clothes from the '20s and '30s and for best dancers. Enjoy light refreshments and a no-host bar featuring beer from Speakeasy Ales & Lager. Speakeasy Dance Party is a special event of the Jazz & Beyond - Carson City Music Festival, an official NV150 event. Support Sassafras and Plan: b - If you are wearing a 'Save Our Sass' wristband, $2 will be donated to the 'Save Our Sass' fund.
Tickets are $10 each. They may be purchased at Play Your Own Music in the Carson Mall
or at the Purple Avocado at 904 N. Curry Street, Carson City. Tickets may also be
purchased online using this "Buy Now" button:
About Brass Knuckles
Fun swing music with a wailin’ horn section, lead by a deep, smooth vocalist/bassist (Scot Marshall, pictured). 'Jump, jive and wail' with this talented nostalgic dance band. This band is perfect for Great Gatsby parties, 40's Nostalgia or 'Mobster-Zoot-suit' themes. Great for weddings, nightclubs, casinos, parties, outdoor events, concerts, corporate events.
Live PaintingLocal artists, Deana Hoover, will paint LIVE during the event, and the finished artwork will be raffled off during the festival.
SponsorsEvent is sponsored by Mile High Jazz Band Association, Brewery Arts Center, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, and Tahoe Ridge Winery.
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Last updated 7/30/2014
Deana Hoover is a Northern Nevada artist and writer. Painting and writing the
story of the human species is Deana’s passion and primary focus. She works with both
pigments and words. While her work contains focus and purpose, it includes the
freedom and spontaneity that allow for serendipity. The thread that unites all
of her work, both visual and written, is a sensual connection with the world of
color and texture, motion and stillness, joy and sadness. "Getting lost in the
brushstrokes, the thickness of the paint, or the mixing of colors, affords
me the same bliss as getting lost in the written word and the story as it
plays out on the page," Deana Hoover said. And while she takes the arts and
creativity seriously, she loves humor and laughter (as you may note, with
little hints of irreverence peppered throughout her website). Deana works primarily
in oil, but also enjoys graphite, charcoal, and pastels. She writes both fiction
and non-fiction. She teaches drawing, painting, and writing and is a traditional
storyteller.
