The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra
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Put on the Ritz and join The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra in a celebration of the golden age of the Hollywood musical. In its inimitable style, the orchestra will revive the era of top hats and tails, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire as they sashay through some of the greatest songs ever written:
Isn't it Romantic, Cheek to Cheek and
Forty-Second Street are just a few of the numbers to put love and panache back in the air.
Archive :: production:T485620366, concert:S909670332, venue:V910
From Chicago Speakeasies to London's Savoy
Bryan White ALn Gresty Ragtimers' Bix Beiderbecke Tribute. Ray Noble, Jack Hylton, Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Lew Stone, Ambrose & His Orchestra... just a few of the bands which created the “between the wars” era of the British Dance Bands, when millions of adoring fans listened to them nightly on the wireless. Indeed, the nineteen-twenties and thirties, sometimes referred to as "The Dancing Decades", were a golden time for superb bands (as well as great song-writing). The PDO is perhaps uniquely placed to recreate these sounds, having themselves played regularly for dancing in the West End of London: four years at The Ritz, six at The Savoy and now undertaking their own series of dances at the legendary Café de Paris. A splendid evening for jazz fans, lovers of vintage popular music and plain nostalgia enthusiasts alike.
