Fri 8/5 @ 8PM
Get ready to dance on Fri 8/5/11 when the George Gee Swing Orchestra comes to town. Show features Jitterbug lessons by Get Hep @ Swing Slovenian Workman’s Home.
Details: “While he was a Freshman at Carnegie Mellon University (1978) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, George Gee launched his Make-Believe Ballroom program (named after the vintage Martin Block show) on the college radio station – and told everyone who’d listen about his dream of leading his own big band. In an era when punk, new wave and heavy metal ruled, some first thought that George was revisiting the past. Thirty years later, it is delightfully clear that George was just way ahead of his time! The only Chinese-American professional Swing big band leader, George Gee is unique in so many ways…”