Hold onto your hats, the Dixie Diehards are back in town and the joint will be jumpin’ at the corner of Main and Pleasant Street in Marion. The Dixie Diehards Jazz Band will make its 10th appearance at the Marion Art Center at 7:30 pm on Saturday, April 25 with a concert titled “A Stroll Down Tin Pan Alley!” The theater will be set up cabaret style with tables available for reserved parties of four. Audience members are invited to bring their own refreshments. The show starts at 7:30 pm. Doors will open at 7:00 pm.
To make a reservation – highly recommended as the Dixie Diehards always sell out! – please email marionartcenter@verizon.net. In the subject line of the email please write “Dixie Diehard Tickets.” In the body of the email include your last name, MAC membership status, a telephone number for confirmation and number of tickets needed. Tickets are $12.50 for MAC members and $15 for non-members.
Or call 508-748-1266 and leave a voice message that includes last name, MAC membership status, telephone number for confirmation, and how many tickets needed. The theater will be set up with cabaret tables available for reserved parties of four and guests are invited to bring their own refreshments.
Tin Pan Alley appeared on the music scene in the late 1800s. This is when a number of music publishers set up shop in the same district of Manhattan. The Diehards’ stroll will cover some of the hit or “pop” tunes that appeared from the early 1900s until its eventual demise in the 1950s with the rise of Rock & Roll. The program will include tunes from many of the most prolific composers of that period, including Irving Berlin, Walter Donaldson, Duke Ellington and many others. Jazz lovers will recognize just about every tune, and many they’ll be able to sing along to with the band. This musical journey will include some early jazz hits, the Great Depression and Roarin’ 20s, and swing tunes from the 30s & 40s.