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It may be hotter than a Saturday night on Bourbon Street right now, but baby you're gonna be cool when you sponsor the swingin'est gala in Austin. Join us in bringing the 1920's alive again as we revisit the Sights, Sounds and Soul of The Birth of Jazz -- all to benefit Knowbility and VSA Arts of Texas.
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Volunteers Needed
Sight.Sound.Soul. is a big event and we need volunteers to help make it all come together. If you are interested in supporting us with your time and talent please contact us.
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Sight.Sound.Soul Presents:
Come experience the sights, sounds and soul of the "Birth of Jazz" during an evening of music, art, food and friends, set in the French Quarter of New Orleans circa 1920.
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New Date!
Sight.Sound.Soul has been rescheduled for April 2nd, 2009. Buy your tickets early and get ready for a swinging springtime gala!
April 2nd at the Monarch Event Center, Austin Texas
Pre show reception: 5:30 - 7:30
General Admission: 7:30
Performance by White Ghost Shivers: 8:00 - 10:00
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White Ghost Shivers to Play Sight.Sound.Soul
A joyous mixture of the absurd and sublime, the seven-piece ensemble gracefully blends a musical amalgam of Hokum Blues, Hillbilly Swing, Country and Hot Jazz. Recently returned from the successful completion of their first European headlining tour, White Ghost Shivers harken back to the string band days of the Roaring 20s while adding elements of cabaret, bluegrass, swing and blues.
WhatzUp magazine has said about WGS, "Not unlike a volatile batch of bathtub gin, the music is potent, dynamic (and) a little dangerous..."
The instrumentation is period-correct: saxophone, prominent banjo, upright bass and acoustic guitar; played with equal parts precision and abandon. The band's mixture of pathos and humor features brassy female vocals while inducing Happy Feet.
The White Ghost Shivers give the impression of a particularly aggressive 20s-era band transported to the present and realizing the ruckus they make is not only novel but also highly entertaining - so they naturally step up the energy level another notch. Yiddish fiddles rival modern guitar leads, manic banjos pump out feverish rhythms and horns leapfrog and argue throughout the faster numbers, leaving the listener more breathless than the players.
The music is hyper and dense and features a good amount of variety. The Shivers swing while the cows run off and nobody's in any shape to care. This music is serious fun.
