Queen City Swing Band Will Play For New Year’s Eve Dance
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Nancy Marks
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Queen City Swing Band Will Play For New Year’s Eve Dance
MT 43 News Staff
Helena’s Queen City Swing Band will perform at the Lodge on New Year’s Eve again this year. The eight to eleven- piece band will play dance music from fox trots to jitterbugs to waltzes.
The public event will begin at 6:30 pm with a no-host bar and appetizers. Music begins at 7:00 p.m.
The current group began as a Helena group of musicians formed by Owen Franks in 1992. Nancy Trudell revived the group and led it for four years during which they played at many different venues. They play as far away as Georgetown Lake, by Anaconda, but mostly in Helena.
According to organizer Heather Bell, the band plays classics such as String of Pearls, Tuxedo Junction, and In the Mood, but also music from movie themes and hits from the Golden Age of Swing. They even throw in some salsa and tango music.
The band plays once a month in Helena.
Broadwater Community Theater has sponsored Queen City Swing in Townsend twice in the last two years. “People really enjoyed dancing to music from past decades. Some just enjoyed listening to the music,” Chairperson LaRinda Spencer said.
Tickets will be available at the door for $15.00 per person. The evening will feature appetizers and a no-host bar. For more information please call (406) 980-0592.
