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MCLA's FIFTH ANNUAL BLUES & FUNK FESTIVAL : : : TWO NIGHTS !!
Thursday, February 4, 2010; 7:30 p.m. MCLA's Venable Gymnasium
Slavic Soul Party gets the festival started on Thursday night with fiery Balkan brass, hip-grinding American grooves, and ecstatic anthems both new and old. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians have forged virtuosic new brass band music in the heart of New York City--melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican and Asian immigrant backgrounds with American jazz and soul.
Friday, February 5, 2010; 7:30 p.m. MCLA's Venable Gymnasium
Big Sam's Funky Nation takes the stage New Orleans style on Friday night. Presiding over his Funky Nation is Big Sam, formerly the trombonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who blows the funk out of his trombone and refuses to let the audience sit still. Between solos and trombone riffs, Big Sam second-lines (a uniquely New Orleans style of street-dance) and gets the crowd going both in movement and in replies to his call-and-response MC-style.
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Call to reserve your tickets for this show our any of the upcoming performances. For tickets, call: 413.662.5204 and for general information, call: 413.664.8718.
SPECIAL : : $20 FOR BOTH NIGHTS
$12 General Admission, $8 MCLA Alumni, $5 MCLA Faculty and Staff, FREE for MCLA Students and Members
