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Organized in 1996, the Moonlight Swing Living History
Big Band is a step backward in time. Not only are the arrangements
from the 30's and 40's, but the organization also strives for that
vintage look through swing era attire, on-stage choreography and
arrangements taken directly from original 78s and V-Discs.
The Moonlight Swing Living History Big Band is an
incorporated not-for-profit, living-history musical organization
dedicated to preserving the music of the swing era. As a full sized,
authentic recreation of the big swing bands of the 1930s-1940s, with
twenty members, the band performs for a variety of public and private
venues and also recreates the great 418th Army Air Forces Training
Command band of WWII, led by Capt. Glenn Miller. The group’s busy
schedule has included such popular settings as the Nevada County
Air Show, the Magic Circle Theater, the Rocklin Jubilee, and the
Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. The band has been privileged to perform
for Bob & Dolores Hope at the "Wings Over Stockton" airshow in
1998, the Jimmy Doolittle Raiders Reunion in 2003, and members of the
Tuskegee Airmen in 2005.
Contact us for booking information, availability, etc.
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Past Performance Highlights
(Note: This list does not show our entire performance history, merely
our most memorable and notable shows).
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1996
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| First Performance- Dewitt Senior Center, |
Auburn, CA |
| Swing Concert- Colfax Theater |
Colfax, CA |
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1997
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| Swing Dance |
Auburn, CA |
| Concert with Radio Broadcast, Colfax
Theater, |
Colfax, CA |
| Fleet Week Cruise- USS Jeremiah O'Brien, |
San Francisco, CA |
| New Year's Eve Dance- Grand Island Inn |
Isleton, CA |
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1998
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| "Wings Over Stockton" air show (Bob and
Dolores Hope in attendance) |
Stockton, CA |
| Sock Hop Dance- Foothill High School, |
North Highlands, CA |
| The 1st annual GWAA/EAA Fly-In, Castle
Airport, |
Atwater, CA |
| New Years Eve Dance- Dean Lesher Regional
Center for the Arts, |
Walnut Creek, CA |
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1999
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| Lake of the Pines Winter Ball |
Auburn, CA |
| The Carson-Tahoe Hospital Foundation 50th
Anniversary Celebration, Ormsby House |
Carson City, NV |
| Swing Concert Woodland Opera House |
Woodland, CA |
| Grand Re-Opening Holiday Inn NE |
Sacramento, CA |
| Swing Concert Varsity Theatre |
Davis, CA |
| 75th Anniversary Celebration of United Way
Swing Dance Sacramento Convention Center |
Sacramento, CA |
| City of Auburn, Sesquicentennial Dance |
Auburn, CA |
| Swing Concert, Crest Theater, |
Sacramento, CA |
| Grass Valley Airfest Dance |
Grass Valley, CA |
| The 2nd annual GWAA/EAA Fly-In, Castle
Airport |
Atwater, CA |
| Private Concert- Flamingo Hilton |
Reno, CA |
| New Years Eve Dance- Mark Hopkins Hotel |
San Francisco, CA |
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2000
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| Private Concert, Sacramento Convention
Center |
Sacramento, CA |
| Swing Concert, Lodi Performing Arts Center |
Lodi, CA |
| Swing Dance- Gold Country Fairgrounds |
Auburn, CA |
| Concert- Magic Circle Theater |
Roseville, CA |
| 4th of July Concert Ojai Music Festival |
Ojai, CA. |
| Rascals in Paradise Dance |
Homewood Lake Tahoe, CA |
| Sesquicentennial Celebration Concert |
Sacramento, CA |
| Swing Concert- Woodland Opera House |
Woodland,. CA |
| Club McClellan New Years Eve Dance,
McClellan AFB |
McClellan, CA |
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2001
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| Swing Concert- Magic Circle Theater |
Roseville, CA |
| Swing for the Symphony Dance, Gold Country
Fairgrounds |
Auburn, CA |
| Nevada County Black and White Ball |
Nevada City, CA |
| Squaw Creek Dance |
Squaw Creek, CA |
| Grass Valley Airfest Dance |
Grass Valley, CA |
| Private Dance |
Lake Tahoe, CA |
| Truckee-Tahoe Airport's "Air Affair 2001" |
Truckee, CA |
| Veteran's Day Concert, Sun City Roseville |
Roseville, CA |
| Christmas Concert- Magic Circle Theater |
Roseville CA |
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2002
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| Swing for the Symphony Dance |
Auburn, CA |
| I Sustain the Wings Concert- Lodi
Performing Arts Center |
Lodi, CA |
| Swing Concert- Magic Circle Theater, |
Roseville, CA |
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Chino "Planes of Fame" Hangar Dance- , a fund-raiser for
the
restoration of the B-17 "Picadilly Lilly II".
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Chino, CA |
| Grass Valley Airfest Dance |
Grass Valley, CA |
| Constitution Day- Concert and Dance |
Nevada City, CA |
| Sutter Creek Dance |
Sutter Creek, CA |
| Private Corporate Dance, Western Aerospace
Museum |
Oakland CA |
Cliff Robertson
-Guest Speaker |
2003 |
Jimmy Doolittle Raiders
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| Embassy Suites Grand Opening |
Sacramento. CA |
| Jimmy Doolittle's Raider Reunion Concert |
Fairfield CA |
| Wedding Reception- Grand Island Mansion |
Isleton, CA |
| 4th of July Celebration Concert, Sun City
Roseville |
Roseville, CA |
| Grass Valley Airfest Dance |
Grass Valley, CA |
| Constitution Day Dance |
Nevada City, CA |
| Wedding Reception |
Rocklin, CA |
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2004
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| Thunder in the Sky Dinner Dance |
Auburn CA |
| Private Dance, Pine Mountain Lake |
Groveland, CA |
| Private Dance- Jackson Rancheria Casino |
Jackson, CA |
| Salute to the Armed Forces Dance |
Palmdale, CA |
| Concert- Rocklin Jubilee |
Rocklin, CA |
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2005
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| Lauren Shane Benefit Concert- |
Rancho Cordova, CA |
| Salute to the Armed Forces Dance (Tuskegee
Airmen in attendance) |
Palmdale CA |
| Private Dance, Nevada County Fairgrounds |
Grass Valley, CA |
| July 4th Concert- Sun City Lincoln Hills |
Lincoln, CA |
| Grass Valley Airfest Dance |
Grass Valley, CA |
| 2006 |
| Auction and Wine
Fair- Placerville Kwanis |
Placerville, CA |
| Private Dance-
75th Anniversary Beta Sigma Phi Sorority |
Sacramento, CA |
| Concert- Rocklin
Jubliee |
Rocklin, CA |
| Concert- Magic
Circle Theater |
Roseville, CA |
| 2007 |
| Auction and Wine
Fair- Placerville Kwanis |
Placerville, CA |
| Dinner Dance-
Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church Mariner's Fleet. |
Fair Oaks, CA |
| Concert- Magic
Circle Theater |
Roseville, CA |
| Dinner Dance-
Fundraiser for the MCClellan Aerospace Museum. |
Sacramento, CA |
| Sacramento
Traditional Jazz Jubilee |
Sacramento, CA |
| Concert-
Sacramento Zoo |
Sacramento, CA |
| Dinner Dance-
Nevada County Air Fest |
Grass Valley, CA |
| 2008 |
| Dinner Dance |
Rancho Murieta, CA |
| Concert- Magic
Circle Theater |
Roseville, CA |
| Sacramento
Traditional Jazz Jubilee |
Sacramento, CA |
| Private Dance-
Wedding, Arden Hills Country Club |
Sacramento, CA |
| Concert on the
Green |
Los Gatos, CA |
| Anniversary
Party- Sun City, Lincoln Hills |
Lincoln, CA |
| 2009 |
| Sister
Swing's 10th Anniversary Concert - Magic Circle Theater |
Roseville, CA |
| Concert-
Vacaville Performing Arts Center |
Vacaville, CA |
| Dance- National
Down Syndrome Fundraiser |
Auburn, CA |
| Concert on the
Green- Paradise Valley Estates |
Fairfield, CA |
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