Stage area Requirements:
Colorado Swing (full-size 18 piece big band with vocalist ) requires a minimum 12'd x 24'w stage area or a preferred 16'd x 24'w stage area.
Colorado Swing (11 piece swing dance band with vocalist) requires a minimum 12'd x 16'w stage area or a preferred 12'd x 20'w stage area
Colorado Swing-tet (3-6 piece jazz combo) requires a minimum 10'd x 10'w stage area
Set list
We can customize the music of our performance to the theme of your event.
A dance can include East Coast Swing, Waltz, Lindy, Shim Sham, Tango, Foxtrot, Mambo, Rumba and other dance styles. A Summer Festival Concert can include high energy show band ban music and more contemporary artists. For example:
New York, New York | Sinatra
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | Big Band Era
Zoot Suit Riot | Swing
Chattanooga Choo Choo | Big Band Era
Fly Me to the Moon | Sinatra
Orange Colored Sky | Nat King Cole Swing
My Way | Sinatra
La Cumparcita | Tango
Moon River | Waltz
At Last | Bride & Groom First Dance
Livin La Vida Loca | Hot Hot Hot
Sing Sing Sing | Krupa Swing
Stormy Weather | Foxtrot
Oye Como Va | Cha Cha
Ain’t Misbehavin | Roaring 20's
Lady is a Tramp | Sinatra
Lulu’s Back in Town | Quickstep
Jump Jive & Wail | Louis Prima Jump Swing
Just in Time | Dean Martin Foxtrot
As Time Goes | Play It Again Sam
Girl from Ipanema | Antônio Carlos Jobim Rumba
‘S Wonderful | Diana Krall
Sugar Blues | Blues
All of Me | Swing
Blue Skies | Samba
Keep it a Secret | Waltz
Hey Good Lookin’ | Country Swing
Don't Know Why | Nora Jones
Exactly Like You | Cha Cha
It Had to Be You | Foxtrot
In the Mood | Glenn Miller Favorite
On the Sunny Side of the Street | Swing
Blues in the Night | Blues
Rainbow Connection | Waltz
Kiss of Fire | Tango
Come Fly with Me | Old Blue Eyes
Sway | Michael Bublé
Star Dust | Hoagy Carmichael
I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Sinatra
Route 66 | Nat King Cole foxtrot
This Could Be the Start of Something Big | Steve Allen
A Swing Dance hour of selections might look like this:
Set 1_ 7:30-8:30 16 tunes
(Theme from) New York, NY | East Coast Swing
Carefree | Cha Cha
Route 66 | Foxtrot
All of Me | East Coast Swing
Fly Me to the Moon | East Coast Swing
If | Waltz
Mambo Caliente | Mambo
Star Dust | Foxtrot
Bei Mir Bist du Shoen | East Coast Swing
Sway | Rhumba
Come Fly with Me | East Coast Swing
Rainbow Connection | Waltz
Kiss of Fire | Tango
Blues in the Night west coast swing blues
On the Sunny Side of the Street | Foxtrot
In the Mood | East Coast Swing
A recent Concert Event included these selections:
September
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Girl from Ipanema
Rainbow Connection
That Old Black Magic
Granada Smoothie
More Soul
I’ll Never Smile Again/Dream
Ain’t That a kick in the Head
Days of Wine and Roses
Orange Colored Sky