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The 1940's Big Band, Swing Dance Musical featuring the Music that Moved the Nation's Spirit

With a big band orchestra, singers and dancers, IN THE MOOD presents a retro 1940s musical. Experience the music that moved a nation's spirit and helped win a war. This was the last time when all of America was listening and dancing to the same kind of music.

    IN THE MOOD, a 1940s musical, as part of its 2007 national tour will be performing in the west during October and March, presented by Artbeat.

    Much more than a concert, IN THE MOOD takes a retro look at the life and time of America’s greatest generation, a generation that was listening and dancing to the same kind of music. With music and dance performed to up-tempo big band rhythms and mellow intimate ballads, a mood was set to inspire a future filled with hope, promise and prosperity.  This was a time like no other in our Nation’s history, a time when music moved the Nation’s spirit.  Come experience the swing, rhythm, jazzy, brassy, sentimental and romantic music of this important time.  

    Bud Forrest Entertainment began touring IN THE MOOD in 1994 following an overwhelming response from a performance on the steps of the National Archives in Washington, DC.  For over 10 years IN THE MOOD has continued to impact audiences with sell-out performances everywhere. Through its musical influence, it became part of the official entertainment for the World USO’s 50th commemoration of the WW II events. IN THE MOOD has performed and toured both in the U.S.A. and Europe and for the Clinton Presidential Inaugural Ball. 

IN THE MOOD was conceived by Washington, DC's musical producer, Bud Forrest. Many of the musical arrangements were written by Vic Schoen, the conductor and arranger for The Andrews Sisters, and Music Director for both Universal and Paramount Pictures. The revue features a company of 24 including the In the Mood Singers and Dancers with the sensational String of Pearls big band orchestra with arrangements, costumes and choreography as authentic as it gets.

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Forever Tango

The Hottest Show in the World is Coming to Town !!

Forever Tango, Luis Bravo’s internationally acclaimed dance spectacular, features 14 Tango Dancers, direct from Argentina, accompanied by a eleven-piece Bandoneon (German Accordian) and string orchestra. 

"Gloriously varied, stunningly performed and beguilingly sexy: Forever Tango must be seen."  London Times

”The most magnificent, romantic, exciting evening you can ever spend. A fabulous show. Don’t miss this show” —KGO radio 

“A Show that you never want to end” —Marin Independent Journal

 “Torrid, Tremendous and Terrific” —The Toronto Sun

“Sensuous and Steamy! Superbly Entertaining” —Clive Barnes NY Post

“A Must-See” —New York Times 

Forever Tango took San Francisco by storm in 1994 and set the record for its longest-running touring show: 92 weeks at Theater On The Square, and hailed as “Forever magical. Sensual musical has perfected the passionate power of famed dance,” by the San Francisco Chronicle.   The show then moved to Broadway and toured the United States widely, as well as making appearances all over the world.

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Xiayin Wang Piano Recital

“A Poetic Touch”~ The New York Sun

 “Wang is quite an exciting player and has precisely those qualities that make the prospect of seeing this artist in concert appealing -- breadth of repertoire, sensitivity of touch, and a beautiful overall sound.”

      Dave Lewis, All Music Guide

“The refinement and understated beauty of [pianist Xiayin Wang's] playing is of a loveliness to draw tears from a sensitive listener. Gorgeous is the only way to describe these performances.” American Record Guide

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The pianist Xiayin Wang at Zankel Hall on Monday night.

"Even for the most gifted young pianist, it takes a lot to be noticed. Xiayin Wang is clearly doing something right. In her native China, where she trained at the Shanghai Conservatory, Ms. Wang took first place in numerous competitions. Since her arrival here in 1997, she has added further prizes to her tally, played Carnegie Hall several times and released a well-regarded recital CD.

"Ms. Wang’s recital at Zankel Hall on Monday night offered plenty of evidence for her success. Bach’s Violin Chaconne in D minor, as arranged for piano by Busoni, served as her calling card. It neatly illustrated two of her principal strengths: an estimable grasp of pianistic color and an ability to maintain and illuminate a strand of melody within the thickest of textures."

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