Moi kaikille,
We are watching this transition of summer turning into autumn and even as all of the scariest signs of the season become visible, we also look forward to bringing you one of the great treats of the season, the return of large-scale cultural events designed to pass warm evenings indoors. Specifically one great evening of jazz dancing and jazz music that we have planned at Helsinki’s Gloria Theater on October 11th!
We are a team combining the Helsinki Traditional Jazz Dance Company, an organization bringing American-born jazz dance performance and jazz dance courses to Europe, and Jason DeBose, a California-born resident of Helsinki who brought his U.S. training and work experience as a photographer and producer to Finland in 2007.
The program for which we have now come to Mesenaatti to raise funds is a jazz club tour by a group of American jazz musicians who have been delighting audience with complex stylings and dizzying musical talents for decades, who we have arranged to play alongside the Helsinki Traditional Jazz Dance Company as they bring to Punavuori a brand new set of jazz dance routines born in the American South entitled “The Groove of New Orleans.”
We have a full six-hour program planned that will give the audience a chance to first experience dance captains Clyde Wilder (USA) and Malin Grahn-Wilder (FIN) and their team as they ignite the stage with four highly trained feet of their own alongside their team of Helsinki Traditional Jazz Dance Company dancers. They will be accompanied by our US jazz band on stage at Gloria for a 90 minute dance presentation, after which our musicians will take center stage, the seats of the floor will be cleared, and the audience will be invited to dance into the night, wrapping up with two hours of dance and swing hits brought by renowned DJ Fiona Timantti (ITL).
A memorable international evening lies ahead and here we are offering jazz and swing dance fans from Uusimaa and beyond to pick up tickets at discount, early-bird prices by contributing to our campaign right here on Mesenaatti.
Gloria is a theater of 300 seats, and we are prepared to offer our audience as many of those seats as can be taken by Friday, September 19th. Have a look at Gloria at
https://fi-fi.facebook.com/gloriahelsinki
and contribute right here on Mesenaatti for tickets to The Groove of New Orleans in this lovely historic theater.
Our Mesenaatti campaign will offer:
22 EUR – a standard ticket, access to the show for the entire 6-hour performance and dance program, and a seat for the 8 PM dance program.
30 EUR – a priority seating ticket, which allows early access to Gloria’s open seating plan (sit wherever you choose amongst Gloria’s two floors and 300+ seats), as well as a shorter line once inside for the coat check area and the bar.
150 EUR – a balcony table: a private compartment on the second floor of the Gloria Theater that seats four, closely overlooking the stage. This package price also includes early venue access, in addition to a bottle of either wine or champagne for the group upon arrival.
350 EUR – the package of the balcony table (four seats on a balcony or wherever you like) plus a backstage meet-up with the jazz band and the dancers, which also will allow access to the backstage refreshment serving table.
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What these ticket purchases will contribute to funding:
– the travel costs of our musicians;
– the performance fees of the dancers and the musicians;
– their accommodation costs during their rehearsal time;
– the photographers and live camera crew that will capture key moments of the night (which will of course be shared later on the website of the Helsinki Traditional Jazz Dance Company).
Questions? Please contact us:
Jason DeBose
jason@musicneverdiesmovie.com
Malin Grahn-Wilder
helsinki.traditionaljazzdance@gmail.com
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Related links:
The Helsinki Traditional Jazz Dance Company
YouTube:
Jason DeBose
Facebook:
on.fb.me/1qzd1gT
