Bernard Berkhout & The Swing Orchestra
18 November, 2010 at 2:12 pm in Uncategorized
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Bernard Berkhout & The Swing Orchestra playfully take the economic crisis head on, drawing enthousiastic audiences everywhere. And the people dance into the night on the irresistible beat.!
In 2010 the band can look back on performances at numerous major jazz festivals all over the Netherlands as well as in Belgium (Gent, de Vooruit) in de United Kingdom (HepCats Holiday March 2010) and France (Marckolsheim jazzfestival).En Marckolsheim Swing (Fr.).
At one of the so called Cultural Sundays Utrecht the band attracted over 2.700 spectators instead of the expected 800. Major jazzfestivals that booked the Bernard Berhout Swingorchetra in 2009/2010: Enkhuizen Jazz Festival, Jazz in Duke Town (Den Bosch), “Meer Jazz” (Hoofddorp), Jazzfestival Bergen Op Zoom, Jazz Festival Spijkenisse Jazz Festival, Laren Jazz, The Lindy Hop Exchange Amsterdam 2010, and Sail 2010.. On all festivals the band played on major stages and the critics were the same everywhere: Surprised and delighted. Festival organizers were more than satisfied everywhere.
At one of the so called Cultural Sundays Utrecht the band attracted over 2.700 spectators instead of the expected 800. Major jazzfestivals that booked the Bernard Berhout Swingorchetra in 2009/2010: Enkhuizen Jazz Festival, Jazz in Duke Town (Den Bosch), “Meer Jazz” (Hoofddorp), Jazzfestival Bergen Op Zoom, Jazz Festival Spijkenisse Jazz Festival, Laren Jazz, The Lindy Hop Exchange Amsterdam 2010, and Sail 2010.. On all festivals the band played on major stages and the critics were the same everywhere: Surprised and delighted. Festival organizers were more than satisfied everywhere.