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Music in the Big Band Style Caribbean Odyssey

October 19 2008 – 28 nights

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Great Music at SeaTM - 10/19/08-11/16/08 - The Caribbean: Round Trip to the Sun!

Music in the Big Band Style

Starring:

Richie Chiaraluce’s Tribute to Benny Goodman

and

Charles Almeida & His 7-Piece All-Star Band

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Together with:

Recording Artist - Lorri Hafer & the Mike Hafer All-Stars Broadway Singer/Movie Actress/Recording Artist - Vicki Belmonte

Folk Singers – The Shaw Brothers Sinatra-styled Recording Artist - Ron Gutierrez

Plus:

Guitarist Extraordinaire Bob Thomas Dr. Mike Hafer & His All Stars

Comedy at Sea with:

Comic & Co-Emcee Chris Rich Comic & Special Guest Al “George Burns” Long

and very Special Event:

Hillside Singers “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”

Reunion Show

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Richie Chiaraluce

Originally from New Haven, Connecticut. Richie Chiaraluce attended the Navy School of Music and came to Colorado Springs to play with the NORAD Band. He studied woodwinds at the University of Northern Colorado, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Music Education.

He’s a well-known face on bandstands worldwide, having performed with many famous singers including Mel Tormé, Tony Bennett, Nancy Wilson, Dakota Staton, and Natalie Cole. He has also performed worldwide as a solo artist, and as a long-time featured performer with Buddy Morrow and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and the Woody Herman All-Stars.

Richie is featured on several CDs of his own: Because I Love You and Rich Chiaraluce Live at Sherman's Coffee House. He teaches privately, performs at jazz festivals , and can also be seen playing with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. He loves the Benny Goodman sound as evidenced in his “Tribute to Benny Goodman” but he also brings a wide musical diversity and love for playing the best of all of the Big Bands from Glenn Miller to Duke Ellington , with his All Star Band.

As if he wasn’t busy enough, 2008 represents a whole new chapter in Richie Chiaraluce’s successful musical career. He has been chosen to fill-in the footsteps of long-time Bandleader Dick Johnson and step in as leader of the world-famous The Artie Shaw Orchestra!

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman, the great American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, was known as the “King of Swing”, "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman". Goodman was born in Chicago. When Benny was 10, his father enrolled him and two older brothers in music lessons. Goodman learned quickly, becoming a strong player at an early age, and was soon playing clarinet professionally while still 'in short pants'. He left for New York City and became a successful session musician during the late 1920s and early 1930s. He made a reputation as a solid player who was prepared and reliable, and became a rising star in the mid-1930s, earning him the title "King of Swing."

In August 1935, Goodman hit the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles with Gene Krupa, Bunny Berigan and Helen Ward, and over the nights of that engagement, a new dance - the “Jitterbug” -captured the dancers on the floor. Within days of the opening, newspapers around the country were headlining stories about the new phenomenon, and Benny Goodman was finally a nationally known star. The Swing Era had officially begun, and soon afterwards the Big Band era exploded.

Benny Goodman's band appeared as a specialty act in major musical features, including The Big Broadcast of 1937, Hollywood Hotel (1938), Syncopation (1942), The Powers Girl (1942), Stage Door Canteen (1943), The Gang's All Here (1943), Sweet and Lowdown (1944) and A Song Is Born (1948). Goodman's only starring feature was Sweet and Low Down (1944).

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Bandleader Charles Almeida – Charles Almeida brings 40 years of musical experience to the Bandstand! He has performed on saxophone, clarinet, flute, piccolo, oboe and English horn for a wide variety of musical styles. The classical side of his experience includes recording with the National Symphony as well as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra!

On the jazz front, as an Air Force Sergeant, he performed with the premier Jazz Ensemble of the U.S. Air Force, “The Airmen of Note”” and, as a Chief Warrant Officer associate, conducted the U.S. Army Field Band. Charlie also created “The Studio Band” – now known as the “Jazz Ambassadors”.

Charlie’s show experience includes Broadway musicals in Washington DC, at the Kennedy Center and National Theaters, the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, Ice Capades and performing with well known acts including Aretha Franklin, Bob Hope, Marvin Hamlisch and Frank Sinatra, to name a few!

His Dance band experience includes working with Guy Lombardo, Peter Duchin, Jimmy Dorsey, Ray Anthony, Harry James, Larry Elgart bands and, of course, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

Charles Almeida, who himself for yours has been an integral part of the legendary Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, heads up an all-star cast of expert musicians who tribute all of the great Big Bands! Whether it’s “In the Mood” and the great sounds of Glenn Miller, or “Opus One” and the swing of Tommy Dorsey, or even the “Sentimental Journey” of the Les Brown Band of Renown, this is the Band who delivers great music in the Big Band style for listening and dancing pleasure!

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Plus Special Guest Recording Artists

Ron Gutierrez

– As featured singer with the world famous Tommy Dorsey

Orchestra and the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, Ron is no stranger to the great songs and great artists that make up the Great American Songbook His gift for singing and swinging has made him a favorite everywhere, with a style that some say is ‘uncanny’ in its resemblance to the "Chairman of the Board". From the stages of The Apollo Theater, The Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The Grand Ol’ Opry and Carnegie Hall, Ron has captivated audiences around the world. And the best is yet to come.

Lorri Hafer

– She’s toured worldwide as featured vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and with Les Brown's Band of Renown - onstage in Branson and on tour. More recently, she has been special guest vocalist with Buddy Morrow & The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Lorri, a founding member of the Hillside Singers, was lead vocalist on their worldwide hit, "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing". She was also featured on the PBS TV special, “American Soundtrack: The Folk Rock Years II”. Most recently Lorri was the opening act for comedian, Bob Newhart.

Vicki Belmonte

was a child star at age 10, winning the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts Show. A star of Broadway, Vicki appeared in the original cast of "Bye, Bye Birdie" with Dick Van Dyke, understudying the role of Kim McAfee, as well as such shows as "All American", and "Subways are for Sleeping". She’s appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and wowed Hollywood, appearing in "9 to 5," with Jane Fonda, "The Scarlett O’Hara War" as Jean Arthur, and as Carol Burnett’s next door neighbor in "The Grass is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank". Vicki is also an acclaimed jazz singer and recently released her first CD, "Sweet, Sassy, and Cool".

Plus Special Bonus: Comedy at Sea!

Comic Chris Rich

– Direct from Philadelphia, it’s family-friendly American humor at its best! Great Music at Sea co-host and comic Chris Rich brings a decidedly humorous aspect to the sea-going proceedings that is sure to leave you smiling. With Irish roots and a wacky American sense of humor, Chris leaves folks laughing with her amusing look at everyday life.

Al "George Burns" Long

– As the lights go down, and the spotlights comes up, and even while you're laughing, you'll swear he's the ‘real deal’! Our “George Burns” has been the hit of the “Music of Your Life at Sea” events and he’s back to add some good-natured comedy to our show.

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And more great musical entertainment:

The Shaw Brothers

are identical twins performing together for more than 40 years. Members of the well-known folk group, The Brandywine Singers, Rick and Ron toured with Johnny Mathis and Ron also enjoyed success with Columbia Records recording artists, the Pozo Seco Singers. They were also part of the Hillside Singers, who had the world-wide hit, often referred to as the Coca-Cola song, “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”. They have five PBS TV specials of their own, and have performed with major stars as Bob Hope, Bill Cosby, Judy Collins, the Kingston Trio and John Denver.

“Dr. Mike” & the Mike Hafer All-Stars - Mike Hafer studied organ/piano from age of seven and is an expert on the Hammond B3 organ. He’s shared the stage with the likes of Margaret Whiting, Frankie Yankovic, Maria Muldaur, Deana Martin, Les Brown Jr., Calloway Brooks (grandson of Cab Calloway) and comedian Bob Newhart. “Dr. Mike” is truly a master keyboard player – whether backing up the Big Band Sound, or in the initimate Jazz trio setting, or as a concert style soloist!

And Special Hillside Singers Reunion Show:

The Hillside Singers Reunion Show

- In 1971, producer Al Ham

was asked by Coca Cola to put together a group to record the song, "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing in Perfect Harmony" - the result was the group The Hillside Singers. They performed nationwide on TV shows like The Mike Douglas Show, The Jerry Lewis Telethon, and American Bandstand and toured from 1971-1974, releasing two albums:. "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" and "Merry Christmas from The Hillside Singers". The Hillside Singers have reunited just three times in the past 20 years – most recently to perform together once more on the PBS Special "AMERICAN SOUNDTRACK: THIS LAND IS OUR LAND THE FOLK ROCK YEARS II.”

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Plus special TransAtlantic Lecture Series –

Life in American Radio – with long-time Music of Your Life chief Kerry Fink

Growing up in Music – with Lorri “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” Hafer

Life in the Big Bands – with Bandleaders Richie Chiaraluce & Charles Almeida

Life on Broadway – with long-time Vicki Belmonte

The Folk Era – with the Shaw Brothers

Special OnBoard Fun’n’Games –

Name That Tune & Music Trivia

Lorri Hafer Radio Show Tapings

Meet’n’Greet the Performers

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Cruise Itinerary

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Starter Suite with Balcony

This suite is approximately 200 square feet in size - has a bedroom with large sitting area and french doors leading onto veranda. Has en-suite bathroom with bath and/or shower. Interactive television, DVD & CD player, mini-bar and/or refrigerator.

Starter Outside with Picture Window

This cabin is approximately 165 square feet in size - This grade of cabin enjoys picture windows and a bathroom with shower. Facilities include an interactive television.

Starter Inside Cabin

This cabin is approximately 160 square feet in size - This grade of cabin has an en-suite bathroom with shower, and an interactive television.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 1-800- 843-0602, extension 6

* please call Fred Olsen Cruises for up-to-date pricing and availability for this Caribbean Cruise sailing on the Balmoral. Examples above are reference only – actual pricing and cabin availability available at 1-800-843-0602 ext 6.

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