Band History

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6/22/08: Concert at Mohonk Mountain House

6/24/07: Concert at Mohonk Mountain House

Photo by Richard Williams
9/9/06: Concert at Boscobel Mansion

6/25/06: Concert at Mohonk Mountain House

6/26/05: Concert at Mohonk Mountain House

10/3/04: Glenn Miller and Count Basie Centennial Concert and Dance at The Theatre at Beacon High School

9/11/04: Concert at Boscobel Mansion

7/9/04: Concert at East Fishkill Recreation Park

6/27/04: Concert at Mohonk Mountain House

6/22/03: Concert at Mohonk Mountain House

6/8/03: Concert at Mount Carmel Street Festival

5/7/03: Dave and Jim's 20th Anniversary with the band

9/14/02: Concert at Boscobel Mansion

6/23/02: Concert at Mohonk Mountain House

5/26/02: New City Library Concert

2/9/02: The refurbished drum set with logo! (and Eric & Mark too)

11/7/01: Julius LaRosa singing with us on the Jim Lowe & Company Radio Show, taped live at Marist College. Photo by Matthew Gillis.

7/5/01: Hasbrouck Park Concert, New Paltz

11/16/00: Our theatrical debut on-stage in Dutchess Community College's production of 1940's Radio Hour

7/18/00: Concert at Sharon Playhouse

6/25/00: Concert at Mohonk Mountain House

5/19/00: "Swing Into Summer" Dance at West Point (courtesy of WBNR)

11/12/99: 1940's Swing Dance in Beacon

7/24/99: Waryas Park Concert, City of Pougkeepsie

7/1/99: Peace Park Concert, Highland

4/17/99: 1940's Swing Dance in Beacon

2/27/99: Swing Dance at Germania Hall in Poughkeepsie

10/3/98: 1940's Swing Dance in Beacon

6/27/98: St. Augustines's Festival in Highland

6/24/98: Mohonk Mountain House concert during Music Week

9/21/97: "September Swing" Concert on the lawn of the Rhinebeck Post Office

5/25/97: Holy Trinity Church Festival

5/10/97: Senior Citizen's Prom, Rhinebeck High School

9/14/96: Curt Grosskopf, trumpet player with The Big Band Sound, and Mary's wedding reception at Valeur Mansion, Rhinecliff

8/6/96: Greenvale Park concert, Town of Poughkeepsie

10/7/95: Warbirds Fly-In USO Dance, Dutchess County Airport

5/13/95: The Great Hudson Valley Balloon Race, Dutchess County Airport

8/7/94: Mark Pozza, drummer with The Big Band Sound, proposed to Vicky Cavagnaro on-stage during intermission at our concert in Freedom Park, Town of LaGrange. She said "Yes"! Story from The Voice Ledger.

8/7/94: Freedom Park concert, Town of LaGrange

7/19/94: Greenvale Park concert, Town of Poughkeepsie

6/11/94: Poughkeepsie Elks Club.

5/16/94: The Great Hudson Valley Balloon Race, Dutchess County Airport

5/16/93: The Great Hudson Valley Balloon Race, Dutchess County Airport

6/25/92: Mohonk Mountain House concert during Music Week

6/21/92: Dutchess County Jazz Festival, from the front page of the Hudson Valley News

6/21/92: Dutchess County Jazz Festival, from the Poughkeepsie Journal

3/14/92: Gary Banks, trumpet player with The Big Band Sound, and Judy McCasland's wedding reception at the Beacon Knights of Columbus

7/17/91: Vanderbilt Mansion concert, Hyde Park

6/26/89: IBM Poughkeepsie Retirees Picnic, IBM Country Club, Poughkeepsie, backing up singer "Alfredo"

6/18/88: IBM East Fishkill Family Day, Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck

7/18/87: The Big Band Sound party

6/6/87: Charlie Henry, trombone player with The Big Band Sound, and his wife Jo's 40th wedding anniversary celebration, Wappingers Masonic Lodge

1982: We wore powder blue jackets with black bow ties until 1984 when we switched to wearing navy jackets with red ties.

1980: In 1980, we changed our name to The Big Band Sound.

December 1979: Our band was founded in 1975 and we performed under the name "Hudson Valley Dance Band" for five years.

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