|
Press Releases
---------------------------------------
Press Release
Date: June 25, 2011
For Immediate Release
Remember When to Perform at
Arcadia’s Best Festival, Saturday, July 2
The Jazz Vocal Group Remember When will be performing at the
street stage for the City of Arcadia’s kick off to the Independence Day weekend
with the first annual Arcadia’s Best Patriotic Festival from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on
Saturday July 2. The free daytime event in Downtown Arcadia sponsored by
Arcadia’s Best Foundation will feature the first community parade, 10 gourmet
food trucks, a car show, street fair, photo contest for prettiest baby and
senior, and performances by many local groups.
A local performing group by origin, Remember When will bring
its big band sound to the event. Remember When will first perform with the
Theater Visions Productions about 11:15 after the parade, and later by
themselves at 2:35PM. The stage area on the street at the corner of First Avenue
and Bonita Street in Down Town Arcadia, right at the end of the 10:00AM Parade.
Created in the style of many big band and vocal groups from the 1930's &
40's, Remember When is a performing Vocal Group, singing Big Band Vocals, Jazz
Standards and Movie Favorites in the greater Los Angeles area. The music is
presented in a close harmony four part (SATB) style. The group performs both
a'cappella and with big band sound tracks for a full orchestration of sound.
Remember When musical style is reminiscent of the Modernaires,
the Pied Pipers, the Four Freshmen, The Lettermen, Manhattan Transfer and New
York Voices. Remember When has a fresh approach to a hard to find jazz vocal
style.
Arcadia is the home town of Remember When’s Founder and
Organizer Steve Hawkins. He also attended Arcadia High School and sang in the
High School Choir, graduated in 1968 and still resides there today. Many of the
members of Remember When either reside in Arcadia, or one of the close
neighboring communities.
This small town event promises to be a typical home town
American Fourth of July celebration, just two days earlier of the main event on
the same holiday weekend.
For more information about Arcadia’s Best Foundation and Remember When, visit
these web sites:
Remember When
www.ArcadiasBest.com
www.JazzVocalGroup.com
Go To Top of the Page
#############
Press Release
For Immediate Release, Nov 25, 2009
Remember When’s Christmas Show
will
Feature Some Great Holiday Modern Classics
Remember When presents a Swinging Christmas Season Concert at
one of the Groups favorite venues, The Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
on Saturday, December 12 at 7:00 PM in Alhambra. The center is located at the
Sage Granada Park United Methodist Church, 1850 W Hellman Ave in Alhambra. The
group will perform many great Modern Christmas like Mel Torme’s "The Christmas
Song", "Silver Bells" from the movie "The Lemon Drop Kid" starring Bob Hope and
Irving Berlin’s "White Christmas". These arrangements and the great
orchestrations are a delight to behold.
The Second half of the program will feature some great Big
Band, Swing and jazz standard tunes presented in Remember When’s unique jazz
harmony style. It will be like celebrating New Year’s Eve several weeks
early!!!!
The doors will open at 6:30PM. Upon arriving at the Center,
the patrons will enjoy more traditional Christmas music presented by the Dickens
Holiday Carolers as they perform in the crowd while waiting for the concert to
begin. Tickets are only $15 each for an evening of choral festival music
delight. For tickets and reservations, contact the Center’s web site
www.cvpaministry.com,
by sending an email to
2Bizwind@yahoo.com
or calling (626)230-5435.
Go To Top of the Page
###############
Press Release
Date: Nov 25, 2009
Contact: Steve Hawkins
Cell: (626) 831.1920
For Immediate Release
Southern Californians invited to be part of the biggest Video
Holiday
Card taping at the Dickens Holiday Festival in Sierra Madre
On Saturday, November 28, local Cable TV Producer John
Johnson is video taping special holiday greetings from all those in attendance
of the Sierra Madre Dickens Holiday Festival. The video is designed to be a
special "live" Christmas Card to be placed on YouTube for our American Troops
posted overseas to view and experience a part of small town America at Christmas
time. It will also capture several activities that day.
In the past, there has been a special Christmas Card project
to send Holiday greeting to American Troops overseas. That was cancelled last
year due to the anthrax scare.
The Jazz Vocal Group, Remember When and The Dickens Christmas
Carolers will share the main stage in Kersting Court during the Dickens Village
Celebration in Sierra Madre from 3:00PM to 5:00PM, located in the heart of the
village at the corner of Baldwin Ave and Sierra Madre Blvd in Sierra Madre.
Several other local entertainers have been invited to attend, but at this time
have not confirmed.
This Traditional Holiday Family Festival is a project of the
Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce. It features booths by local artisans and
non-profit vendors in the area, snow sleding on Sierra Madre Blvd, carriage
rides in Downtown Sierra Madre and Pictures with Santa Claus. While the booths
and downtown stores will be open, the entertainment and the greetings for the
troops are free to the public.
Go To Top of the Page
###############
Press Release
Date: Sept 16, 2009
Contact: Steve Hawkins
Cell (626) 831-1920
For Immediate Release
Remember When’s New Fall Show to Mix
Big Bands Favorites with Broadway Show Tunes
The Jazz Vocal Group, Remember When will present a special
Alhambra Pops and Swing Musical Concert at one of the Groups favorite
venues, The Center for the Visual and Performing Arts on Saturday, October 16 at
7:00PM in Alhambra. The center is located at the Sage Granada Park United
Methodist Church, 1850 West Hellman Ave in Alhambra. The program not only
features some of the crowd pleasing big band selections, but several Show Tune
solos by the individual members of Remember When, who will perform these solos
from the audience, providing a great feel of theater in the round. It promises
to be a night of great music, in a style that is not performed live these days.
The critics have raved about the music performed by Remember
When. In a recent concert review, Bill Peters of Peters Music News state that
"Remember When took the audience on a trip of old tunes from the ‘30's and ‘40's
in a close-harmony vocal style....with a smooth deftness that made the musical
journey a pleasure." The Pasadena Star-News also stated, "In a genre (of music)
that is not heard much anymore, Remember When has really cornered the market."
The doors will open at 6:30PM. Tickets are only $15 each for
an evening of choral music delight. For tickets and reservations, contact the
Center’s web site
www.cvpaministry.com,
by sending an email to
2Bizwind@yahoo.com
or calling (626)230-5435.
Go to web site:
http://www.cvpaministry.com/
Go To Top of the Page
-------------------------------
Press Release
Date: Aug 20,
2001 Contact: Steve Hawkins, Founder & Organizer
A Brief
History of Remember When During the Spring of 1999, Steve Hawkins was singing Bass in the Sierra Madre Chorale, when the group attended a Los Angeles-Orange County Community Choral Festival. At the festival, a special vocal jazz group performed called Vocal Magic, a small ensemble from the Brea Community Chorale. The sound really captured Hawkins’s imagination and he decided to put a vocal group together to sing the same close harmony jazz style. The idea for Remember When was then conceived. Hawkins had spent 7 years as a Barbershop Baritone and really enjoyed the close harmony group style. "I was always a fan of the small groups, the Johnny Mann Singers, the Hi-Los, the Anita Kerr Singers, and Manhattan Transfer. I really loved that sound." He
originally envisioned a Sextet & initially recruited 5 members of the Sierra Madre Chorale to start Remember When.
Ursula Hawkins, Roger Moon, Leslie Ziff, Andrea Gayhart & Katherine Dyden (as Musical Director &
accompanist) were all members of the Sierra Madre Chorale. Over time, Toni Enright,
Robin Winterheimer, Earnie Lockart, Gloria Denison, Kristine Kwong, Clyde Yocum,
and Dan Marx all
auditioned & joined the group later over the past 5 years. Currently, Remember When features 14 singers. "I am really pleased at our group’s sound and style. We all work together very well," said Hawkins. Tenor Roger Moon added, "We all really love this music." Remember When’s first public appearance was for the Los Angeles County Open House on October 5, 2002 at the Paseo
Colorado Shopping Center in Pasadena. The simple audition tape was not only accepted by the
Los Angeles County’s Arts Commission, but the Pasadena Symphony as well. "It was quite an honor to be selected. The audience really
enjoyed to our performance." Remember When specializes in vocal music of the ‘20's to ‘40's, Movie Musical Favorites, and Jazz standard tunes in a tight 4 part harmony style. The group performs mainly with big band sound tracks for a full orchestration sound. To contact Remember When for booking dates and special events, call Steve Hawkins at the phone numbers & E-mail below. A new web site is coming soon.
Phone: 626. 831.1920 Organizer Fax: 928.441.5857
E-mail: info@JazzVocalGroup.com
Go To Top of the Page
#####################
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Date: July 12, 2009
Remember When Returns to Altadena for another Great Evening of Musical Entertainment at the Coffee Gallery Backstage
on August 27.
On Thursday, August 27, the Jazz Vocal Group returns to Altadena’s cozy and
intimate night spot, the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Avenue in
Altadena for a great night of classic jazz music. The program will feature
Remember When performing some great Jazz Standards, Movie and Broadway Favorite
Tunes and hot Big Band Vocals in their unique close-harmony Jazz vocal style.
This will be Remember When's last event open to the general public this summer.
The group will perform 2 sets with a "coffee break" in the
middle of the show. (What else would you expect at a coffee house?) This will be
a great opportunity to hear some great Big Band and Swing Jazz tunes in the
past, presented in a fresh new harmony style.
"When we were starting to perform with our current group, one
of our first performances was at the Coffee Gallery Backstage," said Group
Founder & Organizer Steve Hawkins. "We were just an opening act, but it was a
very important night for our group. The successful set helped us to grow and
continue to get more performance dates. Now, we are returning to one of our
first performance locations. We will have a great show!"
There will only be one show that night, starting at 8:00PM.
Seats are only $15.00 each and can be secured by making a reservation on the
Coffee Gallery Backstage’s reservation line: (626) 398-7917. For directions and
parking instructions for the Coffee Gallery Backstage, consult their web site.
###############
Go To Top of the Page
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Release Date June 7, 2009
Remember When to Make First Ever
Appearance at Cafe 322
On Wednesday, June 24, The Jazz Vocal Group, Remember
When, will make its first appearance at Sierra Madre's best musical dinner
club, Cafe 322 at 322 W Sierra Madre Blvd in Sierra Madre. The only show will
begin at 7:00PM and will end by 9:00PM.
This event will be a return to the little village where the group was originally
formed. Remember When started as a small performance ensemble from the Sierra
Madre Chorale in 1999. Over the years,
the members of Remember When has changed, the group has grown and the sound has
really matured to a unique close-harmony jazz style.
"We are really looking forward to being in Sierra Madre again," state group
founder and organizer Steve Hawkins. "Several of our members still live in the
area. We hope to do many more performances there in the near future."
Remember When started as a hobby in 1999, but has grown a lot since then. "In
2008, we had 20 different performance dates," Hawkins continued. "Most of them
were for private parties. This year, we hope to have more performance dates
open to the general public."
########################
Go To Top of the Page
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Remember When to be Part of Big Charity Variety
Show at the Sierra Madre Playhouse May 24, 2009
On Sunday, May
24 at 7:00PM, Remember When joins
another 15 performers in an old fashion Musical Cabaret program in a benefit
concert at the very cozy Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 West Sierra Madre Blvd in
the Down Town Village of Sierra Madre. This event is designed to benefit
The Foothill Center for Spiritual Living in Sierra Madre. The church is in
the middle of raising funds to build a new church location in Sierra Madre.
This program is
designed to be an old fashioned musical review. Most of the performers are
veteran entertainers. While some are long time professionals, others are
veterans of local community theater. The evening program promises to be a
fun evening of great musical entertainment. David Johnson and Don Savage
perform in classic crooner style, while John Greenwood is a fabulous Dean Martin
Impersonator. You can expect Miriam Birch, Steve Mattson and Betty Bondice
do show tunes and some great audience participation. The 4 Friends and
Rafi Mauro both perform original music while David Zasloff mixes comedy and
song.
Remember When
will open the second half of the show with a combination of Jazz Standards,
Broadway and Movie Favorites and Big Band Vocals. And besides the great
music, the program offers a few surprises.
Working on
behalf of the Foothill Center for Spiritual Living, producer Doug Denison has
put a great fun program together. This will be a great way to celebrate
the Memorial Day Weekend. Tickets are $25.00 each and are available at the
Sierra Madre Playhouse box office. For tickets, call (626) 355-4318.
##################
Go To Top of the Page
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Nov 27, 2009
Contact: Steve Hawkins
Cell: (626) 831.1920
For Immediate Release
Remember When and The Dickens Christmas
Carolers Share the Stage at the Dickens Village
Faire in Sierra Madre
On Saturday, November 28, Remember When and The Dickens
Christmas Carolers will share the main stage in Kersting Court during the
Dickens Village Celebration in Sierra Madre from 3:00PM to 5:00PM, located in
the heart of the village at the corner of Baldwin Ave and Sierra Madre Blvd in
Sierra Madre. Several other local enter-tainers have been invited to attend, but
at this time have not confirmed.
This Traditional Holiday Family Festival is a project of the
Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce. It features booths by local artisans and
non-profit vendors in the area, snow sledding on Sierra Madre Blvd, carriage
rides in Downtown Sierra Madre and Pictures with Santa Claus.
In the past, there has been a special Christmas Card project to
send Holiday greeting to American Troops overseas. That was cancelled last year
due to the anthrax scare. Therefore, for the first time, local Cable TV Producer
John Johnson is video taping special holiday greetings from all those in
attendance to be put on a special "live" Christmas Card to bring them a bit of
home this Christmas Season. This card will be a special video placed on YouTube
for the world to see. While the booths and the downtown stores will be open for
business, the entertainment and the greetings for the troops are free to the
public.
###############
For more information about Remember When, visit
www.JazzVocalGroup.com
For more information about The Dickens Holiday Carolers visit
www.DickensHolidayCarolers.com
Go To Top of the Page
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Release Date: Oct 16, 2006
Remember When to Perform at the
West Mission Autumn Art Festival in South Pasadena
On Saturday, November 18, the Jazz Vocal Group REMEMBER WHEN
will perform live on stage for the First Time at the West Mission Autumn Art
Festival, a street festival located on West Mission Street, West of Fair Oaks in
South Pasadena. Remember When will be on stage Saturday, Nov 18 at 2:10 to
3:00PM. There will be other musical performers on stage from 11:00AM-6:00PM on
Saturday & Sunday.
Created in the style of many big band and vocal groups from
the past, Remember When is a performing Vocal Group, singing Big Band Vocals,
Jazz Standards and Movie Favorites in the greater Los Angeles area. The music is
presented in a close harmony four part (SATB) style. The group performs
a'cappella and with a big band sound tracks for a full orchestration of sound.
Remember When's musical selections features Jazz Standards,
Movie and Broadway favorites tunes and Big Band Vocals. Many of the tunes are
very familiar to the general public. All of their music is familiar to a various
age groups, and is performed in a unique multi-part jazz harmony style.
The group's musical style is reminiscent of the Pied Pipers,
the Modernaires, the Mills Brothers, The Four Freshmen, The Ink Sposts,
Manhattan Transfer and New York Voices.
This is the first performance of REMEMBER WHEN in South
Pasadena on an outdoor stage and is part of very busy fall and winter season for
REMEMBER WHEN. While the bulk of the schedule is for private events, all public
appearances will include plenty of advance public notice.
Go To Top of the Page
#################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Press Release For October 5, 2006
Remember When to Open On October 5
at The Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena
On Thursday, October 5, The Jazz Vocal Group
REMEMBER WHEN will perform live on stage for the First Time at the Coffee House
Gallery, 2029 North Lake Avenue in Altadena. REMEMBER WHEN will open the
evenings entertainment for the evening headliner Brigitte DeMeyer. Show time is
8:00PM.
Created in the style of many big band and vocal groups from the past, REMEMBER
WHEN is a performing Vocal Group, singing Big Band Vocals, Jazz Standards and
Movie Favorites in the greater Los Angeles area. The music is presented in a
close harmony four part (SATB) style. The group performs a cappella and with a
big band sound tracks for a full orchestration of sound.
REMEMBER WHEN's musical selections features Jazz Standards, Movie and Broadway
favorites tunes and Big Band Vocals. Many of the tunes are very familiar to the
general public. All of their music is familiar to a various age groups, and is
performed in a unique multi-part jazz harmony style.
The group's musical style is reminiscent of the Pied Pipers, the Modernaires,
The Four Freshmen, The Ink Spots, Manhattan Transfer and New York Voices.
This is the first performance of REMEMBER WHEN at the Coffee Gallery Backstage
in Altadena and begins a busy fall schedule for REMEMBER WHEN. While the bulk
of the schedule is for private events, all public appearances will include
plenty of advance public notice.
#########################
Go To Top of the Page
____________________________________________________________________________ |
