Sep 21: Ticket to the ‘20s Festival, Mora's Modern Rhythmists

On Sunday, September 21, I join Dean Mora and his Modern Rhythmists and fellow vocalist Kayre Morrison as we return to the annual "Ticket to the Twenties" Festival on the historic 6-acre site of the Homestead Museum.

Dean Mora and his Modern Rhythmists with singers Kayre Morrison and Damon Kirsche
and emcee Maxwell Demille at the Ticket to the Twenties Festival (photo: Dulade-Coclet)

Sunday, September 21, 3 - 7 PM

Ticket to the Twenties Festival

Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum

15415 East Don Julian Road, City of Industry, California 91745

Dig out your glad rags and join us in celebration of the Roaring Twenties:

• Dean Mora & His Modern Rhythmists with emcee Maxwell DeMille
• Ian Whitcomb and His Bungalow Boys
• Fashion shows and a costume contest with the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles

• Admission is FREE • 1920s dress is encouraged • Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets • No pets allowed; Only certified service animals are permitted • Food trucks, music, dancing, shopping, silent films, crafts, historic house tours, games, demonstrations, and more!

Jul 25: Mora's Modern Rhythmists 20th Anniversary Party

Damon Kirsche, Dean Mora, Kayre Morrison, Jim Ziegler and Denny Hardwick
at the 20th Anniversary Party of Mora's Modern Rhythmists at
Maxwell DeMille's Cicada Club (Photo: Dave Welch, Photos With Class)

Mora's Modern Rhythmists celebrates its 20th Anniversary playing classic jazz and swing tunes of the 1920s and early 1930s. Using period arrangements and transcriptions from the original recordings, Mora's Modern Rhythmists has established itself as one of the foremost interpreters of early big band and society swing orchestra music.

Friday, July 25, 2014
MORA'S MODERN RHYTHMISTS'
20TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
The Cicada Club, 617 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014

For upcoming performances, visit morasmodern.com.

10/20: Egyptian Theatre 90th Anniversary Masquerade Ball

Kayre Morrison and Damon Kirsche
(Photo: Brian Boskind)

Saturday, October 20th, I'll sing with Dean Mora and His Orchestra at the Egyptian Theatre's 90th Anniversary Masquerade Ball, an evening of 1922-style entertainment featuring silent short films (including some Egyptian theme novelty films), vaudeville acts, make your own Hollywood Screen Test, 1920s libations, a buffet fit for King Tut, gaming in our speakeasy gambling den, docent-led tours of the Egyptian's private spaces, Mystics, a 1920s fashion parade, Paper Moon Vintage Photos and exotic entertainment including performances by Princess Farhana and DeVilla who will provide a vintage-style floor show, recreating the glamour of Old Hollywood and the "orientalist" fantasies of silent films, the Victory Variety Hour burlesque troupe who will perform "Egyptian Epic," and close-up magic from professional magician Mark Paskell.

Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
8:30 - 11:30 PM

For more information visit The Egyptian Theatre website.

Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, 90th Anniversary
Photo: Brian Boskind

6/14: Mora's Modern Rhythmists

Mora's Modern Rhythmists at Disney California Adventure

This Thursday, I'll appear with Mora's Modern Rhythmists vintage swing orchestra as part of a private event celebrating Disney California Adventure's grand re-opening after a five-year, billion-dollar expansion.

The new entrance to the park, Buena Vista Street, has been refashioned to evoke 1920s and 30s Los Angeles, with Red Car trolleys, modeled after the ones which once served Southern California (and continue to operate in San Francisco in the MUNI's historic streetcar restoration fleet).

We'll be performing in front of the Carthay Circle Theatre, modeled after the site of the 1937 world premiere of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”