Basin Street Regulars
Monthly Sunday Sessions
November 24th – Sunday Session at the Oceano Elks
Club
3 Martini Lunch with The Amigos as the opening band.
Join us at Oceano Elks Lodge #2504, 410 Air Park Drive, for an afternoon of excellent music, great food & drink, dancing, and lots of fun. The jam set starts at 11am, The Amigos band will open at 12:30 pm with 3 Martini Lunch as the guest band starting at 2pm. The Elks club people are excellent hosts for our Sunday Sessions and have treated us very well during our two prior visits. You won’t want to miss this great show!
Admission is $10 for members, $15 for non-members, and $5.00 for jammers. Elks members get a $5.00 discount. Buy memberships at the event! Food and drinks will be sold and there will be a generous dance area for dancing to these two great bands.
Purchase tickets in advance from my805tix by clicking HERE .
December 15th – Annual Christmas Party at Pismo Vets Hall
Central City Swing big band with the Brad Lusk (vibraphone) & Liz Douglas (bass & vocals) duo as opener. The concert goes from 1:00 pm to 4:00 on Sunday the 15th at the Pismo Beach Veteran’s Building, 390 Bello Street in Pismo Beach.
Our holiday jam session starts at 11:00 am. A catered luncheon will be served by Sonny and April Paz, who have been providing us with delicious food at our Sunday sessions for the last few months. The menu is TBD. There are three tiers of ticket prices. Members who do not want a meal or champagne will pay $10, non-members $15. For all attendees who want a meal and champagne, the cost is $25 and you must RSVP in advance (the deadline is December 8th). Silver members can attend with a meal for free but sill must RSVP.
To RSVP, contact Shonda Croly by email at: shamrockshonda59@gmail.com or buy advance tickets for the meal at my805tix (click HERE).
Central City Swing, a 17-piece big band led by Bob Swayze, was formed in 2002, drawing from professional and semi-professional musicians throughout the central coast. “The group gathers weekly, just for fun,” explains Swayze. “We sight-read charts from famous bands we admire, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, etc.”
Vibraphonist Brad Lusk majored in Music Composition and Business Administration at Cal State Fullerton. He’s been involved in various music groups during most of his adult life with one being The Jazz Collective, which had a 20 year summer gig on the deck of the Vineyard House Restaurant in Santa Ynez. He currently lives in Arroyo Grande.
Liz Douglas came from a musical family. In 1971 she and her musical husband moved to Santa Maria and they both played in many groups over the years, together and separately, performing at all the local venues on the Central Coast. The highlight of her musical career was joining her husband in the “Bill Douglas Quartet,” performing for several years aboard Princess Cruises. She is in great demand in our area both as a vocalist and a bassist.
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