Don’t miss this final Canadian engagement of Pianist/Composer/Singer Ron Manfield and the 18-piece Bob Cary Orchestra – at the Oakville Centre. Straight from repeat engagements at Toronto’s Lula Lounge, the band has been compelled to perform one last Canadian concert – a festive pre-Christmas, Sunday afternoon show.
Manfield and Cary have something special planned for this last show before upcoming dates in New York and Chicago. “We were planning to do a last farewell concert in Toronto, but we’ve had an irresistible appeal to play Oakville because of the Town’s fondness for our type of big orchestra music,” says Manfield. “Bob and I are cooking something up. It’s going to be a whole lot of fun,” Manfield adds.
Where big bands are concerned, Bob Cary is the real deal — a veteran of both Dorsey bands, who’s played with the legendary Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett and as well as Sonny and Cher. Bob is a member of the International Trumpet Guide, and the Glenn Miller Appreciation Society in the UK.
The highlight of the tour that began earlier in 2014 is crooner Manfield’s performance of the ballad he penned “All for Julie” accompanied by the 18-piece pit band with a unique sound, under legendary trumpeter and band leader Bob Cary. Joining the band on stage will be special guest chanteuse Sharon Smith.
“All for Julie,” forms the basis of the story behind a dramatic feature film in development for which Manfield is producer and writing the score. “It’s a love-story drama that has echoes of great tragedy,” he comments. The screenplay, based upon Manfield’s original idea, was written by multiple-award winning TV producer and documentary maker Richard M. Landau, an Oakville resident.
November 23 tickets are available through OakvilleCentre.ca website or at the door for $45.
Proceeds support The Rotary Foundation’s Polio Eradication fundraising initiative in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
