{"id":7509,"date":"2024-11-21T16:26:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=7509"},"modified":"2024-11-21T16:26:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:26:49","slug":"nostalgia-dance-brings-big-band-music-dancing-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/11\/21\/nostalgia-dance-brings-big-band-music-dancing-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Nostalgia Dance brings big band music, dancing to life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Tuesday night, Troy University&#8217;s College of Communications and Fine Arts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/academics\/colleges-schools\/college-communication-fine-arts\/departments\/john-m-long-school-music\/ensembles\/jazz-ensemble.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jazz Ensemble<\/a> and solo vocalists hosted a Nostalgia Dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guests danced the night away to Swing, Jazz, Tap, Blues, all performed live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It was really fun,&#8221; said student Audrey Bell. &#8220;I love dancing, especially more organized dancing, like swing, waltzing all that stuff, but it was super fun, and I got to meet some new people. Just a great opportunity to get out and move.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From &#8220;Fly Me to the Moon&#8221; by Count Basie and Frank Sinatra to &#8220;Blue Moon&#8221; by Billie Holiday, participants danced to some of the greatest hits of the big band era. One student said she appreciated the live music and dance instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/11\/20\/populus-records-new-music-prepares-for-spring-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MORE NEWS FOR YOU: POPulus records new music, prepares for spring release<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think, getting the students to sing, and them singing different jazz songs, and getting a dance professor to show how to dance before it started,&#8221; Interfraternal Music Council (IMC) President Kayleabeth Steadman said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the School of Music and its ensembles regularly hold concerts, some participants hope to see more interactive events like the Nostalgia Dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I would love if they would have another event like this,&#8221; Bell said. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s super fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IMC plans to hold a showcase in the spring to help get more students connected with on-campus music organizations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Tuesday night, Troy University&#8217;s College of Communications and Fine Arts, Jazz Ensemble and solo vocalists hosted a Nostalgia Dance.<\/p>\n<p>Guests danced the night away to Swing, Jazz, Tap, Blues, all performed live.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was really fun,&#8221; said student Audrey Bell. &#8220;I love dancing, especially more organized dancing, like swing, waltzing all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/11\/21\/nostalgia-dance-brings-big-band-music-dancing-to-life\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":7523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[2081,2039,2040,2080],"topics":[5,17],"class_list":["post-7509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-interfraternal-music-council","tag-nostalgia-dance-troy-university","tag-troy-university-jazz-ensemble","tag-troy-university-john-m-long-school-of-music","topics-college-of-communication-and-fine-arts","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7522,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7509\/revisions\/7522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7509"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=7509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}