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YEP
- that was us. The creative director of the welcome segment,
Ignatius Jones, decided an Australian fanfare should have
a "larrikin" element to it and felt a little bit
of swing would do the trick. He came straight to us and Swing
City was the big band you saw at the very top of the opening
ceremony.
James
Morrison led us in the piece he had written for the occasion
which the TV commentator gave the title - "the swingingest
fanfare ever".
What
a gig!
For
this special event the band was increased to a 32 piece group
and after many months of rehearsal all the various segments
were put together for the biggest of big bands. James decided
to call the piece "Olympic Fanfare" (rather than
the alternative title of "Kjumoresm Octonal Suite").
The
music heralded the beginning of the nights entertainment and
ushered in the Governor General. Following this we joined
Human Nature, Julie Anthony and the Sydney Symphony orchestra
in the Australian National Anthem.
Play video of Swing City at the
Opening Ceremony
(Widows Video Format - 3.6
Mb)
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James
takes off with the opening cadenza.
Swing
City in full swing!
Dig
the threads!
In
addition to the opening ceremony, Swing City played at many
of the Olympic "Live" sites during the olympic period.
The Jazz Legends concert was the highlight of these and 40,000
people in the domain swung to the beat of Swing City with
Australia's great jazz legends.
In
a 16 day period the band played "LIVE" to 380,000
people in Sydney.
PROMOTORS
NOTE:
Swing City is available for bookings in full Olympic dress
and staging.
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