Butchart Gardens Summer Festival presents: Dock Side Drive

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Thursday, September 3rd, 2015
7:30 PM

The Butchart Gardens' summer festival presents 40s, 50s and 60s swing performed by Dock Side Drive.

This open-air concert takes place on the Concert Lawn stage. Come sit on a bench, or bring a blanket and sit on the lawn.

The summer entertainment program is part of your general admission ticket.

A swingin’ ride of show-stopping favourites, Dock Side Drive presents a blend of vocal and instrumental tunes that will usher audiences through more than three decades of song; swing, blues, jazz, and show tunes, including the music of Ray Charles, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, The Beatles, and other favourites. It’s guaranteed you’ll be swingin’ and singin’ along!

Dock Side Drive (formerly "The Ford 7") is one of the West Coast’s newest swing & show bands. This dynamic band will entertain audiences with the music of the 1940s, 50s & 60s. At its core, the band features local Victoria musicians Don Leppard, Joey Smith, Anita Bonkowski, Heather Burns (rhythm section); Dave Flello, Paul Wainwright (horns); Chris Newstead, Fran Bitonti, and Angela Ireland Ford (vocals). They offer a blend of vocal and instrumental tunes that will usher you through more than three decades of song, including the music of Ray Charles, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and other favourites. You won’t want to miss the chance to see and hear this ensemble performing well-known swing, blues, jazz and show tunes! It’s guaranteed you’ll be swingin’ and singin’ along!

Dock Side Drive hosts a roster of seasoned and established musicians from the Victoria area, all of whom perform regularly both together and with other bands: “The Stomp Club”, “Canus”, “The Midnights”, and “String of Pearls” to name a few. Many of these veteran musicians have been seen on the Dixie and Swing Jazz festival circuit. Since its inception, Dock Side Drive has established a reputation as a show band that features vocalists & instrumentalists alike. They have built a repertoire of tunes, including Train Kept a Rollin’, Mac the Knife, Route 66, Blue Skies, What’ll I Do, Hit That Jive Jack, Hallelujah I Just Love Him So, Jump, Jive and Wail, and Sweet Georgia Brown.