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Upcoming Events

5 December, 1:30 - 2:30, Kerrisdale Seniors Centre
7 December, 11:45 - 12:45, Douglas Park Community Centre
The BHBB is an 18 piece ensemble that plays a wide variety of jazz and popular music. Our repertoire includes classic tunes from Count Basie, Duke Ellingtons and others, latin and jazz standards and big band arrangements of contemporary popular music. Polkas and waltzes by request!

The band meets for practice each Friday morning from September to June.

For more information, contact Brenda at bclarkca@gmail.com

We are thrilled to feature dancers Swing-in-Style at our concerts - see below!
BHBB Sep2024
Saxophone: Linda Blaine, Robert Browne, Brenda Clark, Laura Genovese, David Ronald
Trombone: Linnea Gibbs, Marty Fishman, Ivan Herejk, Peter Homenuk
Trumpet: Gerry Deagle, Andy Hurst, Joanne Maryt, Rob McFarland
Rhythm: Cathie Best, Mark Genovese, Dan Morrison, Doug Rogerson
Vocals: Margaret McConnell

Manager: Brenda Clark - bclarkca@gmail.com

Andrew Clark Music Director - Andrew S. Clark
Andrew started playing bass guitar in a rock-and-roll band as a student in Adelaide, Australia, and very occasionally could be seen late at night brandishing a trombone. Many years, two continents and two children later, he has retired from his serious day job and now entertains himself playing music and more recently, directing the Brock House Big Band.

Swing-in-Style - Brock House Big Band Dance Team

BHBBDance Team #1
Maria Morlin
and Peter Dunlop have been dancing various styles of social dances for many years. They dance as a highly synchronized dance team and frequently combine several styles together in their dance routines. They enjoy dancing with the Brock House Big Band and in addition to joining dancers on the floor they perform their exciting routines at the band’s social dances. See a couple of short samples here:
  1 min. 10sec. on YouTube and 2 min. 53 sec. on YouTube
PDunlop & Janet
Janet Lang and Peter Dunlop are very keen and enthusiastic swing dancers. They particularly enjoy dancing Jive and West Coast Swing. Recently they have started dancing the “Street Hustle” one of the most popular dances from the 1970s. After having performed with the “Cheek-To-Cheek” dancers at several engagements, they are very pleased to be dancing with the Brock House Big Band.

Brock House Big Band Sample Repertoire

  • Alright, OK, You Win
  • Almost Like Being in Love
  • Anything Goes
  • Autumn Leaves
  • Basie's Blues in C
  • Blue Bossa
  • Cantaloupe Island
  • Comes Love
  • Coquette
  • Corner Pocket
  • Cute
  • Desafinado
  • Dreamsville
  • East Avenue Stroll
  • Exactly Like You
  • Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
  • I Love Being Here With You
  • If I Were a Bell
  • In a Mellow Tone
  • In the Mood
  • It Had to be You
  • It's All Right With Me
  • Jersey Bounce
  • Jive at Five
  • Just a Gigolo
  • Lullaby of the Leaves
  • My Foolish Heart
  • My Funny Valentine
  • Polka Dots & Moonbeams
  • Puttin' on the Ritz
  • Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
  • San Antonio Rose
  • Satin Doll
  • Secret Love
  • Slow Hot WInd
  • Song for my Father
  • Splanky
  • St. Thomas
  • Star Eyes
  • String of Pearls
  • Sweet Georgia Brown
  • That's My Style
  • The Party's Over
  • They Can't Take That Away
  • Two Bone Barbecue
  • Watermelon Man
  • When Sunny Gets Blue
  • Who's Sorry Now
  • You Belong to Me
  • You'd Be So Nice

Brock House, 3875 Point Grey Rd, Vancouver,  BC  V6R 1B3

604-228-1461

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Open Monday to Friday: 9 am to 4 pm (Closed stat holidays)

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