23.03.2024: Saturday Night Eleganza Ball Orchestra: ONDREJ HAVELKA & HIS MELODY MAKERS (CZ)
OMG – THEY ARE BACK!
Ondrej Havelka & His Melody Makers is a synonym for authentic interpretation of popular music of the swing era, i.e. music dating back to the beginning of the 1930s to swing’s heights in early 1940s.
Their variegated repertory includes a broad spectrum of attractive tunes, sweet and hot, ranging from Hollywood musicals to big bands’ top swing numbers.
A concert is more than that; it is a show designed in the minutest detail to emulate the typical manners of those times, complete with the costumes and hairdos, and rounded off by overall direction of the performance.
The musicians’ thorough jazzy style is compounded by their sense of humour, show, and understanding. The band’s enthrallings sound and tempo support the soloist: Ondrej Havelka, a singer, speaker and dancer.
Check out their their website
Date for the VBLE 2024 Eleganza Ball: Saturday, March 23, 2024
Entrance: 8pm; At-the-door-price: € 40,-
Location: @Lorely-Saal, Penzinger Strasse 72, 1140 Vienna (find it on the map).
!!!Attention!! Elegant attire is required (Suit with [bow]tie, Tux, Cocktail dress, Ball gown, elegant Vintage attire,….).
T-Shirts/Jeans will not be accepted.
Camp Shellac DJ: Stephan Wuthe (DE)
As a unique feature, all music during parties at the Vienna Balboa & Laminu Experience is analogue music only: this means that there will be either Live Music or music from original 78rpm/Shellac records.
The main organizers, Sandra & Axel, are actually DJing with Shellacs and are convinced that the overall dancing and listening experience is way better with music provided from original records.
This is very much based on the influence of their dear friend, Stephan Wuthe, who is perhaps the most important Shellac DJ and historian in the Swing scene.
So we’re very happy that Stephan Wuthe is our DJ in residence and will back here in Vienna for VBLE 2024.
Stephan will carry his 78rpm discs all the way down from Berlin and share his love for music and dancing with you.