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18-Champion Country, Tuesday. February 8, 2005 -/Popu1ar jazz band back for Valentine s concert Sat. 5 u!iicic c ii.,t i/il 'îc 'ici c i c ui.'u.uic ifi/ir i/i ici/i I.,Iii/1~f<.i/l, fi lIi,'îII i}Ii~, t (t. By ROBIN DOWNTON-POIRIER - Special to The Champion Ticketsarie ging l,îsi for Satuîda eii~xcings George ( iosian and Swing Noir perftormance at Hlaiton Regin Museun The Valentiie*s concert is pari of' the Hcarthside Dinner ancd Music Series, andl s certainly a popular addition to the line-Up gisen cach year's ticket sales. George Grosman and Swing Noir are eagerly awaltlng their retum to Milton Saturday evening. Hall IISC aiiTR Offlltw0 F 0R W 0O-M EW Nutrition & Fitness Centers "I havec inoie enw'ey 1( dize anîd i feel like I eau iltccomnplisýl ivd;tilng i/ /u{Y 11111 Io. Become teuI Ëite youimn20,105 toi1d hcakh with1M 3O-mrnute mn ]profesaional wdet ias sup ements m.ne back gwirrantoe Ail fer eue lwpicid CALL 310-TRUE 8 7 8 3 lIV11'1. trîu'star. colin 'GCiorgc, (irosnîal and Sn upin Noirî has c played hete for scvcn y cals anl aic aiaing so tlîc tic kets aIe iys scii quiickiy, saiti sel îcs co-ii itinaiiii Kcn Bakcr. -Wc c\pci a siiid oui pcrfoniaic cach ime thcy pia." The Torcmnto-hased jazz andi blucs enscnmblc hms c been play tnp togcthcr l'or several ycars, aithiîugh n îth somne rccent band changes. They play prîmarily iildcr jazz tunes fri legentis sucu as Duice Ellington, George Gershwin. and Louis Armstrong. -Swing Noir is my main jazz groap. We play jazz music with some 'ethnie' influences, meaning a tew gypsy jazz songs. likc Minor Swing and Dark Eyes, nîîtcd Mr. Grosman. "Righi now. the membership is in flux, as we'vc recently gonc through sonue personnel changes, but the curreut members are Pete Johnston on bass (playeti together four about two years), Bohdan Turok on per- cussion (have wîîrked together for six years). Ian Monro on trurn- pet, a brandc new inember andtis very talctîted. anti Brandon Walker on saxophoines. He*s originally lrom California where he recordeti wîth somne iof the jazz greats. Vvc knîîwn Brandon for tour years. though we'xe only recenîly slarted collaborating.' Mr. Grosmani lias twcî other bands -The George Grosman Band and Mustc on the Corner, that he plays with, each with vary- ing music styles. "The George Grosman Band plays my original compositions exclusively. We record otten anti perform about 12 concerts a year:- he saiti. "Music on the Corner performs in the Czech Ian- guage anti ne play fosr the Czech anti Slovak community, not jusi in Ontario but also in Quebec, Manitoba anti the U.S. Ail three bandis arc quite different but the comînon thread is my lovc of melodic. expressive music anti ballatis' An attentive atîd appreciatîve audience make Milton one of Mr. Grosman's tavourite places to petlorm. he stresseti. -1 can say without reservation that thîs ix one oif our favîîurîte places to play anti one of our favourîte concerts oil the season. The audience is alNiys s'ery attentive. They lise iîur music anti ne losvc theiuiin retunui. The ,icousiics in the rîium are great, as is the food,. anti the aimuisphere of the nhuile building is unique. I Foir more informnatioin oîî the Hearlusicle Dînner anti Music Series oîr Ioi purcliase tickets, visit the Haltîîn Regîîîn Museum's Web site at ssn n ý,.rcgicin.haltii.uîn.cat/inuscuiîî/icsssee cus. Fcor nmire infoirmuationî or tii heai saniples oft Geoîrge Grosmni anti SN g Noir, vstnsgcrin ITOIN CANADA T 1uL)S t ar1 ; -F o V: EýWowiL: N Nutrition & Fîtness Centers 575 Ontario Street (The corner of IJerry Rd.) WATCH FOR... Our Post Ut Note on the Front Page in today's issue of...