OUR KIND OF MUSIC
The Art Deco Night Owls have extensive experience in recreating not only the Music, Style, Dance and Song Material of the Roaring Twenties, and the Swinging Thirties but also in playing tribute to it’s artists and giving the audience a nostalgic feeling of a visit to a bygone age. Helped on it’s way of course by the use of Vintage background, Costume instruments and Bandstands. Our Repertoire depends of course upon the style of event being held, for example a Roaring Twenties or Gatsby Ball, A Charleston Ball , or a Vintage Car event, might include :- The Charleston, The Blackbottom, The Varsity Drag, Crazy Rhythm, The Baltimore etc. Some of the 20’s repertoire can be used for Lindy Hop since the craze actually started in New York in Harlem and in New Orleans in the 20s into the 30s. Starting from the late 20s into 1930s Balboa was borne onto the crowded Dance floors of the West Coast of the USA – Many of the period Foxtrot Rhythm Songs played at the right tempo and style lend themselves to Balboa / Bal Swing dancing. An Art Deco Ball might include some 1920s numbers from the latter part of the period, plus many of the Foxtrot tempo songs picked from the 1930s Swing era which can lend themselves to dancing The Balboa, Bal Swing, Foxtrot and Lindy Hop. Songs such as :- You’re Driving Me Crazy, Truckin’, Just A Blue Eyed Blonde, Dinah, Livin’ in the Sunlight,Lovin’ in the Moonlight, Out for No Good, Here Comes Cookie , Rhythm and Romance, My Baby Just Cares for Me, Exactly Like You, You’re A Heavenly Thing. If you are wanting an Art Deco themed wedding this can be enhanced with period styling and a live band with some romantic songs such as :- You were meant for me, Lovable, My Troubles Are Over, Midnight with the Stars and You, You Oughta Be in Pictures, Swingin’ in A Hammock, What’ll I Do, I’m Crooning A Tune About June, You’re Getting To Be a Habit With Me. We have played a number of Theatre shows over the years using song material from early movies such as:- The Jazz Singer – Toot Tootsie ; The King Of Jazz – Happy Feet Paris – Lets Misbehave; 42nd Street - Shuffle Off To Buffalo; Shopworn Angel – Lovable & Sweet;