Atlantic City, NJ -- July 22 & 23, 2016 -- w/ Dave Damiani & The No Vacancy Orchestra

[Miguel]

July 22 & 23

Tribute: A tribute to the Ladies of Soul & the 5th Anniversary of the death of Amy Winehouse

Featuring: Haley Reinhart of Post Modern Jukebox

http://intraweb.stockton.edu/eyos/page.c...6&pageID=1

Party like its 1950 as we recreate the stylings of the famed 500 Club for five weekends in July.

FIVE at the 5 features Dave Damiani & the NO VACANCY Orchestra every Friday and Saturday night in July and swings us back in time to the hippest place on the shore all month long…IT'S NEVER THE SAME SHOW TWICE!

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Sophie pointed me to the listing on Dave's site. It indicates the show is in Atlantic City.

FIVE AT THE FIVE - 500 CLUB RETURNS TO ATLANTIC CITY - W/ Haley Reinhart
8:00pm-10:00pm

14 N. Mississippi Ave. Atlantic City, NJ

Join the No Vacancy Orchestra for "5 Weekends at the Five." The historic 500 Club returns to Atlantic City, NJ with help from Paulajane D'Amato (daughter of Skinny) and Stephanie Clineman (artistic director of Dante Hall in Atlantic City, NJ). Based on last year's SOLD OUT shows we are doing an entire month in Atlantic City with such guests as Ben Marsella, Spencer Day, Landau Murphy Jr, Renee Olstead, Haley Reinhart, Peter Erskine, and a few other special surprises.

Get your tickets at online or by calling (609) 626-3890.

http://www.davedamiani.com/[/quote]

[john]

Dante Hall Theater

Located in the heart of the historic “Ducktown” neighborhood of Atlantic City, Dante Hall Theater was originally built in 1926 by St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Dante Hall Theater served the predominantly Italian-American community of the neighborhood as a church hall, school gymnasium, and community theater where both school plays and the St. Michael’s Opera Company staged performances. When St. Michael’s closed its parish school in the late 1980s, the building remained dormant until an eighteen-month, $3.5 million renovation, funded solely by the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, was completed in October of 2003. Renamed “Dante Hall Theater of the Arts,” this beautifully restored and intimate performance space reopened with the promise of renewing the tradition of serving the Atlantic City and surrounding communities as a home for the performing arts. In 2011, Stockton University took control of the theater. By providing quality programming and performances to local communities, Stockton University and Dante Hall Theater aim to strengthen New Jersey’s efforts of restoring Atlantic City to a cultural and family destination.

[Miguel]

Press from last year:

South Jersey native Dave Damiani has made a pretty big name for himself on the Los Angeles music scene. But he says nothing beats coming home to New Jersey to play his favorite genres of swing and jazz here in Atlantic City.

"These smaller venues are what I miss from Atlantic City. I grew up in South Jersey and saw Frank Sinatra at the Sands with my father in 1995. It was intimate, it was classy and it was sexy. We are bringing that back to the Jersey Shore," says Damiani,...

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Damiani spent a recent evening drinking Sambuca and talking about the old days with Paulajane D'Amato, daughter of the late owner of the 500 Club, Paul "Skinny" D'Amato, at her home in Margate.

"We were talking about how there's not a place any more where musicians can hone their skills like they did at the 500 Club," Damiani says. "We're so excited to make Dante Hall look like the old nightclub and bring back some of the things that made Atlantic City great."

Damiani, who grew up spending summers at the shore going to places such as White House Sub Shop, Tony's Baltimore Grill and Angeloni's II, is looking at his upcoming show as an opportunity for Atlantic City.

"Everything we've been doing has been the same — one casino opening after another," he says. "We need to do different things. We already have so many cool little places like The Iron Room.

I really do believe that there will be this whole arts and music area here — independent of casinos. I know it's going to happen.

"I think A.C. will be like Austin's music scene in a few years or Williamsburg's in Brooklyn."

Damiani's newest project "Midlife Crisis," which is up for Grammy consideration in 2016, foreshadows much of what will be heard at Dante Hall.

"It's an old-school, Big Band show. A throwback to the days of Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Count Basie. All of our guys wear suits and ties, but we do our own thing, too. We're trying to represent things in a fresh way," explains Damiani of his show that encompasses standards, modern songs and even some originals written by Damiani and the band. "We recreate the experience with the type of show that brings you back in time. Everything today is so impersonal — we want the intimate vibe. You can reach out and touch the band. It's about being sexy.

"When you see the show and our young band and hear our vibe ... we're doing this because we think there will be a future in A.C. — I really believe there is."

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/eedit...ee341.html

[john]

July 22 & 23
Tribute: A tribute to the Ladies of Soul & the 5th Anniversary of the death of Amy Winehouse
Featuring: Haley Reinhart of Post Modern Jukebox

This should right in Haley's wheelhouse (one of them). Amy Winehouse...The "Ladies of Soul" is a European music group and also the title of a book about Denise LaSalle, Ruby Johnson, Carla Thomas, Bettye LaVette, Barbara Mason, Maxine Brown, and Timi Yuro. Singers who never made it big but are noteworthy. On the other hand, it might simple refer to singers such as Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday and such (although it's in caps).

[Miguel]

I suspect the set will overlap much of what Haley performed with them before. A review of a different event last year that featured Maiya Sykes noted:

Sykes brought a classic tone to her numbers and the orchestra. On numbers like Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good,” and Sharon Jones’ “100 Days, 100 Nights,” the group matched Sykes’ classic, revenge-ballad approach with anchoring riffs by the baritone sax, a tight contrast with the other horns. “Bye Bye Blackbird” was, tonally, closer to Aretha Franklin than Ella Fitzgerald, but it featured one of the more adventurous arrangements of the night.

[Tusk]

Hmmm... seems Haley is on a "mini tour" of the east coast... She's performing w/ Damiani on the 21st as well...are more dates going to show up?

[iluvak9]

Hmmm... seems Haley is on a "mini tour" of the east coast... She's performing w/ Damiani on the 21st as well...are more dates going to show up?

Thanks for posting this. I just picked up tickets for a table of four seats on July 21st right up against the stage, which means my wife and I will get to watch her perform live on June 21st (Hamilton in DC) and again on July 21 (Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club in Maryland). This Bethesda event could be quite a show for those into Haley and big band stylings. She's performed with this band in the past and they sound great together (several examples on YouTube). Supper club venue with about 300 seats, mostly in tables of 4 or 6. Anyone in the DC area should check out the July 21st event for tickets:

http://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fu...BDAC889BEA

[popfly38]

After coming out of the Halien closet and taking my wife, a Lauren fan from Season 11, to the Hamilton to see Haley (she loved her!!) I decided to push the envelope and get tickets to the July 21 show with Dave Damiani. In researching the event I found a link to Damiani's entertainment booking website:

http://www.novacancyentertainment.com/

which lists Haley as one of the available artists for bookings. Is this a formal arrangement? Did someone already post about this? I may need to ask my wife to marry me again just so we can book Haley for our 'wedding'. On second thought I'm not sure my wife would say yes this time.

[Miguel]

lists Haley as one of the available artists for bookings. Is this a formal arrangement?

The blurbs for Haley are recent. I suppose, if the price is right, anything is possible. It would make sense for Haley since they can provide the musicians, and they probably allow her the leeway to only pursue opportunities she likes.

[iluvak9]

After coming out of the Halien closet and taking my wife, a Lauren fan from Season 11, to the Hamilton to see Haley (she loved her!!) I decided to push the envelope and get tickets to the July 21 show with Dave Damiani.

Popfly,
Looks like you got the table next to ours. See you at the show on July 21.