Monthly Archives: November 2023

Dance Travel News Goes to New Orleans

If you’re “in the mood” for swing era big band music, “I’ll be seeing you” at the Dine and Dance to the Victory Swing Orchestra in BB’s Stage Door Canteen at the World War II Museum in New Orleans. A three-course dinner with wine and 90 minutes of dancing to a full orchestra with 3 singer soloists made for a wonderful evening during our trip this past October. Dancing was the reason we headed to NOLA and we’ll be back again in 2024 for one of these delightful tributes to the 1940’s Big Bands at the museum. A Valentine’s Day dance will be held on February 17th (not to compete with Mardi Gras parades) and another evening will be on June 1. (See schedule/buy tickets at https://www.nationalww2museum.org/programs/dine-dance-victory-swing-orchestra). Before the end of this year there are also luncheons and teas in 2023 and a New Year’s Eve Dine and Dance (https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/bbs-stage-door-canteen).

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