Candy Cane Lane, Jazz Night, and Seattle Parks and Rec’s Pathway of Lights!

Thank you to everyone for supporting the Roosevelt Jazz Nutcracker. We had a wonderful time performing, and you were a fabulous audience. Join us for some special holiday events in the days ahead:

On Tuesday, December 10th students will perform at the 70th Anniversary of Candy Cane Lane. Admire the decorations and listen for us from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Jazz Night is Thursday, December 12th in the Roosevelt Theatre at 7:00 pm. You’ll hear from our Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jean-Marie Kent, as well as the jazz bands directed by Mark Taylor, Michael Van Bebber, and Scott Brown. There will be a bake sale and the concert is free.

On Saturday, December 14th we invite you to walk Green Lake for the Seattle Parks and Recreation Pathway of Lights. Jazz Bands 2, 3, and 4 will perform at the Small Craft Center beginning at 5:30 pm. Moc Escobedo and the Eckstein Middle School Jazz Band will kick the set off at 4:30, Five O’Clock Shadows plays at 6:30 and The Lincoln Jazz Band performs at 7:00. There are groups performing at The Bathhouse and the Community Center as well.

Sunday’s Nutcracker – 12/8 at 2:00 pm

Come to the show! Tickets will be available online through 1 pm on Sunday. Tickets at the door for $20.00 cash and check only. C’mon down to Roosevelt High and join the Peanut Brittle Brigade. It’s a great show, a joyful show, a show that fills you up!

Let Roosevelt Jazz put you in the Holiday Mood

The Roosevelt Jazz Band, under the direction of Scott Brown, will perform Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s Jazz Nutcracker with selections from David Berger’s Harlem Nutcracker on Saturday, December 7th at 7:30 pm and Sunday, December 8th at 2:00 pm. This is just a joy of a concert. Please come and bring a friend. Click for tickets.

Earshot Jazz Festival

The award-winning Roosevelt Jazz Band performs on Saturday, October 19th at 7:30 pm in the RHS Performing Arts Theatre as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival.  Performing with the band is local jazz treasure and this years’ Earshot Artist in Residence, Jay Thomas and the East-West Alliance including RHS alumna, Maya Hatch.  Tickets are available through earshotjazz.org and at Roosevelt on the day of the show.