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Down for the Count presents

Swing Into Christmas

Celebrate the festive season in style with the vocalists and instrumentalists of the Down for the Count Orchestra, as they Swing Into Christmas!

Date & Time
Location
The Coro
Prices

Standard: £29 (includes £2.86 booking fee)

Student / Under 18 / Access / Unwaged: £20 (includes £2.15 booking fee)

Coro Members don’t pay booking fees

Additional details

Doors open at 6:45pm

There is a 20-minute interval

By booking you agree to our Conditions of Sale and Entry including our refund policy.

This is a Christmas celebration like no other, as Down for the Count recreate the music of Nat ‘King’ Cole, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and many more in a luscious 30-piece orchestral setting evoking the sounds of the great Capitol Studios recordings.

Expect to hear faithful recreations of the best music of the swing era including I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Let’s Face The Music and Dance and ‘S Wonderful, alongside original arrangements of jazz and festive standards written by the Orchestra’s principal conductor Mike Paul-Smith, including Winter Wonderland and The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting).

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  • 7.30pm - 10.00pm

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Get ready to Swing Into Christmas with the Down for the Count orchestra.

Listen to 'Swing Into Christmas'

Nat ‘King’ Cole, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra - Swing Into Christmas is a fitting tribute to some of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century.

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