We drove to Voelkermarkt yesterday... about 35 minutes by car, or less, in order to listen to the "Kelag Big Band"... What does "Kelag" mean ? you ask... It means "Kaerntner Elektrizitaets Aktien Gesellschaft"...
Similar to "Ontario Hydro Ltd"...(although there is no Ltd in Ont. Hydro).. anyway, it is the provincial Hydro Electric Company, who sponsors this Band... and a wonderful Big Band it is: Let me tell you the line-up:
5 Saxophones ( 2 Baritone, Two Tenors and an Alto) 4 Trombones, 4 Trumpets, Keyboard, Bass, Guitar and Drums. A beautiful sounding, well rehearsed, with great sound quality Big Band, playing mostly old Standards. They also had as special guest a vocalist, who supposedly imitates Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. He was so far removed from those two true singers, that you could only now and then pick out a phrase which was similar to Martin/Sinatra. The rest was just a screaming match between him and the Band.
In any event, the pieces which the Band played without him were great music and they alone made the trip worth while.
Ev'rybody, loves somebody, sometime...
or, if you prefer: Fly me to the Moon....
Bertstravels.
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