BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180314T170000Z DTEND:20180314T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:SouthFirst Bank Adult Brown Bag Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:SouthFirst Bank Adult Brown Bag Lecture Series presents Buddy Simpkins & Friends in "Our Stories in Music and Song." Retired Sylacauga High School Band Director\, Buddy Simpkins\, has gathered noted musicians to play for the enjoyment of the Comer Library's brown bag audience. Drawing on songs from musical history\, Buddy and his musician friends will play their favorite jazz\, rhythm and blues\, pop\, swing\, and more for those who enjoy stories through music and song. Joining Buddy will be renowned jazz double bassist\, Cleve Eaton\, who spent seventeen years with the Count Basie Orchestra and is in the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame as well as the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Talented trumpeter\, Bo Berry\, who played with such greats as Wynton Marsalis and Count Basie\, was inducted in 1993 to the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Other artists will include Choko Aiken on keys and Tena Wilson on vocals. Choko\, born and raised in Japan\, began studying classical piano at the age of three later adding jazz\, salsa\, gospel\, and pop to her incredible repertoire of beautiful music. Tena\, a noted singer and vocal instructor\, has performed on stage and at concerts throughout the United States using her beautiful voice to "make people happy" at venues ranging from the Alabama Symphony Orchestra to Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:SouthFirst Bank Adult Brown Bag Lecture Series presents Buddy Simpkins &\; Friends in "\;Our Stories in Music and Song."\; Retired Sylacauga High School Band Director\, Buddy Simpkins\, has gathered noted musicians to play for the enjoyment of the Comer Library&rsquo\;s brown bag audience. Drawing on songs from musical history\, Buddy and his musician friends will play their favorite jazz\, rhythm and blues\, pop\, swing\, and more for those who enjoy stories through music and song. Joining Buddy will be renowned jazz double bassist\, Cleve Eaton\, who spent seventeen years with the Count Basie Orchestra and is in the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame as well as the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Talented trumpeter\, Bo Berry\, who played with such greats as Wynton Marsalis and Count Basie\, was inducted in 1993 to the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Other artists will include Choko Aiken on keys and Tena Wilson on vocals. Choko\, born and raised in Japan\, began studying classical piano at the age of three&mdash\;later adding jazz\, salsa\, gospel\, and pop to her incredible repertoire of beautiful music. Tena\, a noted singer and vocal instructor\, has performed on stage and at concerts throughout the United States using her beautiful voice to &ldquo\;make people happy&rdquo\; at venues ranging from the Alabama Symphony Orchestra to Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf. LOCATION:B.B. Comer Memorial Library UID:e.3137.249594 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260522T211839Z URL:http://members.sylacaugachamber.com/events/details/southfirst-bank-adult-brown-bag-lecture-series-03-14-2018-249594 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR