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George Gee and Orchestra to Headline Bond 45 Show in Times Square
April 30, 2022, 2:26.36 pm ET
Photo: Kristen Spillane
Just in time to kick off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Bond 45 in Times Square has a NEW headliner every Monday night from 8-11 pm.
Produced by Steve Garrin, George Gee and the Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra will perform with his 14-piece band downstairs at Bond 45 for dining and dancing of the 30’s and 40’s from the foxtrot to the mambo.
As a native New Yorker, Chinese American, and former student of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon turned big band leader, George Gee is the founder of the George Gee Swing Orchestra (known as the Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra) and has over four decades in the big band musical industry. George and his Orchestra have appeared at Lincoln Center, the Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival in New York, and around the globe. George is popular with lindy hoppers worldwide, including legendary Savoy Ballroom-dancers Frankie Manning and Dawn Hampton.
He has been performing regularly at Lincoln Center Midsummer Night Swing, SWING46, Merv Griffin’s Coconut Club (Beverly Hills), The Cicada Club (LA), The Supper Club (now known as The Edison Ballroom), Birdland, The Rainbow Room, Smalls, Copacabana, and Django’s.
On Monday nights starting May 16 at Bond 45, doors will open at 7:30 pm with performances from 8-11 pm. $25 CASH music charge at the door, plus $25 F&B minimum. www.bond45ny.com/georgegee/
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