February Newsletter
Greg Poppleton February Newsletter
Lots of news for you this month. Shows, new album, magazine article, and a request from London for your help. Read on…
Gig Guide
Sat 8 March
Great Art Deco Ball Carrington Hotel,
15-47 Katoomba St Katoomba, 7 – 11pm.
Extra tix available
BOOK NOW
Sun 16 March
The Basement, Builders Club 61 Church St
Wollongong 2:30 – 5:30pm. Donation.
DETAILS
Sun 23 March
SORCERY & SWING 1920s jazz and magic
dinner show at Cardea, Barangaroo,
(nr Wynyard Stn)
5:30-8pm
General admission to show. Bar seating $29
2-course dinner + show. Priority seating $99
There is no booking fee charged
BOOK NOW
Tues 11, 18, 25 February
Phantom Dancer non-stop swing-jazz mix
from live 1920s-60s radio & TV on 107.3 2SER,
online, and 30 CRN stations across Australia.
LISTEN
Book Greg Poppleton for you event.
Contact Tony Jex: 0407 941 263 – info@ozmanagement.com
Sorcery & Swing – 1920s Jazz & Magic
Cardea Barangaroo
Sunday 23 March 5:30 – 8pm
TICKETS
Bruce Glen is The Gentleman Magician. Greg Poppleton is Australia’s only authentic 1920s singer. Together, they are Sorcery & Swing, the live dinner show which is the perfect balance between amazing magic, whimsical storytelling, and delightfully swinging 1920s jazz.
These two charming gentlemen offer you three decades of showmanship. Bruce is an associate of the prestigious international Inner Magic Circle, played the Edinburgh Fringe, and his Gentleman Magician’s Magical Soiree is rated No. 2 on Tripadvisor. At 1.2 million views for one video, Greg Poppleton is Australia’s most listened-to jazz singer on YouTube. Greg Poppleton and his 1920s band have played ABC Radio Sydney’s 100th Anniversary Broadcast, Sydney Festival (twice), and the always sold-out Annual Great Art Deco Ball since 2012.
Be amazed by close-up magic and astounding miracles, thrill to songs like The Charleston, Tip Toe Through the Tulips, Dinah, Marlene Dietrich’s Falling in Love Again and many more!
Step into their magical 1920s speakeasy for dinner, or simply catch the show and experience the vintage music and magic that is Sorcery & Swing! Feel free to dress up in your finest 1920s gear. Guys in ties, girls in pearls.
‘Whimsical, magical journey… the most charming I’ve seen.”
Tripadvisor review
“Five Stars. Poppleton’s vocals capture the essence of the swing years with uncanny accuracy.” John Gilbert eJazzNews (U.S)
TICKETS
General admission to show. Bar seating $29
Two-course dinner and show. Priority seating $99
There is no booking fee charged
Menu
Entree (Shared)
Focaccia | Home-made focaccia with rosemary and olive oil
Burrata | Cherry syrup – yuzu gel – hazlenut – mint
Tuna Crudo | Yellowfin tuna – yuzu – pistachio cream – stracciatella
Mains (Alternate Serve)
Gnocchetto Sardo | Mushroom porcini ragu – salted ricotta – pecorino – parsley
Lamb Backstrap – 200g fillet – mushroom sauce – mustard
Band
Greg Poppleton – 1920s vocals
Damon Poppleton – alto sax
Geoff Power – trumpet and sousaphone
Bradley Newman – grand piano
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Art Deco Ball, Carrington Hotel Katoomba, Saturday 8 March 7 – 11pm
The Carrington Hotel Katioomba announced last week that there are now extra tickets available. but be quick!
Get your flapper dresses and dapper suits ready for this signature Carrington event which will have you up and dancing the night away. The evening includes dinner and drinks along with entertainment by Greg Poppleton.So, get ready for a spectacular ‘roaring twenties’ evening with a touch of vintage glamour and some fabulous speakeasy entertainment.Accommodation packages are available.
In the band:
Greg Poppleton – 1920s – 30s vocals
Geoff Power – sousaphone & trumpet
Bradley Newman – keyboard
Adam Barnard – washboard
Bookings: 02 4782 1111 or carrington@thecarrington.com.au to reserve your seat today!Builders’ Club Wollongong Sunday 16 March 2:30 – 5:30pmWe’re back at The Basement Builders’ Club Wollongong for an afternoon of swinging 1920s and 1930s jazz.
Great club. Relaxed, easy atmosphere. The Basement is pokie free. And there’s no cover charge!
Show: 2:30 – 5:30pm
We’re looking forward to seeing all our Wollongong friends again at The Basement for an afternoon of 1920s – 1930s music and fun.
Bistro for lunch and dinner.
In the band:
Greg Poppleton – 1920s – 30s vocals
Damon Poppleton – alto sax
Bradley Newman – keyboard
Dave Clayton – double bass
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New Album out 1 May
Comrade Friends and fellow Comrade Peoples’ Artists. On 1 May an album will be released to inspire you to greater harvest tonnages of wheat, oats, and barley. Let us exceed all download goals. The Central Committee exhorts you to add these songs to your playlists immediately upon release. Each dollar you spend builds a better Australia. Thank you.
Hear OVER THE RAINBOW now on Bandcamp Album Pre-Order Page
Get Greg Poppleton other Albums Now on Apple iTunes and Amazon
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Can You Help The London Geneologist?
Miss Dickie Dickson (or Dickey Dixon) – pianist & trombonist – can you help?
Any information you may have about Dickey Dickson, please email me at info@ozmanagement.com and I will pass it on. All correspondence confidental Dear Greg,
I’m contacting you from London and I wondered if you might be able to help me? I research women connected with London nightclubs and I’m currently on the hunt to know more about Miss Dickie Dickson/Dixon.
I believe she was Australian born and she was certainly in London in 1927 as she has been recorded playing with Percival Mackey’s band.
Do you know anything about her? Or could you point me in the direction of a person or resource that might be able to help?
Ideally I would like a birthdate or place, so that I could undertake some genealogical research. I enclose a photo.
Any information greatly appreciated.
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Vilioti Vintage Magazine Vol 2 Is now out.
And we’re in it with The Puppini Sisters (UK), Harry & Edna (UK) clothing designer Rockin’ Bettie (USA), Maryanne Lants (Sweden), Adi Hydrant designer (Indonesia) and more.The international vintage swing ebook is out online now
VILIOTI VINTAGE is the essential bible of all things retro culture for the 21st Century. Show-casing the lives, and master work of Vintage creatives on the contemporary international stage, spanning the sphere of Music, Film, Dance, Photography, Design and Fashion.
VILIOTI VINTAGE is an essential reference book for historians, stylists, retro aficionados and cultural recreationists which encapsulates an aesthetic that continues to blitz the contemporary entertainment and art world, as the most swellegant, sophisticated and swinging of the 21st century tribal lifestyles.