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1pm-4pm Social dance
4-5:30pm River dance!
Location: Island Park Pavilion
Rain Location: Concourse Hall
Don’t miss KISSME’s most iconic dance! Enjoy an outdoor dance at the Island Park pavilion with LIVE MUSIC from The Wolverines. Then we’ll don swimsuits and jump in the river to a DJ’d river set (water shoes recommended).
The Wolverines breathe new life into a musical canon with roots that reach back a hundred years or more—to the mouth of the Mississippi River and the cultural port city of New Orleans, the “birthplace of jazz.” Like the renowned 1920s territory band of the same name (pictured above), its members are based in the midwest—Christopher Tabaczynski leads the band and plays assorted woodwinds including C-Melody saxophone, Albert-system clarinet, and bass saxophone alongside Dave Kosmyna on cornet and clarinet while Alex Belhaj and Erik McIntyre pluck and strum guitar/banjo and Shannon Wade holds it down on string bass. Informed by recordings of jazz pioneers (ex: Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, Jimmie Noone, Bix, Tram, & Lang), the Wolverines honor musical history without being limited by it. Each performance celebrates a spirit of collective spontaneity and creates a momentary experience that you must simply be there to enjoy.
see ticket link for pricing of the full weekend / individual dances