Is it Dixieland? . . . Or is it Wagtime?!Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band performed last Sunday at First Church of Christ, Congregational, in downtown Middletown, as part of a service "Celebrating Music in Our Lives."
Those of us who attended the service probably noticed the prominent position of Larry, one parishioner's large, calm, golden Labrador (see photo at right).
Other critters sat quietly in the pews. But Larry shared front and center with Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band, lying in quiet approval at the feet of Heartbeat's founder and drummer, Bill Logozzo. But that's not all.
Videos of Sunday's service (linked below) posted on youtube show Larry's talent up close and somewhat personal, as the band processes around the sanctuary to the tune of "Saints Go Marching In," a traditional New Orleans processional. If you watch the video to the end, you will notice Larry, at lower left, keeping up with the beat. Or is the band following Larry's beat in a sort of Dixieland Wag? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsZ3hNUjd90
Other critters sat quietly in the pews. But Larry shared front and center with Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band, lying in quiet approval at the feet of Heartbeat's founder and drummer, Bill Logozzo. But that's not all.
Videos of Sunday's service (linked below) posted on youtube show Larry's talent up close and somewhat personal, as the band processes around the sanctuary to the tune of "Saints Go Marching In," a traditional New Orleans processional. If you watch the video to the end, you will notice Larry, at lower left, keeping up with the beat. Or is the band following Larry's beat in a sort of Dixieland Wag? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsZ3hNUjd90
Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band includes musicians Bill Logozzo (drums), Albie Bernard (tuba), Shari Lucas (keyboard), Dianne Mower (vocalist), Sherman Kahn (clarinet), Fred Vigorito (cornet) and Ben Griffin (trombone). And . . . Larry (not shown).
Heartbeat's other numbers on Sunday also are shown on youtube:
A Closer Walk with Thee...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQdADi-xMr4
I’ll Fly Away...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIHoc8JjhSA
Amazing Grace...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwbIGRVuTiY
190 Court Street
Middletown, CT
First Church holds one Sunday service at 10 am (except in August). Childcare is provided; parking is available on Court Street and in streets and parking lots off Broad Street.
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