Get set to boogie on New Year’s Eve with Majesty at Song Sparrow Hall
For its third year in a row, the Celebrate Shuswap Society is set to present a rocking New Year’s Eve Bash at Song Sparrow with Bob Roger’s R&B band, Majesty. Featuring three of the Shuswap’s finest musicians, Majesty is the funk royalty of B.C.'s Interior. They play a wide selection of funk, R&B, ska and a few cool originals thrown in for good measure.
From Stevie Wonder to Peter Gabriel, The Blues Brothers, to Madness, this band plays tunes that are guaranteed to get you out of your seat and dancing. Featuring the fabulous funk princess Lindsay May on vocals, the band is comprised of some of the most talented players from the Okanagan, Shuswap and Kootenays. Funking it up behind Lindsay are Gareth Seys on drums, Shannon Sternloff on bass, Colin Spence on keyboards, Jordan Dick on guitar, Bob Rogers, on trombone and Krispin Elder on sax.
Born and raised in Vancouver, trombonist and educator Bob Rogers has both a Bachelor of Music Degree at UBC and a Master of Music degree in trombone performance. A versatile performer, Bob has played with numerous ensembles including the Vancouver Opera, the Victoria Symphony, the Vancouver Jazz Orchestra and other small jazz and chamber ensembles. Bob has also performed or recorded with Natalie Cole, Aerosmith, Charlotte Diamond, the O’Jays and the Temptations, and spent a year touring Europe with a New York production of the Duke Ellington musical Sophisticated Ladies.
In 1993, Bob moved to Revelstoke where he taught band and general music to both secondary and elementary students for over 25 years. In 2020, Bob retired and moved to Vernon where he is keeping busy as a performer, composer\arranger and clinician. He currently performs with, among others, The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, The Bob Rogers Band, Majesty Funk Band, Slide Rule Trombone Quartet, Major Mambo Salsa Band and the retro pop duo Slide N’Keys.
Lindsay May is an acoustic guitar and mandolin wielding songstress from Canada. A prolific songwriter, Lindsay has written and recorded five albums. She has toured North America twice, and Europe four times, all solo. Her voice has been compared to a mix of k.d. lang, Kathleen Edwards, Alison Krauss and Sheryl Crow. Not only are her songwriting skills top notch, her live performance skills keep getting her some prime gigs, including being asked to open for Valdy, Shari Ulrich and John Gorka, and playing at numerous festivals.
Doors for the Tuesday, Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Bash open at 7:30 p.m. The show will begin with tapas from Cantina Vallarta and jazz from 8 to 9. The dance party will begin at 9:30 and will go until after midnight.
Tickets are available online at celebrateshuswap.ca.
