FloTones present "The Glory of Love"

Two performances of “The Glory of Love” will be presented by the FloTones on the flat floor of the Florence Events Center on Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30.  Both performances will begin at 7:00 p.m.  Seating is limited.  Tickets are $15 and are available now at the FEC Box Office or on-line at http://www.eventcenter.org/.  Call 541-997-1994 for further information.

For the upcoming performances of “The Glory of Love,” producers Lori Janowski and John Culp along with accompanist Marty Adams have selected over 20 of these tunes that highlight the lyrics in the Billy Hill song of that name.  Composed by such musical giants as the Gershwin brothers, Irving Berlin and Burt Bacharach, the songs expand on lyrics such as “you’ve gotta give a little, take a little, and let your poor heart break a little” and “you’ve gotta win and lose and sometimes sing the blues.”

Included in the program are such crowd-pleasers as “That Old Black Magic” by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen and Irving Berlin’s “Cheek to Cheek.”  A seldom performed vocal version of the Dave Brubeck-Paul Desmond jazz classic “Take Five” will end the first half of the show on an appropriate note.

The 10-person FloTone singers will be accompanied by local keyboard favorite Marty Adams ably supported by drummer Randy Curtola and bassist Lynette Kristine.  Handling the instrumental solos are two very experienced jazz artists: trumpeter Ron Green and reed-player Lou Invernon.

Since being formed in 2003, the FloTones have learned and performed literally hundreds of songs.  Many of these have been from what is termed “The Great American Songbook.”  No less an authority than Wikipedia calls these songs “principally created for Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musical film in the United States.”