Fat Tuesday will fall on a Friday in Cayuga County..
That's what the music, dance, celebration and, of course, beads will bring tomorrow night to the Mardi Gras Bash in Auburn at the Polish Falcons.
Master of ceremonies Art Wenzel ensures this is the only place to be to get a taste of New Orleans locally.
“We've got the real deal,” Wenzel said.
In the spirit of the Big Easy, The KingPins' blues and swing music inspired by the likes of B.B. King, Albert Collins, Duke Robillard and other familiar artists of the'40s and '50s, but adapted with their own interpretations, will kick off an exciting night of revelry.
Phil Bauso, guitarist and vocalist, said the band, which began “just goofing around and it turned into this swinging blues sound” about seven years ago, likes to mix it up a bit playing tunes people will recognize.
Along with Bauso, Chris Sawyer
“growls” on saxophone and vocals, Joe Caruana holds the tone on trumpet, and thick grooves by Ross Moe on drums and Jerry Bower on bass round out the group's musical quintet of fat cat sounds that “brings to mind smoke-filled nightclubs and raucous dance halls,” according to a press release.
“They (The KingPins) are the perfect local band for the perfect party,” Wenzel said, as it is the only group of musicians in the area that plays music styled in the New Orleans parade-type sounds.
Attendees at the event will likely hear bits from The KingPins upcoming second CD that Bauso expects to be released late spring or early summer.
Work from their first disc, “The Stuff You Gotta Watch,” released in 2002 of updated renditions from their main influences as well as original compositions with the same inspiration, will surely be included in Friday's program as well.
The band can also be expected to take its performance off the stage with the horn players mingling throughout the crowd to really set the mood and create some audience participation.
“Whatever people want to do, that's what it's all about,” Wenzel said.
There will be no cover charge at the party, which starts at 9:30 p.m. and lasts until 1 a.m. The bar is pay as you go.
For an evening of Mardi Gras masquerading, Wenzel said there is no where else to be Friday night.
If you go
What: Mardi Gras Bash in Auburn
When: 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday
Where: Polish Falcons, 75 Pulaski St., Auburn
Tickets: No cover charge
For details: Call 252-3522
Staff writer Laura Boyce can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 236 or at laura.boyce@lee.net
Master of ceremonies Art Wenzel ensures this is the only place to be to get a taste of New Orleans locally.
“We've got the real deal,” Wenzel said.
In the spirit of the Big Easy, The KingPins' blues and swing music inspired by the likes of B.B. King, Albert Collins, Duke Robillard and other familiar artists of the'40s and '50s, but adapted with their own interpretations, will kick off an exciting night of revelry.
Phil Bauso, guitarist and vocalist, said the band, which began “just goofing around and it turned into this swinging blues sound” about seven years ago, likes to mix it up a bit playing tunes people will recognize.
Along with Bauso, Chris Sawyer
“growls” on saxophone and vocals, Joe Caruana holds the tone on trumpet, and thick grooves by Ross Moe on drums and Jerry Bower on bass round out the group's musical quintet of fat cat sounds that “brings to mind smoke-filled nightclubs and raucous dance halls,” according to a press release.
“They (The KingPins) are the perfect local band for the perfect party,” Wenzel said, as it is the only group of musicians in the area that plays music styled in the New Orleans parade-type sounds.
Attendees at the event will likely hear bits from The KingPins upcoming second CD that Bauso expects to be released late spring or early summer.
Work from their first disc, “The Stuff You Gotta Watch,” released in 2002 of updated renditions from their main influences as well as original compositions with the same inspiration, will surely be included in Friday's program as well.
The band can also be expected to take its performance off the stage with the horn players mingling throughout the crowd to really set the mood and create some audience participation.
“Whatever people want to do, that's what it's all about,” Wenzel said.
There will be no cover charge at the party, which starts at 9:30 p.m. and lasts until 1 a.m. The bar is pay as you go.
For an evening of Mardi Gras masquerading, Wenzel said there is no where else to be Friday night.
If you go
What: Mardi Gras Bash in Auburn
When: 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday
Where: Polish Falcons, 75 Pulaski St., Auburn
Tickets: No cover charge
For details: Call 252-3522
Staff writer Laura Boyce can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 236 or at laura.boyce@lee.net
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