The Pasadena Senior Center wrapped up its summer concert series with music from the big band era and swing dance in Pasadena on Monday, September 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Pasadena Senior Center wrapped up its summer concert series with music from the big band era and swing dance in Pasadena on Monday, September 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Pasadena Senior Center wrapped up its summer concert series with music from the big band era and swing dance in Pasadena on Monday, September 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Jerry Schneider of Los Angeles dances with Annie Laskey, project manager for the Pasadena Senior Center, during the final night of the center’s Summer Concert Series in Pasadena on Monday, September 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, collaborating photographer)
Jerry Schneider of Los Angeles dances with Beth Male of Eagle Rock on the final night of the Pasadena Senior Center Summer Concert Series in Pasadena on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer )
The Pasadena Senior Center wrapped up its summer concert series with music from the big band era and swing dance in Pasadena on Monday, September 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Pasadena Senior Center wrapped up its summer concert series with music from the big band era and swing dance in Pasadena on Monday, September 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Pasadena Senior Center wrapped up its summer concert series with music from the big band era and swing dance in Pasadena on Monday, September 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Barbara Johnson of Altadena dances to music from the big band era on the final night of the Pasadena Senior Center’s Summer Concert Series in Pasadena on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, collaborating photographer)
The Pasadena Senior Center wrapped up its summer concert series with music from the big band era and swing dance in Pasadena on Monday, September 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Rebecca and Peter Moen of Tujunga dance to music from the big band era on the final night of the Pasadena Senior Center Summer Concert Series in Pasadena on Monday, September 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp , collaborating photographer)
Pasadena Senior Center project manager Annie Laskey (right) dances the center’s final night of the Summer Concert Series in Pasadena on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Jerry Schneider of Los Angeles dances with Sue Hogan of Pasadena during the final night of the Pasadena Senior Center Summer Concert Series in Pasadena on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Feet were tapping and the beat was rocking until big band-era standards, Dixieland and more on Monday night, Sept. 15, when the swing took over the Pasadena Senior Center.
The latest in the Senior Center’s summer concert series – but certainly not the least – brought cool music to audiences on a sweltering Labor Day, courtesy of the Great American Swing Band.
Yeah. It was hot. But cool music rang through the center on Monday night, whether it was foxtrot or East Coast Swing.
This particular musical series had a special meaning at the Senior Center. The summer series’ consistent live music was back after two years of “zooming” during the coronavirus pandemic. This year brought back what is a nearly 40-year tradition, said Annie Laskey, director of events at the Pasadena Senior Center.
“It’s just magical to have people hearing live music again,” she said. “That’s something Zoom can’t do. Watch the musicians. The energy of the audience feeds the band. There’s this give and take.
