Hot Springs Jazz Society and Catherine's Landing will co-host Dinner & Jazz at the Landing from 6-8 p.m. June 10 at Catherine's Landing Pavilion, 1700 Shady Grove Road.
Proceeds will support scholarships for Arkansas high school students to attend the University of Arkansas at Monticello Summer Jazz Camp and to provide a free daylong outdoor concert, Jazz in the Streets, open to the public during JazzFest, held over Labor Day weekend.
A spaghetti dinner with garlic bread, salad and desserts will be served with a choice of drinks including wine donated by Post Winery, beer donated by Arkansas Beverage Distributors and sodas donated by Coca-Cola Bottling Co. The $15 dinner is discounted to $10 for jazz society members and $5 for children 12 years old and younger.
During dinner, keyboardist Ron Hall and violinist Oksana Pavilionis will perform with Slavek Bolubah on drums and Byron Yancey on bass. Ron Hall, who wears many musical hats, has a background that includes choral directing and arranging, vocal and piano performance in several genres, and earlier stints with various ensembles throughout the United States and Canada.
"Pavilionis is a premier concert violinist who can switch from a heart-rending song by Rachmaninoff to a lilting waltz by Strauss to a fiddle tune that would make you believe she was born in the Ozark Mountains, not her home country of Russia," a news release said. Now, she has added jazz to her growing repertoire of musical genres.
Catherine's Landing Pavilion is outdoor and covered with big, breezy ceiling fans. Reservations are required and can be purchased online at http://www.hsjazzsociety.org or by phone at 501-627-2425. Space is limited.
Entertainment on 05/25/2018