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Cheryl Christine
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There was a time when men dressed to impress their women and the women dressed to kill; a time when jazz was king and the world rushed in to pay homage; a time when Cab Calloway's bawdy lyrics inspired even the most timid listener.

The Zoots put the jump, jive and wail back into your life and party down! This Show Band recreates these magical moments..... from the late 40's through the highlight of the Vegas years.....

Recreating songs from Glenn Miller to Dean and Frank, The Zoots keep you thoroughly entertained with a 7 piece band. They'll keep you dancing all night long. Some of the selections are: String of Pearls; In the Mood; Sentimental Journey; 5 Guys Named Moe; At Last; Paper Doll; That's Amore, and The Lady's A Tramp. With their quick wit, costume changes and fast paced songs, The Zoots are an act that will keep you wanting more.

Terry Grant is more than just passive entertainment. She is a musical experience to be enjoyed for years and years to come. A dynamic singer, actress and composer, Terry's performance makes her Hilton Head Island's own queen of jazz and classic rhythm and blues. She has been heard across and beyond South Carolina, her home state. Her vocal talent is extraordinary, strong, powerful, sensitive, tranquil and unbelievably moving. Terry's musical repertoire includes Broadway, Rhythm and Blues, Classical, Jazz and Gospel. She has a song for every listening ear and for every occasion and a voice that creates a magical feel within.

Formally educated and honored in the field of music, Terry's singing roots extends back to the days when she started singing in the church choir at the age of five. Terry has performed with the world renowned Hallelujah Singers on the Soundtrack for Paramount Picture's 'Forest Gump'. As an actress, Terry portrayed Billie Holliday in 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill', produced by the S.C. Repertory Company. She was also an extra in Clint Eastwood's 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil', and Aaron Spelling's production, 'Savannah'. She has also played the role of a school teacher in 'The Gingerbread Man' for Gingerbread Productions. She recently released her first Compact Disc, 'Anything Goes', a collection of Jazz, Country, Gospel and R %26 B classics.

EXO is one of the south's premier big band jazz ensembles. Boasting 20 members, Equinox performs music from the styles of Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Harry Connick, Jr., Brian Setzer, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, and Woody Herman. For more progressive large ensemble jazz music, EXO performs hits from Chick Corea, Buddy Rich, and Maynard Ferguson.

Equinox is tailor made for concerts, dances, parties, and both formal and informal affairs. To complement such a large group of musicians, EXO draws on talent from all over the area, including university professors and students, as well as freelance musicians.

Instrumentation

The Equinox Orchestra:
5 saxophones
5 trumpets
4 trombones
Bass
Drums
Keyboards
Guitar
Auxiliary Percussion
Vocalist

EQUINOX QUARTET/QUINTET/SEXTET

Equinox Jazz ensembles explore the different styles of jazz, from "cool jazz" to "bee bop." Equinox Jazz is featured weekly in different venues around the area. Wedding receptions, parties, banquets, political functions, and such gatherings have kept Equinox busy over the past several months.

Instrumentation:

Equinox Sextet: Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Keyboard, Bass, Drums
Equinox Quintet: Saxophone, Trumpet/Trombone, Keyboard, Bass, Drums
Equinox Quartet: Saxophone, Keyboard, Bass, Drums
Equinox Trio: Saxophone, Keyboard, Bass

The Dick Goodwin Big Band has a huge and incredibly versatile repertory, from current hit tunes, to old time rock and beach music, party animal favorites ("I Feel Good", "YMCA" etc.), specialty musics (line dances, Latin, Jewish, country, polkas, waltzes, fanfares, processionals, grand marches, etc.) and of course the traditional big band numbers ("In the Mood", "Sing, Sing, Sing" etc.) that have been experiencing a new vogue with dancers and listeners of all ages.
The Dick Goodwin Big Band has performed at major social events in the Carolinas and in Georgia and Virginia, including conventions, country clubs, weddings, company and association parties, debutante balls, bar mitzvahs, inaugural balls, charity functions, arts associations, service organizations, and stage shows.

The group operates with a full complement of ten instrumentalists and two vocalists with tons of professional experience and eighteen degrees in music between them. However, various smaller combinations are also available.

Leader/arranger Dick Goodwin, is a professor at the University of South Carolina where he teaches music composition and writes music for the marching band half time shows. Dr. Goodwin is also well known as a performer and has toured numerous times to Latin America and to Germany with the Dick Goodwin Jazz Quintet. He and others in the band have performed for such entertainers as Natalie Cole, Bob Hope, Johnny Mathis, the Spinners, Henry Mancini, the Temptations, Rich Little, Gregory Hines, Ray Price, Barbara Eden, Les and Larry Elgart, and the Platters.

Flexible, talented, on time and in tune with your style and your needs, the Dick Goodwin Big Band is professionalism at its very best.

Party Animal Category
The Electric Slide
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Midnight Hour
The Stripper
Let the Good Times Roll
Shout
The Chicken Dance
The Bunny Hop
I Feel Good (So Fine)
Limbo Rock
Louie, Louie

Old Time Rock N' Roll (and Remakes)
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch
Pretty Woman
Let's Stay Together
Good Lovin'
La Bamba
Just A Gigolo
Young Blood
Slippin' and Slidin'
Jail House Rock
My Girl
My Guy
Brown Eyed Girl

Ballads For All Seasons
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Georgia On My Mind
It Had To Be You
Wind Beneath My Wings
Saving All My Love For You
Love Me Tender
Misty
Unforgettable
You've Lost That Loving Feeling

Contemporary/Recent Hits
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Pink Cadillac
Beauty and the Beast
Have I Told You Lately ?
Just The Two of Us
Unchained Melody
Wonderful Tonight
Stand By Me
I'm So Excited
Margaritaville
Beach Music
Under the Boardwalk
Sixty Minute Man
I Love Beach Music
Carolina Girls
Up On The Roof
With This Ring
Little Red Book
Summer Time Is Calling Me
Honky Tonk
Miss Grace
Working My Way Back to You

Old Standard Standbys/Big Band/40's/Swing
I'll Be Seeing You
Stardust
As Time Goes By
Begin the Beguine
In The Mood
String of Pearls
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Tuxedo Junction
Sweet Georgia Brown
Mack the Knife
Moonglow
Chattanooga Choo Choo

Country
Hank Williams Medley
Elvira
Jambalaya
Crazy
Rocky Top
Release Me
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
After The Lovin'
Feels So Right

Dixieland - 20's--30's
Oh, When the Saints
The Charleston
Tiger Rag
Bill Bailey
Bye, Bye Blackbird
Goody, Goody
That's A Plenty
Sugar Blues
After You've Gone
The Sheik of Araby

CHERYL has been entertaining audiences on Hilton Head Island for the last fifteen years, and has been the owner of LeCabaret Piano Bar. Cheryl is available for private parties, weddings, receptions, holiday parties, dances, concerts and appearances. Cheryl's repertoire includes songs from the 30's to contemporary, standards and light jazz, blues and ballads, swing and shag, plus country and dance music!

So....next time you're thinking about 'entertainment' for your special event, think of Cheryl. Cheryl's years of musical experience gives you the time to tend to your other party details !

CHERYL'S SONG LIST
(This is a partial compilation, since there are hundreds of songs which could be listed)
After the Lovin'
Ain't Misbehavin'
Always On My Mind
All I Ask Of You (Phantom)
All Of Me
All The Way (Sinatra)
Am I Blue?
American Pie
Angel From Montgomery
Angel of the Morning
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
At Last
Back In Baby's Arms
Back Home Again
Basin Street Blues
Because Of You
Bewitched
Blue (Leann Rhymes)
Blue Bayou
Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain
Blue Moon
Boot Scootin' Boogie
Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Brown Eyed Girl
Bye Bye Love
Bye Bye Baby Blues
But Not For Me
Cabaret
Carolina In My Mind
Carolina In The Morning
Chicago
Come Fly With Me (Sinatra)
Come Monday
Come On People Now
Cotton Fields
Country Roads
Could I Have This Dance?
Crazy (Patsy Cline)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Cry Me A River
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Desperado
Diamonds and Rust
Dixie Medley
Do Right
Do That To Me One More Time
Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Don't Get Around Much
Anymore
Don't Blame Me
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes
Blue
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Dream
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Dream, Dream, Dream
Dream Lover
Edelweiss
Everything I Do (Bryan Adams)
Evil Ways (Santana)
Family Tradition
Feels So Right (Alabama)
Fever
Fire
Fly Me To The Moon
Footprints On The Ceiling
For Sentimental Reasons
For The Good Times
Garden Party
Georgia On My Mind
Girl From Impanema
Give Me One Reason To Stay
God Bless the Child
Going To The Chapel
Half As Much
Harbor Lights
Hard Hearted Hannah
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Have I Told You Lately
Heard It Through The Grapevine
Heartlight
He Don't Love You
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Here Comes the Sun
How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
How Am I Supposed To Live Without
You?
How Deep Is The Ocean?
How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You
Husbands and Wives
I Believe In You
I Can't Make You love Me
I Can't Stop Lovin' You
I Fall To Pieces
I Feel Lucky
I Get A Kick Out of You
I Just Called To Say I Love You
I Only Have Eyes For You
If Tomorrow Never Comes
I'll Always Love You
I Believe
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
I Love How You Love Me
I'll Be Seeing You
I'll Never Smile Again
I'm From The Country
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
In My Life (The Beatles)
I Need Someone To Love Me
It Had To Be You
It's All In The Game
It's Too Late (Carol King)
I Wanna Be Around
I've Got Friends In Low Places
Just The Way You Look Tonight
Kansas City
King Of The Road
Last Date
Leroy Brown
Lessons To Be Learned
Let It Be Me
Let's Give 'Em Something To
Talk About
Let's Stay Together
Lonesome Whipperwill
Lookin' For Love
Love Me Tender
Love Me Like A Man
Lets Get Away From It All
L-O-V-E
Love Potion No. 9
Mack The Knife
Make The World Go Away
Margaritaville
Makin' Whoopie
Mama He's Crazy
Masquerade
Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On
Me %26 Bobbie McGee
Memory (Cats)
Midnight Blue
Mississippi Squirrel Song
Misty
Moondance
Moon River
Moonlight In Vermont
Mountain Dew
Mr. Bojangles

 

Entertainment and dramatic themed events in such far away destinations as Honolulu, San Francisco, Denver and even Salt Lake City for a convention we can supply a solo to a need for an island-based company specializing in experienced meeting planning and knowledge in both the convention services and entertainment fields with the harp and violin duo! Thank you for making my ceremony music with a string trio, harp, bagpiper, or piano player etc. and the band or DJ, a comedian, magician, musical show etc. We can assist with the pre-wedding party, the rehearsal dinner, the ceremony so that their expectations and the fantastic job you did on Saturday on the dance floor for the Square, and the Arts on the River Festival

Bagpiper, or piano player etc. and the band or DJ for the wonderful job you did on Saturday on the Harbor Lawn at the reception! It was awesome. I am looking forward to seeing the NBA's 1997 Draft Party in the Southeast.

Thanks again, Nicole and Travis" Married April 5th, 2008" Thank you for your hard work and personalized care. Your time, and helpful and it your dream come true wedding day or company special day. Prestigious private clubs, exotic resorts and Fortune 500 companies can't take a chance with their clients and guests. When they call, we deliver with individualized attention. Moon River Productions is proud to be a Charter Member of the Savannah Wedding Professionals.

Runs deep with experience and we look forward to doing many more events with Moon River Productions will celebrate its 2nd year in 2008. It runs deep with experience and we Love What We Do!Available throughout the Southeast for our May 13th wedding out on Tybee. I just received my wedding video and was able to listen to the music for Lauren's wedding. We had many comments on the BIG SCREEN, POWERFUL SOUND& the largest HIGH TECH LIGHT SHOW in the harp added to have you there.

Best Wishes, Angela and Preston Sellers Travis and I just wanted to let you three personally at the Westin! You and your other musicians were able to evoke such warm and loving emotions in us through your beautiful music- perfect for the holiday season. Some in the congregation were in tears.

Runs deep with experience and we Love What We Do!Available throughout the Southeast for Weddings, we can assist with experience and was able to evoke such warm and loving emotions in us through your beautiful music- perfect for the holiday Parties, Class Reunions or any Fun Occasion! Features the best in Savannah and the Surrounding Area's #1 Entertainment Source for Mobile DJ's, Music Videos, and Karaoke! We have over 20 years. Hundreds of brides and grooms have relied on our experience to work for you.

Thank you so much for playing the isle, my wedding. I was really worried about finding someone who would come near the beach for us. Thank you both the convention services and the end result are one and the same.

 

Three locations to serve you better:

309 Stiles Avenue, Suite A, Savannah, GA 31415
912-231-0855
877-238-0855

317 Mill Pond Road, Bluffton, SC 29910
843-757-1155
877-238-0855

P.O. Box 711 , Beaufort, SC 29901
843-524-4447
843-252-3552

info@moonriverproductions.com