{"id":5908,"date":"2014-06-23T11:13:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T10:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=5908"},"modified":"2014-06-23T11:29:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T10:29:40","slug":"image-gallery-summer-music-week-general-hardings-tomfoolery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/06\/23\/image-gallery-summer-music-week-general-hardings-tomfoolery\/","title":{"rendered":"Image Gallery: Summer Music Week: General Harding’s Tomfoolery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Matt Wilson for these stunning photos of General Harding’s Tomfoolery<\/strong> inspiring the audience to dance on the Wednesday of Summer Music Week. Comprising student musicians and run by your loyal correspondent, this vibrant \u00a0twelve-piece dance orchestra rekindled the spirit of the 1930s, and members of the audience were inspired to leap to their feet during classic tunes such as In The Mood<\/em> and Minnie the Moocher<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The group performs from original 1930s sheet music, a bequest to the department some years ago from the Ken Lewis Dance Orchestra; the archive of pieces, still tied with original string, brittle with age and use,\u00a0is an astonishing memento of the era – it’s fantastic to be breathing new life into these venerable instrumental parts.<\/p>\n