Concert Dates: 02/12/10
Ticket Cost: $24.00-$26.00
Show Time(s): 7:30 p.m.
Event Description: Spend an evening in Paris without ever leaving Bergen County. The Hot Club of San Francisco, an ensemble of jazz musicians, will transform Bergen Community College’s Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre into a swinging club from the 1930s. The performance is part of Bergen’s “This & That from Here & There” Performing Arts Series.
Artist / Group Bio: The Hot Club of San Francisco plays the gypsy jazz music of guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli. The Hot Club also performs original compositions from the group’s lead guitarist Paul Mehling and violinist Evan Price.
Musicians: Clint Baker (all rhythm section instruments, trumbone, trumpet, clarinet and saxophone), Jason Vanderford (guitar), Evan Price ( Delivet 1920 violin, Francois Lotte 1930s CodaBow, mandolin, viola, tenor guitar, anglo concertina, tin whistle, spoons, musical saw), Jeff Magidson (guitar), Paul Mehling (Dupont MD-50 Modele Selmer guitar, violin, mandolin, Plectrum banjo)
Artist's Website: http://www.hcsf.com
Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre at Bergen Community College Address: 400 Paramus Road Paramus NJ 07652 U.S.
About the Venue: For the past ten years, Bergen County residents, and those within the New York Metropolitan area, have enjoyed first class entertainment by world class performing artists at the main theatre at Bergen Community College. The proscenium theatre seats 300 and rivals any off-Broadway theatre in New York.
While the primary purpose of the theatre is to serve as a working laboratory for theatre, dance, and music students at Bergen Community College, this magnificent facility has provided countless hour of superb entertainment, at reasonable cost, for students and families in the region.
Phone: 201-447-7159
Ticket Hotline: 201-447-7428
Directions: From the North
(Via Garden State Parkway)-Take Exit 165, turn right (west) on Ridgewood Road, then right onto Ridgewood Avenue (crossing over Route 17) and continue to Paramus Road. Turn left onto Paramus Road and continue approximately 2 miles to college, proceed around jug handle to main entrance.
(Via Route 17)-Turn right off Route 17 onto Ridgewood Avenue (west) to Paramus Road. Turn left onto Paramus Road and continue as above.
From the East
Take Route 4 (via George Washington Bridge from New York City) to Paramus Road, Paramus. (From the east, Paramus Road is approximately 3/4 miles past Route 17 intersection). Turn right onto Paramus Road and proceed north for approximately 2 miles to College entrance on right side of Paramus Road.
From the South
(Via Garden State Parkway)-Take Exit 160 (Passaic Street). Turn left onto Passaic Street. Continue over Route 4 onto Paramus Road (Passaic Street becomes Paramus Road north of Route 4 overpass). Continue north about 2 miles on Paramus Road to college entrance on right.
(Via Route 17)-Take Century Road, second exit to the right. Proceed around clover leaf over Route 17 onto Century Road (west). Continue to Paramus Road and turn right onto Paramus Road to college entrance on right.
From the West
Take Route 4 to Paramus Road, Paramus (exit under overpass). Turn right onto Paramus Road and proceed north for approximately 2 miles to college entrance on right side of Paramus Road.
By Bus
Regular bus service is provided to the Bergen Community College campus by two New Jersey Transit routes. The 756 Englewood BCC bus stops on campus at both the Pitkin Education Center and Ender Hall. The 756 schedule is coordinated with the college¹s schedule and provides direct service to the college across Bergen County. The 163 Ridgewood - New York bus stops on Paramus Road at the main entrance to the college, and provides direct service from Southwest Bergen County. For schedules, contact the BCC Welcome Center at 201/447-7200 or the Bergen County Transit Information Center at 201/488-0840.
Venue Website: http://www.bergen.edu
Venue Map: http://tickets.bergen.edu