Swingin’ show jazzes up Punta Gorda
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Jennifer Rouskey, a singer with the JJ & Company Big Band Jazz group from Fort Myers, performs a solo during the concert Jan. 17.
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Saxophone player Ralph Kotsur performs jazz music alongside fellow band members of JJ & Company Big Band Jazz during a concert presented by the Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce.
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Jim Blackburn, leader of JJ & Company Big Band Jazz, performs a saxophone solo during the Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce’s concert Jan. 17.
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Danniella Edlund of North Port and Delmer Wolf of Sarasota dance the night away during the jazz-filled evening in Punta Gorda.
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Mark Lohr performs with the JJ & Company Big Band Jazz on Jan. 17 in downtown Punta Gorda.
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Boca Grande residents Ike and Tatiana Cagan dance to songs performed by JJ & Company Big Band Jazz during the concert Jan. 17 in downtown Punta Gorda.
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Roger and Dorothy Bosworth, snowbirds from Columbus, Ohio, celebrate their 54th wedding anniversary at the jazz-filled concert Jan. 17 at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center.
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Welcoming those in attendance to the Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce’s concert is chamber president John Wright.
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Bud and Cindi Johnston of Punta Gorda Isles dance to the live music of JJ & Company Big Band Jazz during the concert.
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Murray and Marilyn Thorndycraft of Punta Gorda were just two of many couples who danced to the sounds of JJ & Company Big Band Jazz at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center Jan. 17.
By TAMI GARICA
Photojournalist
The Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center was swinging with jazz music
Jan. 17 during the Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce’s concert that featured music
by JJ & Company Big Band Jazz group from Fort Myers.