Arts & Entertainment
Celebrate Cinco De Mayo With The Boys & Girls Club Of Coachella Valley's Heatwave Jazz and Show Band In A Free Concert @ Pete Carlson's Golf & Tennis
Known throughout Southern California for their unique Las Vegas sound and style, the Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley’s Heatwave Jazz and Show Band will perform on the back patio of Pete Carlson’s Golf & Tennis, located at 73-741 Highway 111 in Palm Desert, on Thursday, May 5. Donations are welcome and benefit the music program of the Boys & Girls Club of the Coachella Valley
The 28-piece band’s members range in age from 9 to 18, and all belong to the Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley. The band, directed by Jim Little, started three years ago and, last spring, won the prestigious “Specialty Act” Award at the McCallum Theater’s Open Call event. Their first CD, Heatwave Jazz and Show Band Live, featured jazz great, Ronnie Laws, as a special guest.