THE BLACK SWAN SOCIE
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BLACK SWAN and
the 2008 BURLINGTON CONCERT are supported by 
Mark del Costello presents
THE
2008
BURLINGTON CONCERT
CELEBRATING
THE
1983
BURLINGTON
CONCERT
Saturday
OCTOBER 4, 2008
THE MILDRED & ERNEST E. MAYO CONCERT HALL
THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
EWING, NEW JERSEY
25 Classic Vocal Groups from the 1950s
ONE TICKET FOR TWO CONCERTS
a Matinee & Evening Concert
Each concert will be different. The groups on the matinee show will not appear on the evening show and vice versa.
ONE TICKET for BOTH
$200 per ticket
Reserved seating only
Some of the Performers
FLAMINGOS
WHISPERS
STARGLOWS
Terry Johnson & Group will be doing Terry's songs of the Flamingos plus those he recorded before and after the Flamingos
SOLITAIRES
Reunion featuring
MILTON LOVE & HERMAN DUNHAM
also Milton will be doing songs by the
CONCORDS
CORDOVANS
Reunion of the
KOOL GENTS
DELEGATES
GOLDENTONES
ACADEMICS
Reunion
Too Good To Be True - I Often Wonder - Drive In Movie
BAY BOPS
Reunion
Joanie - Follow The Rock
CALVAES
Born With Rhythm - Mambo Fiesta
CHARADES
Please Be My Love Tonight
4 PHAROAHS - EGYPTIANS
Pray For Me - Give Me Your Love
CONTINENTALS
Dear Lord - Fine Brown Frame
Plus the
VICTORIANS
FOUR FELLOWS
CASTELLES
DREAMS
Over A Cup of Coffee - Darlene
EMPIRES - WHIRLERS
Magic Mirror - Whispering Heart
FOUR DEUCES
W-P-L-J - Down It Went
FOUR GENTS
Linda - On Bended Knee
JOHN CARBONE & GROUP
Never Let You Go - Adios - My Baby Loves Me
ROCKETONES
Dee I - Mexico
SHEPPARDS
Island of Love - Feel Like Loving
SPARROWS QUARTETTE
Reunion
SUPREMES
[from Ohio]
JUST FOR YOU AND I
SPECIAL GUESTS
including
The
ESCALADES
More groups
to be announced shortly.
Note lineup is subject to change
For tickets you must make a reservation. At this time you must email for a reservation and your seating reservation will be taken in the chronological order in which it was received. You will then be emailed with your ticket seat and payment information.
EMAIL:
blackswanmusic@verizon.net
On June 15 biographical and listings of the members of each group will be added to this website.
For information on the Mayo Theater click on the following:
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The October 4, 2008
BURLINGTON CONCERT
is already being called the most important Doo Wop Concert since 1983. If you missed the 1983 Concert DON'T MISS THE 2008 SHOW.
Approximately 100 tickets left !!!
They'll be all gone by September!!
FOR TICKETS
Phone 609 668 5352
EMAIL: blackswanmusic@verizon.net
click on the swan
2008 is the 25th Anniversary of the 1983 BURLINGTON DOO WOP CONCERT
It is regarded by many as the greatest Doo Wop Concert of all time. In 2007 Ronnie I, President of UGHA, told producer, Mark del Costello that the 1983 Burlington show was voted the "Greatest Doo Wop Concert of All Time"
There were 88 ticker buyers, 20 vocal groups, 100 artists and 106 songs performed at the 1983. Thousands of fans now wish they had attended. There is lot more to the story of that concert, a lot of unseen backstage and rehearsal footage. It is being compiled in a documentary film to be released in 2008 or 2009. It is called:
"IF LOVE WAS MONEY"
The documentary wil be released after the entire re-edited and remixed 'BURLINGTON CONCERT' is deluxe DVD is released in the Fall 2008. Stay tuned!
_________ On a Sunday in
COMING Fall 2008 on DVD
The entire RE-EDITED
1983
BURLINGTON CONCERT
with special extras
plus the
1986
BLACK SWAN CONCERTS
featuring
CARDINALS
SWALLOWS
PLANTS
MARYLANDERS
MAJORS
REVELS
PLANTS
CASTELLES
TURBANS
DREAMLOVERS
ANGELS
KEYSTONERS
SILHOUETTES
JIMMY SPRINGS
and more
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THE RHYTHM AND BLUES FOUNDATION
is celebrating its 20th Anniverary in 2008. The R&B Foundation's 2008 Pioneer Awards ceremony will be held at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia on September 9th. The artists being honered include Chaka Khan, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Bill Whithers, Kool and the Gang, Teena Marie, the Whispers, Donnie Hathaway, the Funk Brothers and Al Bell of Stax Records, For more information about the Foundation and its 2008 Pioneer Awards go to
BLACK SWAN and the R&B FOUNDATION support each others' efforts to preserve our American Musical Heritage and Mark del Costello and Black Swan will be producing events that will support the R&B Foundation's Mission. More on these in the very near future.
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