19-Piece Compaq Big Band w/ Vocalist Rebecca Holtz at Rex Theatre's Christmas Show

The 19-piece Compaq Big Band is THRILLED to close out the Rex Theatre’s 2023 ‘Prime Of Life’ music series by presenting one of our famous holiday shows there on Sunday December 3rd. This will be an amazing afternoon filled with seasonal favorites like you’ve never heard them before - exciting, inspirational, and just plain fun. Even the biggest Grinch can’t help but get in the Christmas spirit!

If you don’t know The Rex, you should - check out https://palacetheatre.org/venues/rex-theatre/ . It’s an historic, intimate venue with terrific sight lines, great sound system, and beautiful state-of-the-art video wall backdrop. A cash bar is available before and during the performance.

The Rex Theatre is located at 23 Amherst Street in Manchester, New Hampshire, with close on-street and garage parking, plus a wonderful selection of downtown establishments to catch brunch/lunch prior to the show, or grab sustenance and/or libation afterwards.

The show runs 2:00pm-4:00pm. Reserved Seating only, with all tickets $29 per person. Purchase in advance is available at https://palacetheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket//instances/a0FDp000000zGjBMAU , by calling 603.668.5588, or by going to the Box Office located next to the Palace Theatre, at 72 Hanover Street. Doors open 1:30pm. Walk-ins welcomed – purchase tickets at the Box Office only.

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The styles you’ll hear on December 3rd run the gamut from traditional swing to very UNtraditional jazz rock, ballad, samba and jazz waltz tunes – all high-energy arrangements from legendary big band arrangers such as Gordon Goodwin, Count Basie, Tom Kubis, Sammy Nestico, Dave Metzger, and John Clayton. The amazing Rebecca Holtz will be out front channelin’ Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, Linda Eder, Mariah Carey, and much more.

Rebecca is on her second stint in the Compaq Big Band’s rotation of stellar New England jazz vocalists. Born and raised in Alstead, New Hampshire, Rebecca first joined the band while earning her undergraduate degree at Smith College in Western Massachusetts. After putting in a few more years with us, and then fronting the Keene Jazz Orchestra, she relocated for a time to Oakland, California, where she flourished performing acapella jazz, and kept her big band chops in shape appearing with the San Francisco Jazz Orchestra. But she’s been back in New England for a couple years now, and are we ever glad!

To get a tiny sample of what you’re in for, take a listen to the Tom Kubis Big Band performing the instrumental “Joy To The World” https://www.youtube.com/watchv=n0Tx6lZEzNo . And, for a vocal preview, check out Diana Krall and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra on “Jingle Bells” https://www.youtube.com/watchv=SABWU6im1do.

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