May 2016 Beachwood Buzz
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The Gathering Place Warehouse
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Saturday, May 21 · 9 a.m. 2 p.m.
Sunday, May 22 · 10 a.m. 1 p.m.
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Proceeds help The Gathering Place support, educate & empower those touched
by cancer through programs and services provided free of charge.
For more information, call 216-595-9546 or visit www.touchedbycancer.org/warehouse.
at the
Cuyahoga County Public Library, Beachwood Branch
25501 Shaker Boulevard
Wednesday,
May 25, 2016
4:00 pm
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Zehava Galun
Early Childhood Educator & Hebrew Specialist
Hebrew Storytime
Brought to you by the
Jewish Education Center of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga County Library
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Smart Set Band
Seeking Musicians
T
he Smart Set Band, started by Bob Dreifort,
has been around for more than forty years.
After studying trumpet with Ernie Bacon,
Dreifort's mentor, he needed experience playing
with other musicians, he assembled a group of
students from the Currier-Chaikin music school in
Cleveland Heights to play with him.
Dreifort grew up under the
infl uence of the Big Band Era
and, to this day, enjoys the entire
spectrum of Big Band music and
musicians of the 20th Century,
all of which the Smart Set Band
continues to play.
Since its inception, more than
100 musicians of all ages have
played with the Smart Set Band. A
few started while still in school and
have gone on to become success-
ful, professional musicians, some
joined the group to refresh musical
skills fi rst gained in school or mili-
tary bands, while others have taken
up music late in life and needed
an opportunity to play with fel-
low-musicians, just as Dreifort did
more than 40 years before. All the
band members have one thing in
common: they participate because
they love the music and want to
preserve it for future generations.
The Smart Set Band rehearses
every Tuesday in Dreifort's Beach-
wood home. Most group mem-
bers enjoy Big Band music and are
primarily interested in maintaining
or developing their musical skills.
Any musician with an interest in
Big Band and music who would
like to participate, regardless of his
or her level of band experience,
should contact Dreifort at bob@
smartsetband.com.
"We are always looking for
new musicians," Dreifort told us.
"Right now, our greatest need is
saxophones and trumpets."
To share their music with
audiences in our community,
the Smart Set Band plays at
senior living centers, community
organizations and other venues
where music of the Big Band era is
remembered and loved. Organiza-
tions that would like the Big Band
sound at an upcoming event are
encouraged to contact Dreifort at
bob@smartsetband.com.
"We are always looking
for new musicians,"
Dreifort told us.
"Right now, our greatest
need is saxophones
and trumpets."
RNC Volunteer Opportunities
With the Republican National Convention (RNC) fast approaching,
the Cleveland 2016 Host Committee is inviting individuals and
corporate groups to volunteer for this historic national event. The
RNC will take place from July 16 -21 and 8,000 volunteers are needed
to be ambassadors for Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.
The Host Committee is expecting more than 50,000 visitors,
including 15,000 media participants, and will require volunteers to
be welcoming ambassadors at various events and venues.
For more information or to volunteer, email srichman@2016cle.
com or visit www.2016cle.com. The Cleveland 2016 Host Commit-
tee is not affi liated with any political party.