THE BASINGSTOKE Lions Club is inviting residents to an evening of orchestra fun.

The Heritage Light Orchestra will take to the stage during the Swell Party on Sunday, May 1 at the Haymarket theatre in Basingstoke.

For some years, The Lions Club of Basingstoke has been privileged to host The Heritage Light Orchestra, the creation of Neil Streeter familiar to many as a musical director with The Basingstoke Amateur Theatrical Society.

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Having grown in stature and in numbers, the Orchestra performs frequently in the Hampshire area and has often supported other featured acts at The Anvil.

Prior to the formation of his Orchestra, Neil had introduced to the club and its audiences a group of talented performers a concert party, appropriately named Swell Party.

At this concert, and for the first time, Neil brings together the two elements of his origination - his Orchestra, comprising some of the best instrumentalists in the local area, and Swell Party for an evening of song and dance music.

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Included in the programme will be well-loved screen musicals, some Jerome Kern and Gershwin pieces, along with some popular ballet music.

Swell Party will be amusing themselves and the audience with new and original material in an entertainment best described as 'Music and Mirth' from Gilbert and Sullivan to ABBA.

The combination of talents promises an enjoyable way to spend a Sunday evening.

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