The Les DeMerle Big Band, featuring Bonnie Eisele, will presents its 8th Annual Mother’s Day Big Band Bash on Sunday, May 12, in the The Amelia Ballrooom at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation.
The benefit gala will feature a dinner and dance from 7-10 p.m., with a meet-and-greet with the musicians before the show from 6:30-7 p.m.
The Les DeMerle Big Band will feature the big band classics of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and more. The 17-piece band includes Jacksonville Jazz Festival Hall of Famers Bill Prince and J.B. Scott, plus other notable area musicians like David Steinmeier and Marc Dickman.
A not for profit corporation, the Les DeMerle Amelia Island Jazz Festival distributes proceeds toward a scholarship program to fund college education for aspiring jazz musicians and works to provide a rich, diverse jazz offering to the Amelia Island area.
