Jingle Bell Jazz at the Station @ Ogden's Union Station Foundation (Ogden: Dec 11)

WHO: Ogden’s Union Station Foundation

WHAT: Jingle Bell Jazz at the Station with Ginger Bess Simons and Company

WHEN: Wednesday, 11 December 2013 • 7:00 pm

WHERE: Grand Lobby, Union Station, 2501 Wall Avenue in Ogden

Ogden’s Union Station Foundation presents the next (Jingle Bell) Jazz at the Station the second Wednesday of the month, 11 December, 7pm at Ogden’s Union Station. This is a free performance. Well-behaved children are welcome. 

The featured artist is vocalist Ginger Bess Simons performing some sassy and swinging holiday standards with her company of friends: Nicholas Maughan, keyboard; Spencer Howe; bass; and Benjamin Jennings, drums.

Simons is a WSU Musical Theatre graduate as well as a current vocal instructor at Weber.  Since graduating she has been constantly at work in theatre productions or club acts she organizes around a theme. Her next big musical review, “The Golden Age of Jazz with Ginger Bess,” will be presented at the Grand Theatre (Backstage at the Grand presents Christmas with Ginger Bess), December 16-18. She is noted for her skilled interpretation of any song or style she is performing. She is also a founding member of Dark Horse Theatre Company.

Maughan is a member of the award winning Tria Fata as WSU students and is also known for his solo work and performances with other northern Utah ensembles. Maughan recently performed a one-man theatre memoire at Ogden’s Good Company Theatre, revealing HIS own theatrical abilities. Howe is currently a music major at WSU and has recently appeared at Jazz at the Station with the Casey Wood Trio. He performs frequently with ensembles in the Northern Utah area. Jennings, co-producer of Jazz at the Station, can be seen regularly in jazz ensembles as a bassist, drummer or vocalist. 

You can expect an especially theatrical and holiday oriented evening of jazz at this Jingle Bell Jazz at the Station. Jazz at the Station provides an all-ages venue for jazz fans and students. Well behaved children are welcome to attend as long as they do not disturb the performers or members of the audience. 

For more information about this program, contact Caril Jennings crjennings@weber.edu.