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Will County

John Ferak

Chicago Metropolitan Area

Joliet

Illinois

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If you're anything like Jeanette Martin, you won't be able to resist moving your feet at the upcoming Grand Avenue Big Band concert. "It's music that makes you feel young," she said. "Whenever I hear big band music, I want to dance." The Grand Avenue Big Band will be bringing its showcase of midcentury classics to the Tower Green in Western Springs at 7 p.m. July 11. The 16-piece band, featuring three vocal soloists, plays uptempo music from the '30s, '40s and '50s. In previous years the free concert, sponsored by the Western Springs Community Center Association, has taken place in a school parking lot. But Martin tells it like it is. "Who wants to sit in a parking lot?" she said. So this year, the WSCCA moved the show to the Tower Green, amid better ambience and plenty of sidewalk space for the aforementioned dancing. Martin joined WSCCA board member Janet Dahl and village trustee Sheila Hansen Monday morning as three McClure students helped paint a mural on the old Tischler building's window, advertising the event. You can see the mural between now and July 11.

If you’re anything like Jeanette Martin, you won’t be able to resist moving your feet at the upcoming Grand Avenue Big Band concert.

“It’s music that makes you feel young,” she said. “Whenever I hear big band music, I want to dance.” The Grand Avenue Big Band will be bringing its showcase of midcentury classics to the Tower Green in Western Springs at 7 p.m. July 11.

The 16-piece band, featuring three vocal soloists, plays uptempo music from the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. In previous years the free concert, sponsored by the Western Springs Community Center Association, has taken place in a school parking lot.

But Martin tells it like it is. “Who wants to sit in a parking lot?” she said.

So this year, the WSCCA moved the show to the Tower Green, amid better ambience and plenty of sidewalk space for the aforementioned dancing. Martin joined WSCCA board member Janet Dahl and village trustee Sheila Hansen Monday morning as three McClure students helped paint a mural on the old Tischler building’s window, advertising the event.

You can see the mural between now and July 11.

Cook County

David Giuliani

Western Springs

The band will be performing a free outdoor concert July 11 at the Tower Green in Western Springs.