Lakeland Community Theatre presents:

MARCH 3-6 AT THE POLK THEATRE

Thu, Fri, Sat 7:30pm Sun 2pm

Call 863 603 PLAY (7529) or www.lakelandcommunitytheatre.com for tickets

Adults $20, Students w/id $15, Under 18 $10

“Two thirds rhythm and one third soul.” That’s how Fats Waller defined the uniquely American form of popular music and dance known as “Swing.” Requiring only joyful enthusiasm and a ready partner, swing exploded out of pre-war Harlem’s hotbed of youth culture and swept the world. It shattered ethnic and cultural barriers, generating specialty styles such as Jive, Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, and Hip-Hop Swing. SWING! celebrates this remarkable diversity to the beat of the most exhilarating songs of the period. Celebrating some of the most exhilarating and well known songs of  the period: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got Swing), Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy, I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo, I’ll Be Seeing You, In the Mood/Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree and Cry Me a River to name just a few. As this enthralling song-and-dance show makes abundantly clear, Swing was never a time or place — it has always been a state of mind!