We debut our string section, consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello. Click here to see the new 22-piece band performing "New York, New York" in all its orchestral glory!

Joe Suppan of WICN 90.5 FM public radio in Worcester interviews vocalist John Stevens and director Frank Hsieh after the Beantown Swing Orchestra's performance in Mechanics Hall.

We perform at Foxwoods' Fox Theatre in an "American Idol" style showdown with nine other bands. Click here to see our performance, which was one of our best ever.

Our own Jennifer Hirsh appears on the season premiere of American Idol and makes it to Hollywood after singing a jazzy version of "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" for her audition.

We record our own version of Foxwoods Casino's theme song "The Wonder Of It All" and enter a contest for it to be used in its commercials for next year. Click here to vote for us!

Our new 2009 CD has arrived and is available for free, whenever you can catch us. It features tracks that were recorded live at two weddings that we performed at this summer - at the Castle in the Clouds in New Hampshire and the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Vocalists Jennifer Hirsh and John Stevens highlight the album this year.

The band gets a taste of high society when we perform an upscale wedding at the swanky Pierre Hotel in New York City. The groom was Ultimate Fighting Champion George Sotiropolous. Our top vocalists John Stevens and Jennifer Hirsh both graced the stage and performed so beautifully, and the acoustics were so great, that many of the tracks that we recorded at this wedding will be on our upcoming CD!

We perform at a wedding in Maine where an amazing number of local and national indie folk/rock musicians were in attendance and sat in with us. Among some great singers were Josh Ritter, Erin McKeown, Zack Hickman, Allie Moss, Mark Erelli, Neil Cleary, Matt Douglas, and Dawn Landers. What an amazing night!

The wives of Red Sox manager Terry Francona, bench coach Brad Mills, and players Dustin Pedroia and Mike Lowell check us out as we perform at a fundraiser organized by the Melanoma Foundation of New England at the Intercontinental Hotel in Boston.

Red Sox wife Kelli Pedroia talks about an upcoming fundrasier that we are performing at.

Erin performs with us again, this time dazzling the Andover dance crowd with 19 vocal tunes!

Our trumpeters John Replogle and Danny Fratina are featured in a story by Andrea Peterson on screaming trumpet players.

Nationally reknowned singer-songwriter Erin McKeown performs with the band at a swing dance at the Cambridge YMCA in Central Square!

Famous Boston radio personality Ron Della Chiesa hosts a swing dance party at Raffael's in Walpole, featuring the Beantown Swing Orchestra with John Stevens on vocals. Our repertoire ties in perfectly with Ron's radio programs "MusicAmerica" and "Strictly Sinatra" on 99.1 FM. Ron is so excited that he announces every one of our classic songs and tells a little history about each one to the 250+ dancers.

Click here to listen to Ron interviewing John Stevens on stage.

21-year-old John Stevens, who finished sixth on American Idol during its third season in 2004, makes his debut with the Beantown Swing Orchestra at the Concord Scout House, singing the classic big band tunes of Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, and Harry Connick, Jr. He is a big hit, and a young engaged couple at the dance books John on the spot to sing at their wedding!

"My Best Friend's Girl" opens in theaters, with the Beantown Swing Orchestra gracing the big screen. The band appears in several scenes playing different songs, including "Hava Nagila" during the hora scene and "Sing, Sing, Sing" during the movie's climax. These two songs were actually recorded live by the band at a real wedding reception, and Lionsgate used them in the movie as the overdub! These songs are listed in the end credits as "Performed by Beantown Swing Orchestra." Also, you can hear director Frank Hsieh announcing the wedding couple's first dance, and he is listed in the end credits as "Band Leader." Members of the band go see the premiere, and the theater is filled with extras who were also in the movie.