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big band

noun as in a large dance band

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Olly said his dream is to play in a "big band" at Wembley Stadium, possibly playing alongside music legend May.

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The courtly gentleman guided women around the floor to big band standards with all the aplomb of teenage boys waltzing at a cotillion dance they’ve been forced to attend by their parents.

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He said: "There's a pretty big buzz around the city for it. It's always cool when you get big bands come but especially for this when it's been years since they have played."

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“Country songs, rock songs, pop songs, operatics, big band, rap stuff — it’s all over the map,” Marsh says.

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His experience working with big bands made for easy work, he said.

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