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dance orchestra

NOUN
big band
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Mr. Crawford sang with Vince Giordano’s dance orchestra in New York before starting his own group in Los Angeles, and sometimes drew on his rodeo experience to perform rope tricks onstage.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2021

He played the clarinet and drums in a dance orchestra in the late 1930s.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2018

The prohibition era gathering was created by Michael Arenella, and features his Jazz-Age dance orchestra known for its authentic, “faithfully accurate” 1920s and early 1930s sets.

From Forbes ● Aug. 18, 2014

In addition to the regular band for martial music, there is a 13-piece dance orchestra, a four-piece "hillbilly combo," an eight-piece Dixieland jazz group, a "novelty group" for European folk songs and classics.

From Time Magazine Archive

A dance orchestra came in on the radio, but he did not want to listen.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers


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