Entertainers used by the Harvard Reunion Office
Includes Bands, DJ's, Entertainment Companies and Children's Entertainers
BANDS Fat City
see Pretty Polly Productions
Band That Time Forgot (The) popular rock band in Boston
see Pretty Polly Productions
played 1978, 15th Reunion Andree Entertainment
Debba Andree
Bill Payne’s Boston Jazz Band/ Quartet 617-739-1596, debandree@yahoo.com
William M. Payne Katherine (Kit) Emory (alumnae) 617-646-4772
100 Newbury Court, Suite 610 38 Allen Street
Concord, MA 01742 Arlington, MA 02474
978-369-7572; summer: 603-456-3408 Email: kitdiva@AOL.com
Big Band & Swing Era, including Dixieland
Demo tape on file Flashback
Jill & Alex McNeil, 617-244-9825
Blue Heaven Band - (same as Red Drum) 301 Islington Rd., Newton, MA 02166
Joanna Plummer, 617-323-4100 Band that played at 1972, 20th & 1973, 20th
P.O. Box 1999, Brookline, MA 02146 Acappella (no instruments) 4 women group
sing 30’s & 40’s music, popular for older reunions
Blue Suede Boppers available for entire shows, background music, filler
Reebee Garofalo, 617-666-5308
Fifties Rock & Roll Band, really fun Hits and Glitz
(617) 739-1596
Brian Walkley Band Cabaret show for after dinner entertainment. Hit
Willow Productions, 617-421-9336 songs from 20s to 60s
Excellent - 9/91 Wedding at The Country Club
Sax & piano only but they can do more The Pastelles
(617) 739-1596
Calypso Hurricane High energy dance band (3 female singers and 4
Mark Endresen, 617-227-0127 piece band) performing rock and roll, swing,
P.O. Box 180, Hanover St. Station motown, pop and standards.
Boston, MA 02113 Demo tape on file
Great Caribbean dance music band, lively
Tape on file at HAA Four Guys in Tuxes
G. Andrew Maness
Curtis International Associates 74 Appleton Street #3
Susan Zahar, 781-444-9900 Boston, MA 02116
Boston Center for the Arts Boston: 617-482-3234
539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116 Cape Cod: 508-457-1583
Band agency, all types Fax: 617-482-2439
rep Dave Burdett Septet Soloists to ten pieces, swing, society and classic
rock for listening or dancing
Dave Burdett Septet
see Curtis International Gary & The Wombats
1953, 40th Reunion, "excellent" John Dunton, Wombas Liason, days 978-369-3200, ext.
102, FAX 508-369-0280
DE LEON Artists Nights/weekends 617-647-9497
Katrina Smith, 510-655-5200 10 Forbes LaneDamonmill Square, Suite 3B
510-655-5208 fax Concord, MA 01742
4031 Ponomo Court Six guys who create a party, a band that doesn’t quit playing,
Piedmont, CA 94611 lets the musicians among you sit in or sing along
Ed Peters Band Hart Leavitt Band
781-284-8088 10 Forbes Lane
thru K.C Sulkin '61 Andover, MA 01810
EuJazz 978-475-7680
Keith & Martha Gibson, 617-547-7512
PO Box 398054 The Jane Gang
Cambridge, MA 02138 Jane Goldman, 617-629-2568
32 Clifton Street #1, Somerville, MA 02144
Texas Swing and C&W with jazzy, blues overtones
Appendix ii - 1 As of January 11, 2012
Entertainers used by the Harvard Reunion Office continued...
Jack Vento, 617-457-8530
John Payne Band (The) 4 vocalists and instrumental
John Payne '67, 617-738-8573
9A Station Street, Brookline, MA 02146 Shadow
Jazz, Rock, Pop, Swing, R&B see Red Drum Music
4 piece, all male rock and roll band
Jumpstreet
see Red Drum Music Sid the Kid
5 piece band with optional female vocalist or horns c/o Sid Smith
791 Tremonst St., Boston MA 021128
Ken Reeves Orchestra 617-262-7489
813-649-5232 live band (tenor sax, clarinet, flute, etc.)
1 High Point Circle W-105, Naples, FL 33940
617-665-4060; 171 Warwick Rd., Melrose, MA 02176 Soft Touch Dance Band
(at the Cape - 70 West Street, Osterville, MA 02655) R.H. Kingston 781-862-8798
Big Band swing sound, used by HAA senior Reunions kingston@gis.net
4 Field Road, Lexington, MA 02421
Mixed Bag
see Red Drum Music Something Else
4 piece band, everything from the 40's swing to Top 40 Brian Christoforo, 978-777-8532
Band, used by 1968, 25th, well liked
Musique
978-263-4772 Jeff Nortenson Southern Rail Band
Classical trio, quartet, etc. Sharon Horovitch, 781-891-0258
Jazz Band used by 1963, 30th Reunion, country
Nate Aronow Quintet (formerly Nate and the Companions) Spice
617-969-6227 Nathan Aronow Mike Convery, 401-884-5961
617-973-5828 Steve McGinn 28 Marlborough St.
CD on file at Amy’s desk East Greenwich, RI 02818
diverse music- Disco, Top 40, Oldies and more
The New New Orleans Jazz Band
Larry Zuk, 978-369-6668 Squad 16
189 Prairie Street 2632 Boston Road
Concord, MA 01742 P.O. Box 65
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Nik and the Nice Guys 800-828-4952
Nik World Headquarters, (716) 244-0331 Fax 413-596-9577
Fax: (716) 244-0356 e-mail: squad16@csi.com
274 N. Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14607 Mobile Video Dance Clubs, 60s thru 90s, Orange Crush
12 piece mainstream rock and roll live band playing 80s music.
Orange Crush Stan Strickland Band
Live band playing hits from the 80s Clavinda Spinelli, 617-491-8491
[see Squad 16 later in this section] P.O. Box 782, Cambridge, MA 02138
Band used by 1973, 20th
Out of the Blue
see Red Drum Music True to Form
blend of classic rock, R&B, soul, funk, blues, and swing Tony Wolff, 617-738-1625
17 Parkman Street no. 3, Brookline, MA 02146
Pretty Polly Productions jazz for all occasions
Howard Cusack and Kathe Burbach, 781-894-9600 Demo tape on file
offers DJ with or without video shows, complete music
service company reps the Marselles, Fat City, Uptown Revival, Watson Reid and Americana
The Band Time Forgot, and Urban Renewal Walden Green Music Corp.
PO Box 171
Red Drum Music - (same as Blue Heaven) Duxbury, MA 02331
617-323-4100 781-934-9243
PO Box 1999, Brookline, MA 02146 Carol Allen
Represent many acts contemporary, folk
Reminisce White Heat Swing Orchestra
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Entertainers used by the Harvard Reunion Office continued...
Craig Ball, 617-354-7213 DJ BC
P.O. Box 1088, Cambridge, MA 02238 Bob Cronin
music consultant, band leader, swing & Dixieland 22 Park Road, #3
Belmont, MA 02478
Willie Sordillo H: 617-489-9332
66 Berry Street B: 617-495-9854
Framingham, MA 01702 cronin@fas.harvard.edu
508-628-9294 jazz, swing, classic hits from 50s to 90s, contemporary, reggae,
alto saxophonist, vocalist, and full quintet world music, dance, and rap.
Willow Entertainment Doug Lane (DJ) and Best Tunes
13 Haviland Street 508-664-5927
Boston, MA 02115 19 Woodland Dr., N. Reading, MA 01864
617-421-9336 Senior Class Events, Cruises
Offers a variety of bands of different genres (dance, swing, jazz) H-R 25th Events & Joint Reunions
including the Brian Walkley Band and a DJ service.
We have demo cd’s on file. MetroBest Entertainment Co.
James A. Bergantino 508-435-4020
Winiker Orchestras 21 Valleywood Road
617- 277-6673 Hopkinton, MA 01748
45 Longwood Avenue, Suite 108, Brookline, Ma 02146 Professional DJ, Video Taping
Swing and Big Band experts, well known nationally
CD on file Mobil Notes
Lance Margolis, B: 617-241-7290, H: 617-242-3442
CASINO CRUISES Orange Crush
(has a live band as well, see Squad 16 under Band section.) 860-
Horizon’s Edge 939-9272
Tony Favaloro; (978) 283-8505
76 Marine Blvd. Lynn, MA 01905 Pretty Polly Productions (see bands)
Cruise and casino excursions for lunches and dinners Howard Cusack and Kathe Burbach, 781-894-9500
offers DJ with or without video shows
complete music service company
reps the Marselles, Fat City, Uptown Revival, The Band Time
DJ’S
Forgot, and Urban Renewal
also offers comedians
A+ Entertainment
John Gabaree
Premier Talent Group (Formerly Rack-A-Disc)
98 Yeomans Avenue
1-800-326-3866
Medford, MA 02155
DJ Company, Robert McIntosh, FAX: 617-937-9096
781-874-0463
34 Salem Street, Reading, MA 01867
40 of Boston’s top DJ’s
AM-FM Entertainment
good to Harvard groups
Boston Radio Talent
Ken Stone
Soundchoice
617-277-9337
Peta Hallisey, 781-643-0662
amfment@earthlink.net
Soundsations
Boston Party Makers
Harrison W. Carmichael
Tony Signorino 617-547-7777
617-388-9459
91 3rd Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
617-560-4396
DJ company with optional lighting and video services
C-Zone Music
Greg Capozzi
617-320-0723 CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINERS
Decades of Dance Bonaparté
508-877-8535 John Bonaparté '81, Boston's Hottest Magician
87 Leigh Street 52A West Eagle Street, Suite #3
Framingham, MA 01701 Boston, MA 02128
617-561-9152
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Entertainers used by the Harvard Reunion Office continued...
Derek Burrows
2 Glenvale Terrace Parties of Woburn
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 728 Main Street
617-983-9184 Woburn, MA 01801
e-mail: derekbur@aol.com 781-935-8828
Storytelling, myths, legends, folktales from The Bahamas, Fax: 781-935-5324
Africa, Haiti, Jamaica, Latin America, and other countries Cameron the Caterpillar, Balloon Typhoon, Fun Foods, Bubble
Bounce, Laser Maze is on the Move, Spider Slide
Fun Factor (The) Riverside: The Thrill Park
Carol Parven, 617-964-0788 P.O. Box 307
PO Box 585, Boston, MA 02258 Agawam, MA 01001-0307
413-786-9300
Gerwick Puppets (The) 1-888-MY-ESCAPE
6 Wood Street, Southborough, MA 01772
508-481-6260
COMEDIANS
Kids Love Arts
Beth Meditz, 508-620-0936 Rob Weinstein
156 Maynard Rd., Framingham, MA 01701 (914) 928-8834
The LaRocca Agency
7 Mount Pleasant Street
Winchester, MA 01890
781-729-1537
Rick Goldin
Greenhouse Productions, Jenny Green
617-484-4901
22 Lantern Road, Belmont, MA 02178
Music and puppets
Rogue (The)
Roger Alatalo, 978-369-5204
PO Box 363, 238 Comm. Ave, Concord, MA 01742
All ages of children - tots to young adults, expert magician and
juggler (including flaming torches and hatchets), sing-a-longs,
jokes, etc.
used by the 25th Reunion every year, reasonable prices
Tom Jules
P.O. Box 2776
Lynn, MA 01903
617-595-2908
magician, magic clown
Amusements Inc.
Bruce Smick, 508-892-0700, Fax: 508-892-0075
190 Main Street
Cherry Valley, MA 01611
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
51 Sandy Pond Road
Lincoln, MA 01773-2600
781-259-8355
North American Amusements, Inc.
Robert Perkins, Jr.
641 Summer Street
Weymouth, MA 02188
781-337-1901
The Road Runner, Bungee Fun Run, Radical Surf Machine,
Muscle Beach Boxing, moonwalk, dunk tank, etc.
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