A single set is usually 45-60 minutes long.
Making music is hard work, so after about an hour the band will usually need a break of 10-15 minutes before they start on the next set.
The band’s break time is a good time to schedule speeches, announcements, or prize draws if you’re having them.
Some example set lists:
Dance event:
- Benny’s Bugle
- Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me
- Don’t Get Around Much Any More
- Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
- The Can’t Take That Away From Me
- Jump Jive & Wail
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
- In the Mood
- Guitar Boogie Shuffle
- Cheek To Cheek
- All of Me
- Dancing Queen
- Sing Sing Sing
- Makin’ Whoopee
- Bandstand Boogie
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
- The Lady is a Tramp
Family fun night:
- This Could Be The Start of Something Big
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
- I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
- Hot Hot Hot
- Misty
- Hot Toddy
- They Can’t Take That Away From Me
- Blue Moon
- Benny’s Bugle
- Coconut Champagne
- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
- Birth of the Blues
- Blue Skies
- You Don’t Know Me
- Five Foot Two
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square
- Johnson Rag