A Swingin ’ Christmas has also been the start of some young performers ’ careers .
“ We had Travis Harris as one of our trombone players and his wife Maria would sing , and in our second or third one , their son Travi , who was probably seven or eight years old , he was going to sing Frosty the Snowman with his mom ,” said Patterson . “ We ’ re getting ready to go onstage , and Travi looked at his mother and said , ‘ I can do it by myself .’ And he sang that song by himself and did a good job with it … He ’ s now a sophomore at UNT .”
This year ’ s concert is Dec . 3 at 2:30 p . m . at the First State Bank Center for the Performing Arts on the Gainesville NCTC campus . Tickets re $ 10 for adults and $ 5 for youth .
Photo Credit : Anna Beall Some of GSO came to play and support leader Dean Patterson on Oct . 14 as he was inducted into the GISD Educator Hall of Fame . Ken Poland - Keys ; Randy Firth - Sax ; Dave Shaw - Bass
Photo Credit : Anna Beall GSO at Denton Arts and Jazz Festival on Oct . 7 of this year .
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