As you will now know, The Kalamazoo Dance Band and Kal's Kats as well as our newly formed The Regency Dance Orchestra are actually all the same band but presenting in very different presentation styles. I reported recently our success with our Kal's Kats line up being chosen to feature in the Oscar Nominated film Phantom Thread starring Sir Daniel Day Lewis. This really was an incredible experience for us and I was delighted to be contacted by BBC Radio Derby the other day to discuss Kal's Kats and its inclusion in the film which is due to be released on Feb 2nd 2018 I went along to the radio Studios yesterday to meet with Radio presenter Ian Skye to discuss how this journey with the Phantom
well well, here'a a good one to post today - I'm writing this one for Kal's Kats - our sister band from The Kalamazoo Dance Band This post that has hit the newspapers pretty much says it all, but here we are below: A band of amateur musicians from Erewash and Amber Valley could be about to become the height of fashion, after revealing their role in a major new Hollywood film. Jump jive and swing group Kal’s Kats will appear in Phantom Thread—the latest work by acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson—which has been shortlisted for six Oscars. Kals Kats, from left: Phil Britten, Brian Luke, Peter Cowley, Roy Symonds, Kal Vaikla, Jordan Hopwood, Fred Evans and Paddy Shaw. Unable to discuss the
And so the new year begins and off we all go marching ahead with new gigs to play as well as many repeat bookings for which we are extremely grateful. It's funny to think that we started Kal's Kats just three years ago exactly and likewise Kalamazoo Dance Band just two and half years ago and every year we have played a full diary of over 65 gigs with our full band (s) and played some fantastic venues and events and seen our name up in lights right next to and on the same bill as some well noted and published acts in the UK and that for us is such an honour and privilege - clearly this is an arduous uphill battle in one i would call pitcher/catcher scenario where as a pitcher you are constan
