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The Jive Aces Wiki Information
Winners of BBC TV's Opportunity Knocks [1], The Jives Aces
, formed in 1989, [2], are a six-piece UK-based, high energy [3], jive and swing band who have many albums and singles to their name, [4] and have performed at many music festivals [5] [6] They received an award from the Variety Club of Great Britain for their charity work [7] and the City of Derry International Music Award in 2006. [8] The band perform both cover versions and original material. [9]
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Promotion of Scientology
The band have been known to perform up to 300 times a year, [10] often promoting Scientology [11] (sometimes controversially) [12] or presenting an anti-drugs message. [13] They have been noted for their energetic and confident performances, which they attribute to "workable solutions found in Scientology religious principles".
The Jive Aces have supported the Church of Scientology's Say No To Drugs campaign since 1996, [14] performing to shoppers in city centres throughout the UK, [15] to give a message to young people that it is "not cool to take drugs", and to collect signatures on a petition asking MPs for more effective drug education in UK schools. [16]
References
- Music men spell out the message, Cambridge Town Crier, cambridge-news.co.uk, February 17, 1996. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- Jive Aces returning to their homeland
- "Jazz greats hit the right notes", ''Belfast Telegraph'', Belfast, Northern Ireland, 8 May, 2003, [1],
How the Jive Aces played their big white socks off five times over the festival without needing hospitalisation is beyond me, they make you tired just watching them. Hareing through the best of jump jive and jazz standards, the frenetic Londoners in dodgy suits had people dancing on tables all over Derry. - Allmusic.com Directory
- 2008: The Jive Aces
- 2007 festival review
- "Red cross thanks local people", ''Belfast Telegraph'', Belfast, Northern Ireland, 24 May, 2006, [1],
The British Red Cross has said a big 'thank you' to the people of Londonderry for their support during the recent Red Cross Week. The final total for the city's fundraising activities is still to be calculated, but a massive £6,000 was raised at the recent Jive Aces gig... - "The Jive Aces at the Royal Victoria Hall Theatre, Southborough", thisissussex.com, 28 November 2008
- Sollenberger, John (2007) "These Aces ain’t no jive", ''Pasadena Weekly'', 29 November 2007
- "Jive Aces are the kings of the swingers", ''Morecambe Today'', 25 March 2009
- "Man about Derry", ''Belfast Telegraph'', Belfast, Northern Ireland, 8 May, 2003, [1],
The first bunch of musicians I ran into were the brilliant Jive Aces, from London, who were rocking it up in Da Vinci's. One of the more interesting features of the band is their membership of the Church of Scientology... - "Jive Aces defend Scientology promo", ''Foyle News'' (sydicated at the ''Derry Journal'' site), 7 May 2008
- Rutter, John: "Scientologists back anti-drugs festival", ''The Scotsman'', 22 August 2002
- photo caption, The Croydon Post, trinitymirror.com, January 31, 1996. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- Group jives against drugs, The Tunbridge Wells & Crowborough Times, archant.co.uk, May 15, 1996. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- photo caption, Crawley News Extra, thisissussex.co.uk, March 22, 1996. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
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