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IN HONOR
OF
PRESIDENT KENNEDY
THIS IS WHY I HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO
DONATE MY TIME THOUGHTS
AND
LOVE
JACK YOUR DREAM CAME TRUE VIA APOLLO 11
YOU ARE MY HERO
AND
TO THE MEN
WHO DARED TO GO WHERE BRAVE MEN DARE NOT GO
Big Band Dances
Next Big Band Dance:
Saturday, February 14, 2009 – Valentine’s
Day
Saturday, September 12, 2009 – Glenn Miller Orchestra
Valentine’s Dance
onboard the Aircraft Carrier USS HORNET
Saturday,
February 14, 2009
8:00pm
– Midnight
Swing to the frolicking jazz sounds of
Stompy
Jones (website)
and the big band lounge classics performed by
The Romano Marchetti Orchestra (website)
as you dance among vintage aircraft!
The USS HORNET is one
of the Bay Area’s best places to dance!
THREE dance floors on the enclosed, heated hangar
deck!
Period attire welcome!
FREE dance lessons from 7:30pm – 8:00pm
Jim Truesdale,
former Fred Astaire dance instructor, will also provide lessons throughout the evening
Group Rates Available
Singles section
Cash Bar and Dinner Concessions
Plenty of Free Parking
TICKETS:
View our Seating Chart
Cabaret Seating $75
Great View in Front of Stage
Reserved Seating $55
Good Access to Dance Floors
General Admission $40
($45 at the door if the Event is not sold out)
First-come seating, behind all Reserved Seats
Museum Members receive $5 OFF Each Reserved Seat
(Limit 4 Tickets)
Dancers and spectators alike
can enjoy the classic sounds of the 40’s and 50’s.
Call 510-521-8448 x282
between the hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm
or order online: http://usshornet.stores.yahoo.net/dance.html
For more information, see our Frequently Asked Questions
or call 510.521.8448
x282
USS Hornet Museum
707 W. Hornet Ave, Pier 3
Alameda,
CA 94501
(510) 521-8448
www.uss-hornet.org Proceeds
benefit the educational programs of the USS Hornet Museum, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and the preservation of this
historic ship.
Recent Big Band Dances Aboard HORNET
Aug 2008 – Glenn Miller
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March 2008 – Tommy Dorsey |
Enjoy a memorable evening as the most popular Big Bands perform aboard the USS Hornet:
The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Count Basie Orchestra
The Cab Calloway Orchestra
Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
Harry James Orchestra
Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra
Les
Brown & His Band of Renown
Artie Shaw Orchestra
The American Swing Orchestra's Benny Goodman Tribute
Local Bay Area Bands include:
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
The Swing Session
Period attire is encouraged as you dance among the vintage aircraft.
Information and Reservations: (510) 521-8448 x 282.
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SOPHIA OF WISDOM III -
USS Hornet
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eight ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Hornet, after the stinging insect.
- USS Hornet (1775)Template:WP Ships USS instances, was a ten-gun sloop commissioned in 1775, and served in the American Revolutionary War
- USS Hornet (1805 sloop)Template:WP Ships USS instances, was also a ten-gun sloop and took part in the First Barbary War
- USS Hornet (1805 brig)Template:WP Ships USS instances, was a brig-rigged sloop of war launched on 28 July 1805 and sank in a storm on 29 September 1829
- USS Hornet (1813)Template:WP Ships USS instances was a five-gun schooner used as a dispatch vessel between 1814 and 1820
- USS Hornet (1865)Template:WP Ships USS instances, the first to be steam propelled, was an iron, side-wheeled steamer
- USS Hornet (1898)Template:WP Ships USS instances, a converted yacht, was a dispatch vessel in the Spanish-American War
- USS Hornet (CV-8)Template:WP Ships USS instances, launched the Doolittle Raid in 1942, fought at the Battle of Midway, and was sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz
Islands on 26 October 1942
- USS Hornet (CV-12)Template:WP Ships USS instances was originally named Kearsarge, but renamed in honor of CV-8 and active through the rest of World War II and
is preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California
In the modern U.S. Navy, the F/A-18 Hornet and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters continue the name "Hornet" into the 21st Century.
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