{"id":6,"date":"2009-09-03T17:41:21","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T00:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tmp.dkorchestra.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2023-06-24T16:59:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T23:59:49","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dkorchestra.com\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">DK (Danny Kealey) Orchestra<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Band Biography<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Danny Kealey \u00a0Orchestra started in 1962 as a 4 piece combo that played in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota area for private clubs and service organizations. In 1980 the band expanded to a 6 piece orchestra and played in the four state areas of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. \u00a0The band still played for clubs and service organizations, but also included ballrooms, dance halls, and larger venues. \u00a0In 1994 the band began to play in the Mesa, Arizona area at retirement communities during the winter and back in the Midwest during the summer. In 2005 the band permanently relocated to Mesa, Arizona and is now available throughout the entire year. Today&#8217;s band is a 6 piece orchestra consisting of Piano, Bass, Drums, Trumpet, and two Saxophones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The musicians have been with the band from 3 to 12\u00a0years and come from many different parts of the country. \u00a0These areas include Chicago, IL, Sacramento, CA,\u00a0Torrance, CA,\u00a0San Francisco, CA, Grant City, MO, and Phoenix\u00a0and Mesa , AZ. \u00a0The band members bring a vast level of musical experience including performances with the Guy Lombardo Orchestra, Frank Sinatra Jr., the Christopher Williams Orchestra, Liberace, Paul Anka, Wayne Newton, US Air Force Band, The Keith Boutte&#8217; Big Band, The Ebb Tide Orchestra, The Esquires Music Foundation, The Swing Memories Big Band, The Sammy Jensen Orchestra, The Havin&#8217; Fun Band, Ran Wilde Orchestra, Don\u00a0Glasser, Les Elgart,\u00a0Buddy Morrow and various local shows and concerts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The band&#8217;s musical program includes songs from the 1920&#8217;s all the way through the 1980&#8217;s, specializing in music for dancing and listening from all eras and styles. \u00a0Included in this music are Swing, Fox Trot, Cha Cha, Rumba, Tango, Samba, Mambo, Waltz, Polka, light Rock and Roll, and special numbers for those special occasions. \u00a0The band continues to expand its musical library, allowing us to provide the music our audiences like to hear. The band has played at many different events over the years including ballroom dances, social dances, parties, and special events. They now look forward to continue performing and entertaining in the Valley of the Sun all year round.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u201cThe Valley\u2019s Premier Dance Band\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DK (Danny Kealey) Orchestra Band Biography The Danny Kealey \u00a0Orchestra started in 1962 as a 4 piece combo that played in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota area for private clubs and service organizations. In 1980 the band expanded to a 6 piece orchestra and played in the four state areas of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dkorchestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dkorchestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dkorchestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dkorchestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dkorchestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.dkorchestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"http:\/\/www.dkorchestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dkorchestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}