Hello and welcome to Our Band's official website. We're excited to finally be online! Come back often so you can check out our upcoming shows and learn a little more about the band.
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New Year's Dance?
Ballroom Dance Enthusiasts?
If you're planning an event, please be sure to contact us. We would love to provide the music for your function.
Formed in 1991, the band has charmed audiences around the Edmonton area with their passion for the 'Swing Era'. Originally named the Rural Route Swing Band, it was renamed in '2009' in memory of the founder 'Joe Saumer'. Joe's legacy is passed on through 3 of his sons, his oldest granddaughter and his youngest grandson, all who have been members.
Joe, who performed swing music since it's heyday in the '1940s', influenced not only his family but many fellow musicians in the North Central Alberta region. Band members are made up of all walks of life and travel near and far for rehearsals and gigs and all in the name of the music Joe so dearly wanted to see preserved.
Venues Played
Arden Theatre (St. Albert)
Dutch Canadian Club (Edmonton)
Horizon Stage (Spruce Grove)
Italian Centre (Edmonton)
Jubilee Auditorium (Edmonton)
Jubilee Auditorium (Calgary)
Mayfield Inn (Edmonton)
Polish Hall (Edmonton)
Red Deer College (Red Deer)
Royal Glenora Club (Edmonton)
Shaw Conference Centre (Edmonton)
The Log Cabin (Edmonton)
U of A Convocation Hall
and the halls of the communities of Alberta Beach, Clymont, Devon, Elk Island Park, Onoway, Mayerthorpe, Muir Lake, Stony Plain, Seba Beach and Spruce Grove Elks Club.
MEET THE BAND
KATELYN BOHN
INSTRUMENT:
Trombone
YEAR YOU STARTED WITH BAND:
2010
OCCUPATION:
Grade 12 Student at Onoway High School
WHY DID YOU GET STARTED IN MUSIC:
I took piano lessons from grade two until
grade seven when I started playing trombone.
FONDEST MEMORY OF J.S.B.B.:
When I first heard them play at an Honours Band Coffeehouse. It sounded awesome and I wished that I could someday play in an ensemble that sounded that great.
HANNA DENTON
INSTRUMENT: Alto Sax
YEAR YOU STARTED WITH BAND: 2009
Student at Grant MacEwan University
It was a requirement to take music when I was in the 7th grade. Previous 7th graders had passed word along that the sax was the coolest instrument to play. Naturally, I chose the sax and it turns out that it is the coolest instrument after all.
FONDEST MEMORY OF J.S.B.B. :
We have alot of fun together. You can tell a group is really close when 18 year olds have inside jokes with 80 year olds!
CLAYTON DUBE
Baritone Saxophone
2009
Student
Tom Saumer, since my first band class in grade 7, has been a monumental influence on my musical development.
FONDEST MEMORY OF J.S.B.B.
My first live concert in 2009. It was incredible to play for people dancing and the atmosphere was contagiously energetic.
AL DUETSCH
Drums
1991
Retired agriculturalist
It was in my blood.
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BOB JERVIS
Piano
1999
Retired school teacher / video production
Nothing has ever given me more joy.
Each rehearsal and gig has allowed me to experience the camaraderie and care that each member has for the others. Every time we get together, is a good memory.
SHELLY JOGOLA
I'm the singer
mother / private music teacher
Influenced by friends and family.
I love the encouragement and fun we have with each other. i think that pours out of the music.
CURLY JONES
Guitar
2003
Retired (Professional Senior)
I grew up in Liverpool (UK) in the fifties & sixties - enough said!
For me it has to be Steve Payne demolishing the temporary staging during a gig at ??? (can't remember- I think it was a church hall)
BRIELLE MAWBRY
Private music teacher / Custodian / Seamstress
WHY DID YOU GET STARTED IN MUSIC: Playing brass instruments is in the blood :)
FONDEST MEMORY OD J.S.B.B.:
Playing in the band for my grandparents 45th wedding anniversary
JUSTIN MASSEY
YEAR YOU STARTED WITH BAND: 2005
Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance at the University of Alberta
WHY DID YOU GET STARTED IN MUSIC: I started music through Tom Saumer's music program in Onoway on clarinet. In grade 8.
I switched to saxophone and haven't looked back since.
My fondest memory is the New Years Eve gig in the Onoway Community Hall. We blew a breaker during the tune "Tammy". The band finished the piece by singing the lyrics.
MARC de MONTIGNY
Tenor Sax
2001
OCCUPATION: Professor of Physics, U of A
I started music & saxophone in Grade 8 to follow my friends; I did not even know what a saxophone was!
African concert at Convocation Hall and first dance in Mayerthorpe, because the crowds were really appreciative.
STEVE PAYNE
INTRUMENT:
Trumpet
YEAR STARTED WITH BAND:
Video production.
God given love of music.
Our first dance played at Lake Eden Resort.
It was the last event ever hosted there before it closed down.
HOWARD SAUMER
Retired educator
ROBIN SAUMER
INSTRUMENT: Bass
Service technician for Kodak Canada.
WHY DID YOU GET STARTED IN MUSIC: Mr. David Thompson taught a few of us interested students to play in a recorder band in grade 6 where I played bass recorder. I was hooked from then on!
They are all fond memories, but possibly the most exciting for me was playing in the pit at both Jubilee Auditoriums (Edmonton and Calgary) for a Sweet Adeline Show.
TIM SAUMER
2005
Student at U of A
WHY DID YOU GET STARTED IN MUSIC: Music has always been a valued family past time and once I started playing I haven't been able to stop!
Just being able to play in the band with my grandpa and seeing him play the music he loved right up until the end.
TOM SAUMER
Tenor saxaphone
Music teacher Onoway High School
KEITH SCHANTZ
1994
Teacher
Enjoyed playing trumpet in school, didn't know what else to do, so I continued into University and got a B. Education with almost a complete B.Mus. Now I teach music in schools. My first band director was my real inspiration. Playing music is one of my most
favorite things to do.
Med Foxtrot
Fly Me To The Moon
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Tuxedo Juction
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Queen Bee (the)
Switch About
A String Of Pearls
Begin The Beguine
Pennsylvania 6-5000
Bye Bye Blackbird
A' Train (the)
Tribute To Basie
Orange Colored Sky
Elmer's Tune
Sammy's Groove
Kansas City
Witchcraft
Lester Leaps In
Well You Need't
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Novelty
Seventy Six Trombones
Muppet Show (the)
Schottische
Heel & Toe
Butterfly
Polka
Polka Medley
Liechtensteiner Polka
Bosanova
Watch What Happens
Tuned Out
Fast Foxtrot
In The Mood
Leap Frog
Sing, Sing, Sing
You & Me
One O'Clock Jump
Bandstand Boogie
720 In The Books
Two O'Clock Jump
Basie, Straight Ahead
Walkin' Home With Brother Bill
Big Band Swing
Little Brown Jug
Jumpin' At The Woodside
Hamp's Boogie
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Kalamazoo
Flatbush Flannigan
Tippin' In
Just Friends
Latin
Tea For Two Cha Cha
Quando, Quando
Desafinado
Never On A Sunday
Choo Choo Samba (the)
Rock
Rock Around The Clock
Should I Do It
Getting' On With It
Carnaby Street
Movin' In
Slow Foxtrot
Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)
Loose Change
Summertime
Basin Street Blues
Skylark
Moonlight Serenade
Satin Doll
Night Train
Old Lamplighter
What I Did For Love
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Canadian Sunset
Sentimental Journey
Love Is Here To Stay
Specialty
Anniversary Medley
Auld Lang Syne
Happy Birthday
O Canada
Waltz
Moon River
Tammy
No shows scheduled currently. Please check back for updates.
Whether its your wedding, an anniversary or a public dance, the band is available for you.
For bookings contact Al Deutsch, Manager ;
Phone: (780) 924-3478
or
E-mail Me: adeutsch_wildroseinternet.ca
