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Our
Past Appearances
You may have seen us at one of our past
appearances! If not, have a look at what we have been up to in years
past!
Click the links below for past years calendar listings:
2004 gigs
2005 gigs
2006 gigs
2009 gigs
2010 gigs
2011 - 2013 gigs
Year 2000
Appearances:
May 30, 2000
O'Gara's
Bar And Grill, St. Paul
8 - 11 pm
June 6, 2000
Como
Park Pavilion, St. Paul
7 - 8:30 pm
June 8, 2000
Centennial
Lakes Park, Edina
7 - 8:00 pm
August 22, 2000
Lake
Harriet, Minneapolis
7:30 - 9:10 pm
August 29, 2000
O'Gara's
Bar And Grill, St. Paul
8 - 11 pm
October 31, 2000
O'Gara's
Bar and Grill, St. Paul
8 - 11 pm
December 5th, 2000 -
Tuesday night from 8 - 9 pm
Mall
of America on the stage in the East Rotunda
Photo
Link
A Mall
Floor Plan is available at this link.
The stage is
located next to the elevators in the rotunda with good viewing of the stage
from both the floor and from above levels surrounding the rotunda area.
We suggest that you print this floor plan and take it with you to easily
find the stage. The closest parking to the stage is the East Ramp
Year 2001
Appearances:
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Tuesday October 2nd, from 7 -
8:15 pm at
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Edinborough
Park In Edina
7700 York Ave S Edina MN 55435
Easy Directions:
We have found that the easiest route to this location is
to take 494 from either the East or the West to
France Ave. Exit North to
Minnesota Drive and Turn Right (go East)
Until you reach the "T" in the road.
You will be looking directly ahead at
the Edinborough Park Parking lot.
Simply park here and walk in through the right hand set of
doors.
Walk straight ahead until you come to the stage area.
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Tuesday
October 30th
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O'Gara's
Bar And Grill, St. Paul 8 - 11 pm
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Tuesday Nov 27th from 7
- 8 pm
Christmas Concert at the Mall
of America on the Sam Goody Stage
which was formerly known as
the East Rotunda.
(See the Mall floor plan link
at the bottom of this page.)
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Dec 4th, 2001, Tuesday from
7 - 8:15 pm at
Edinborough
Park In Edina
7700 York Ave S Edina MN
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January 2nd, 2001
First
rehearsal at IHCC band room
7 - 9:30 pm
January 30th, 2001
O'Gara's
Bar And Grill, Snelling Ave. S, St. Paul
8 - 11 pm
May 14th, 2001, Monday Private Party
Southview Country Club 5 until
6 pm
May 29th, 2001
O'Gara's Bar
And Grill, Snelling Ave. S, St. Paul
8 - 11 pm
June 5, Tuesday at Como
Park,
Como
Park Pavilion, St. Paul
7 - 8:30 pm
June 17th, 2001, Sunday, at Staring
Lake Park,
RCJO will be
appearing in:
The
Jazz on the Prairie Big Band Festival.
We will have
5 warm-up groups before us, and our performance time is from 8 - 9 pm.
Here is a list of the other groups and
their performance times at this exciting Jazz Festival!
You will be able to make a late afternoon picnic of it, so come and
enjoy a great variety of local jazz groups!
At:
3:00
Jazz on the Prairie Big Band
4:00
Good News Big Band
5:00
Valley Jazz Big Band
6:00
Stan Bann Big Band
7:00
Just Friends Big Band
Last but
not least, at
8:00
River City Jazz Orchestra
In
case of Rain:
Indoor site
is at the Oak Point Intermediate School's Performance Arts Lab (PAL) on the
corner of Staring Lake Parkway and Anderson Lakes Parkway - 13400 Staring
Lake Parkway
July
17th, 2001,Tuesday at
Centennial
Lakes Park, Edina 7 - 8
July 31st, 2001, Tuesday
O'Gara's Bar
And Grill, Snelling Ave. S, St. Paul
8 - 11 pm
August 8, 2001 - Nonviolence V.I.P. EVENT
Wednesday,
August 8, 2001 1:00 PM to Midnight -
Apache
Plaza Mall
37th
Ave. and Silver Lake Road N.E.
We will perform from 6 - 7:30
Archive photos from the event,
including a few of RCJO are at their
site. To return to this site, you will need to click your browser's
"BACK" button.
Year 2002 Appearances:
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Sorry
- Cancelled, Tuesday Jan.
29th, 2002 - O'Gara's
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Tuesday,
January 29th, 2002 |
O'Gara's
Bar And Grill, St. Paul
8 - 11 pm
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Feb. 19, 2002
Private - joint rehearsal Roseville
Band
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April 7, 2002
- Sunday evening from 7 - 8:14 at:
Edinborough
Park In Edina
7700 York Ave S Edina MN 55435
Easy Directions:
We have found that the easiest route to this location is
to take 494 from either the East or the West to
France Ave. Exit North to
Minnesota Drive and Turn Right (go East)
Until you reach the "T" in the road.
You will be looking directly ahead at
the Edinborough Park Parking lot.
Simply park here and walk in through the right hand set
of doors.
Walk straight ahead until you come to the stage area.
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April 30,
2002 - O'Gara's
Pub - from 8 - 11 pm
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Members'
note: May 9, 2002 Finals week at IHCC
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May 13, 2002 - Private IHCC STAFF Golf Outing gig
at 5PM / Address:
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239
E Mendota Rd SAINT PAUL MN 55118-4623
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June 4, 2002 Como
Park Pavilion - 7 - 8:30
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June 13, 2002 (Thursday) 7:30 - 9 PM at (Notice -
Enter from Lexington Ave. and walk to where the brown Asterisk (band shell
location) is.
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Map to Central
Park in Roseville
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June
16, 2002 - Jazz on the Prairie, 8 - 9 p m Staring Lake Park in Eden Prairie
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This an
annual event beginning at 3 pm and running until 9 pm.
The 8-9 pm
time slot is when River City Jazz Orch. performs. Bring your family/
friends and a nice picnic dinner, or there are some food concessions
available as well if you prefer.
Other groups
featured this year for the Minnesota Festival of Jazz on the Prairie
includes: (the host band) Jazz on the Prairie Big Band, Good News Big Band,
Balley Jazz Big Band, Stan Bann Big Band, Just Friends Big Band, and last
but not least, River City Jazz Orchestra.
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June
18, 2002 - Osseo Boerboom Park from 7 - 8 pm (Located on Central Ave. which
is Jefferson HWY between 4th and 5th Ave.) Click
here to See Maps.
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July 30,
2002 - O'Gara's
Pub - from 8 - 11 pm
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July 31, 2002
(Wednesday) Minnehaha Falls, Mpls., 7 – 8:40 pm
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October 1st,
2002 from 7 - 8:15 pm at
Edinborough
Park In Edina
7700 York Ave S Edina MN 55435
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October 29,
2002 - O'Gara's
Pub - from 7:30 - 10:30 pm
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December 3rd,
2002 from 7 - 8:15 pm at
Edinborough
Park In Edina
7700 York Ave S Edina MN 55435
Early 2003 Appearances:
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March 4th, 2003 from 6:30 -
7:30 we will appear at the First Presbyterian
Church of South St. Paul |
We
will feature the Vocal Artistry of Renee Marie
Lande
Location of the
First Presbyterian Church is
535 20th Avenue
North, South St. Paul.
Directions:
From 494, Take
Highway 3 North (Lafayette Expressway)
Get off the
Lafayette Expressway (Highway 3 is about 1 mile north of 494) at the
Wentworth Exit. Go East to 20th Ave. North and
Turn Left.
The church is on the Left.
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March 22, 2003 (Saturday) from 8 - 11:30 pm "A Battle of the
Bands"!
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River City Jazz Orchestra,
with vocalist Renee Marie Lande, together
with The
Roseville Big Band (Roseville-Link
information: click the 'PUBLIC
PERFORMANCES" button once there) and the Rosetones vocal
quartet, will provide the dance music for a fundraising dance for Inver
Grove Heights school music program.
Learn
more about the Inver Grove Heights School Music Program
Note that this special
event will also feature Swing Dance Lessons one hour prior to the Battle
of the Bands, so bring your dancing shoes!
The
dance will be held in the cafeteria at Simley High School in Inver Grove
Heights; 2920 East 80th Street,
Adults
$10, students with ID $5 at the door. Dancers of all ages are welcome.
What
you will hear (click).
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March
25th, 2003 from 7 - 8:15 pm at
Edinborough
Park In Edina
7700 York Ave S Edina MN 55435
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April
29th, 2003 - O'Gara's
Pub - from 7:30 - 10:30 pm
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Monday, May 12th - Private
party
Southview Country Club |
Address:
239 E Mendota Rd SAINT PAUL MN 55118-4623 (MAP)
Band needs to be there by 5:00 PM
June
3rd, 2003 (Tuesday)- Como
Park Pavilion - 7 - 8:30
June 15th, '03 13th Annual Minnesota Jazz on the Prairie in Eden Prairie
from 3
until 9 pm at Staring
Lake Park. We will be playing at 8 pm
Free Entertainment for All
Ages!
Pack a
picnic basket, bring a blanket or lawn chair, sit back and enjoy six hours
of continuous jazz in a breath-taking outdoor setting!
Jerry
Swanberg, Jazz Host for Big Band Scene featuring Big Bands of Today from
Across the World on KBEM FM 88.5/Jazz 88, and a member of the Twin Cities
Jazz Society, will emcee this six-hour event that features six adult jazz
ensembles from the Twin Cities Area.
We will
have 5 warm-up groups before us, and our performance time is from 8 - 9 pm.
Here is a list of the other groups and
their performance times at this exciting Jazz Festival!
You will be able to make a late afternoon picnic of it, so come and
enjoy a great variety of local jazz groups!
At:
3:00
Jazz on the Prairie Big Band
4:00
Good News Big Band
5:00
Stan Bann's Big Band
6:00
Valley Jazz
7:00
Just Friends Big Band
8:00
River City Jazz Orchestra
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June 17th,
2003, (Tuesday) from 7:30 - 9:10 |
At the Lake Harriet Band Shell
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June 24th, '03 - Celebrate NE Minneapolis post parade ceremony |
Start time
7:30 Located at:
MN National Guard Armory at 1025 Broadway Street NE
We will play
until 10:30 or 11 pm
Maps
| July 17th, 2003 - Harriet Island, St. Paul, 7 PM
(Directions: See Below)
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July
29th, 2003 - O'Gara's
Pub - from 7:30 - 10:30 pm
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30, 2003 - Wednesday - Osseo Downtown at Boerboom Park 7 pm
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The
park is
Located in Osseo on Central Ave. which is the same as Jefferson HWY, and is
situated between 4th and 5th Ave.) Click
here to See Maps.
| August 5th, 2003 National Night Out - Lilac
Terrace neighborhood in Robbinsdale/Crystal 7 - 8:30 (Not open to
public - local neighborhood only-
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| August 7th, 2003 (Thurs.) City of Brooklyn Park 7
- 8 pm
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[CLICK
FOR MAP]
Community Activity Center - Gazebo
/ Rose Garden
City of Brooklyn Park
5600 85th Ave. N.
Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
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29th, 2003 - O'Gara's
Pub - from 7:30 - 10:30 pm
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| September
30th, 2003 - O'Gara's
Pub - from 7:30 - 10:30 pm
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Tuesday,
November 11th, 2003 at Parrish's Supper Club in St. Paul from 7:30 - 10:30
For
directions go to Parrish's Web page.
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Tuesday,
November 18th, 2003 at Parrish's Supper Club
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No
Appearance at Parrish's as previously noted.
| * December 2nd at the Mall
of America (Sam Goody Central / east rotunda) at 7pm. |
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Dec 6 Private wedding 2-
6pm |
| Dec 12 Private Christmas Party evening -
Band members: We need
to be ready by 7:30 pm
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December 16th, 2003 - - O'Gara's
Pub - from 7:30 - 10:30 pm
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December
30th, 2003 - - O'Gara's
Pub - from 7:30 - 10:30 pm
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