South Carolina's "First Lady of Song" Loretta Holloway at Lincoln Center, NY April 25, 2009

LORETTA HOLLOWAY to sing at Lincoln Center in New York City.. April 25 & 26

New York City, NY
South Carolina's "First Lady Of Song" Loretta Holloway will be guest vocalist when the Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation presents "Conversations in Swing" saluting the Big Band/Swing Music Era at Lincoln Center in New York City. The two day event is in celebration of Jazz History Month.

Holloway, a native of Belton, South Carolina, recently traveled to Arlington, VA., with the Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation Orchestra for the South Carolina/New Hampshire “Grits and Granite Inaugural Ball" and the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Holloway is no stranger to the Big Apple having starred in the Off Broadway production of MAMA, I WANT TO SING, II., at the Heckscher Theater. Loretta portrayed the life of her friend and world renowned recording artist the late DORIS TROY (Just One Look).

"Conversations in Swing” takes place Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26, 2009, 2:00 pm to 4 pm. (in the afternoon) at the Frederick P. Rose Hall/Jazz At Lincoln Center, 33 West 60th Street, 11th Floor, New York City.

For information contact Shirley Fields- Martin , Executive Director of The Skipp Pearson Foundation 803-400-1207.
skpfoundation@yahoo.com and visit www.Lorettaholloway.com, (photo credit: Dante Holloway)



Loretta Holloway singing in Columbia, SC

"Salute To The Songbirds of Jazz" with The Skipp Pearson ensemble.
April 23 Hunter Gatherer, 900 Main Street, Columbia, SC, 29201
9PM to 11PM. $3 cover. 803.748.0540