FLIP FLOP AND FLY
Song and Dance Concert
JONES & BOYCE
SONG AND DANCE SINCE 1979
JONES & BOYCE SONGBOOK
A Cappella Vocal Concert
New Vaudevillians Brian Jones and Susan Boyce have toured as a song-and-dance team since 1979.
Their variety concert Flip Flop and Fly features a-cappella jazz and swing, vintage ballroom and tap, opera, folk songs, ukuleles, radio comedy — even a sing-along!
The duo portrays an evening news team cheering for “Poor Little Rhode Island”, airport tourists singing “What Do We Do? We Fly!”, and an operatic soprano with full orchestra and chorus singing “What A Movie” from Leonard Bernstein’s “Trouble In Tahiti”, all with two voices only.
The pair sets the song-and-dance tone with long-time signature tap dance “Happy Feet”. They go backstage at the ballet for “Canvil Chorus”. Brian and Susan channel Vernon and Irene Castle for their exhibition One-Step, and dance a gloved waltz to Jacques Ibert’s “Valse”. The concert finishes with a ballroom-bouncing Collegiate Shag.
Brian Jones and Susan Boyce have sung a cappella since they joined forces as a new-vaudeville team in 1979. Jones & Boyce bring humor and harmony to their extensive songbook of jazz, novelty and swing vocals.
The duet’s two-part arrangements are clever and funny, surprising listeners with unexpected vocal effects, toe-tapping rhythms, even a sing-along. They sing songs they love – Ragtime, Folk, Blues, Broadway, Opera, even The Star-Spangled Banner gets the Jones & Boyce treatment.
Join veteran entertainers Jones & Boyce as they open their songbook and celebrate the human voice with their favorite songs, from the vaudeville overture “How Do You Do?” to the rhythm-and-blues finale “Flip Flop and Fly”.
