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Have a gypsy jazz Christmas in Coquitlam

The sounds of Parisian gypsy jazz from the 1930s will mix with Christmas classics in Coquitlam on Friday.
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Tickets for Van Django’s Christmas concert, Cool Yule!: A Swingin’ Yuletide Show, on Dec. 2 are available by calling the Evergreen Cultural Centre at 604-927-6555 or visiting evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

The sounds of Parisian gypsy jazz from the 1930s will mix with Christmas classics in Coquitlam on Friday.

Van Django — better known as Cameron Wilson, Budge Schachte, Finn Manniche and Brent Gubbels — will be joined on the Evergreen Cultural Centre stage by LJ Mountenay and Keith Bennett.

Among the tunes they will perform are songs from the Charlie Brown Christmas Special as well as I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Let It Snow, Santa Baby, Silver Bells and Ave Maria.

“Folks love the mix of music and the feel-good vibes,” Wilson said. “It’s a show that just hits all the right notes at Christmas. We’re excited to bring the good times to new audiences this year.”

The sextet will also perform their Cool Yule!: A Swingin’ Yuletide Show next month in Chilliwack, Vancouver and Victoria.

Wilson said the Van Django musicians have worked with Mountenay and Bennett over the years, both as a group and as part of other ensembles.

jcleugh@tricitynews.com