Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes

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  • Bullettes Perform at the Carlyle Club Nov. 20th

    For Immediate Release

    November 8th, 2012

    News:                         All-Female Jazz Band, “Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes,” at the Carlyle Club

    Event:                         Swing Dance

    When:                        Tuesday, November 20th, 2012, 9:00 PM

    Where:                       Carlyle Club

    411 John Carlyle Street

    Alexandria, VA   22314

    Cost:                           $10 Cover Charge

    Alexandria, Virginia – On Tuesday, November 20th, 2012, in conjunction with “Gotta Swing,” “Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes” premiere all female big band will appear in a rare performance at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, Virginia. The performance begins at 9:00 p.m. and will feature sounds from the 1940s swing era ballroom, including Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, and more.

    “Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes” began as a dream of Shannon Gunn, trombone player and graduate of the George Mason University Masters in Jazz Studies program. “Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes” is a full all-female jazz band with goals to uplift women in jazz, create networking opportunities for young musicians, and provide a positive role model for aspiring jazz musicians in the D.C. area. Their music can be heard online at https://bullettesjazz.com.

    Please contact Shannon Gunn, band leader and manager, at 216-789-5310 or jazztothebone@gmail.com for additional information or to schedule an interview. See http://dc.gottaswing.com for information about Tuesday night swing dance classes at the Carlyle Club.  Please visit the Bullettes website at https://bullettesjazz.com for updates. We hope to see you there! Please contact Shannon Gunn at jazztothebone [at] gmail [dot] com for any other questions.

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  • Bullettes play Nov. 20th @ the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, VA

    We wanted to let you know that if you’re looking to dance the night away, or just listen to live jazz while other people dance the night away, the Bullettes all female big band is playing at the Carlyle Club on Tuesday, November 20th. Admission is $10 at the door and we start playing at 9:00 PM. This is also notice that our October 30th swing dance is cancelled- which actually worked out great due to the weather. We hope to see you there!

    We are also looking for sponsors for this event. If interested, please email bullettesjazz@gmail.com and we’ll send you the rate sheet.

    Take Care,

    Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes

    Nov. 20th Info:
    Carlyle Club
    411 John Carlyle Street
    Alexandria, VA 22314
    9 – 11 pm
    in conjunction with “Gotta Swing”
    $10 admission at the door

  • POSTPONED: Playing at the Carlyle Club Oct. 30!

    POSTPONED: Playing at the Carlyle Club Oct. 30!

     Hey everyone, unfortunately, the October 30th gig got postponed to a  later date due to a private rental of the venue for that particular night. We’re so sorry and we look forward to playing for you soon!  Happy to announce that Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes are playing at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, VA, on October 30th starting at 9:00 pm.

     

  • Bullettes!

    Hi everyone!

    Just a quick reminder to invite you out to the Bullettes concert on Friday night! We will be playing standards mixed in with some brand new pieces by our own members as well as a little … Mingus! We hope to see you there! Also, we got a nice write-up on the Jazz Virtuosa blog – see here: http://jazzvirtuosa.blogspot.com. Go see jazz!

    Sincerely,

    Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes

    Friday, March 23, 6 – 9 PM

    Westminster Presbyterian Church

    400 I Street SW
    Washington, DC
    parking on the street

    Ingred Jensen is part of this Festival, and is playing in Baltimore on Thursday night! Also, we got a nice mention on theCapitalBop blog.

    Other Washington Women in Jazz Festival Highlights:

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  • Sponsor anyone?

    Sponsor anyone?

    Why sponsor?

    On March 23, 2012, the Bullettes will be performing at Westminster Presbyterian Church in SW DC. This church puts on a Friday Night Jazz concert every week featuring local performers from the DC region. They have a regular audience of between 200 – 400 people, mostly locals and people coming in from work to enjoy some good southern cookin’ and real jazz.

    If you’d like to market to the southwest DC community by helping to sponsor the upcoming March 23 concert, your name or business will be thanked at the concert at each set, as well as promoted on the program. We will also put up a sign for sponsorship levels. This sponsorship would help off-set the cost of the new band stands. Here are the rates:

    “Grenadier Level:” $25 =  business card on program and mention of thanks at the concert,  thanks  at the end of any videos of the concert posted on YouTube

    “Knight in Shining Armor Level:” $100 = logo prominently displayed on front page of program, “Sponsored by….” on front page of program, mention of thanks at the concert, a sign that says “Sponsored by….” prominently displayed at the March 23 concert, thanks for sponsorship at the start of any videos put up on YouTube between now and the concert, sponsorship thanks at the start of any videos from the concert posted to YouTube.

    If you or anyone you know is interested, please contact Shannon Gunn at bullettesjazz [at] gmail [dot] com. Thanks for reading!

    Our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/bullettesjazz

     

  • Bullettes are back!

    The Bullettes are back, and we’re so privilaged and excited to play at Westminster Presbyterian Church in SW DC on Friday, March23, 6 – 9 pm, as a part of Amy Bormet’s Washington Women in Jazz Festival! If you work in DC, it’s just a hop skip and a jump over to SW, just off the green line. And if you don’t work in DC, remember you’re going against traffic! 🙂

    Hope to see you there! $5 admission, and they have a really great southern home cooking catered by SW Catering Company. It will be a full 16 piece big band, featuring Lena Seikaly on vocals!

    We are certainly looking forward to it, and hope to see you there.

    Keep swingin’,

    Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes

    Address:

    Westminster Presbyterian Church

    400 I Street SW, Washington, DC 20024

  • Spam farm?

    What do you call it when you start getting hundreds of spam messages a day? This is really weird. I mean, I appreciate the traffic, but something’s not right.

    All the messages are similar in that they all contain one sentence, usually something fake like “your article was so helpful” or “thank you for your blog post.” I guess their game is to make a comment and then the message is posted automatically. Instead of making a comment, though, they were sending an actual message to the legit email through the contact form.

    I guess I have to wonder, has this website been put on some sort of website list that is then sold to spammers? I don’t really know why it started all of a sudden, seems odd to me.

    I took down the contact form. People can always contact me by email at bullettesjazz [at] gmail [dot] com. Spammers beware!

  • Radio play!

    Radio play!

    Anyone who gets their CDs manufactured by Oasis has the option of getting one of their songs put on a sampler which will be sent to 400+ radio stations. Who knows if the disc jockeys actually listen to any of it, but we’re excited nonetheless to see this go out next week. So listen to jazz radio, and maybe you’ll hear us!

     

     

     

     

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