Following their 2011 and 2013 sold out Australian tours, the brassy, all-singing-all-dancing-all-American celebration of swing jazz, In the Mood, returns to the Shoalhaven on a massive coast to coast run throughout September and into October.

In the Mood will be appearing at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre on Saturday, September 10.

This year marks 23 seasons for the blistering String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra and inexhaustible In the Mood singers and dancers from New York, who are sensational in this show, featuring the music which guided a nation’s spirit towards hope, promise and prosperity.

The 1940s was a time when America was in tune with sentimental ballads and up-tempo Swing, where the waltz and foxtrot competed with the wild, acrobatic jitterbug, jive and boogie woogie crazed sub-culture on the dance floor.

This show recreates this defining era live on stage through sizzling choreography, familiar melodies and romantic ballads, sassy costumes and pulsating rhythms from the big band orchestra.

The orchestra will be belting out an authentic score of over fifty timeless hits from Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra and the Andrews Sisters.

Tunes include Chattanooga Choo Choo, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, In The Mood, Tuxedo Junction, Sing, Sing, Sing, Well Get It, Lili Marlene, Bugle Call Rag, On The Sunny Side of the Street, What Do You Do In The Infantry, Over There, He’s 1-A in the Army, A-1 In My Heart and more.

The show is great family entertainment and tours regularly throughout the USA, Canada and Europe.   

It was performed at the 1997 Inaugural Ball for President Bill Clinton, selected by World USO as an official entertainment for the 50th World War II Commemoration and the National Touring Event for the Spirit of 45 year-long celebration, marking the 65th anniversary of the end of WWII.   

"Many of the arrangements were written by Vic Schoen, the conductor for the Andrews Sisters and Musical Director for Universal and Paramount Pictures. The songs are timeless,” creator, producer and artistic director Bud Forrest said.

If you’re in the mood for a nostalgic journey through the music of a great generation, confirm your seats early to avoid disappointment as earlier Australian tours sold out.

Tickets for the show are on sale now from the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre. Contact them on 1300 788 503 or www.shoalhavenentertainment.com.au.