The Brad Walker Orchestra featuring singer Valerie L. Duke will serenade a crowd with big band tunes at the Dance for Hope Nov. 10 inside St. Jude Catholic Church Family Life Center.
Social hour from 7-8 p.m. will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres and free dance lessons. The dance follows from 8-11 p.m.
All funds raised will support World of Hope Isaiah 58 Chapter medical missions from Chattanooga to the Philippines, India and Mexico.
Brad Walker Orchestra singer Valerie L. Duke, left, and conductor/trombone player Brad Walker are playing along with the full Brad Walker Orchestra at the Dance for Hope supporting World of Hope at St. Jude Catholic Church Nov. 10.“This is the Brad Walker Orchestra’s first appearance at St. Jude Church,” said World of Hope Isaiah 58 Chapter president Sandy Leffew, a parishioner at St. Jude. “We had a nice turnout at last year’s fundraiser dance with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and hope to have an even bigger turnout this year with the Brad Walker Orchestra.”
The Brad Walker Orchestra plays mostly in the style of Glenn Miller, but plays tunes of all the major big band leaders of that time period, also including Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey and Ray Anthony.