"Oasis Vocal Jazz knocked it out of the park last night at the Tranzac Club. We had such a great band, a full house despite rain and Raptors and we just focused and followed our Director and fellow amazing vocalist Ben D'Cunha. I can't say enough about Alan Gotlib's MC performance, the fellow producers of the show Maribeth Graham and Alan G, the food, the raffle donations, the way we came together to "put on a show". 
Doug Scaife just owned the keys. Daniel Barnes, 'Jordan O'Connor and Alexis Baro supported us all the way and took our performances up ten notches. Our sound man, Taiwa was impeccable. You can only imagine what a feat of excellence it was to mic 10 singers and a band with very little prep time. he has the best ears! Karen Guerrette put together a slide show of the past 34 years of Toronto's longest running close harmony jazz vocal ensemble. It was awesome to watch and reflect on our blessings as a vocal community. We even had a guest performance from Madeleine Domingue who sang in one of the quartets.
Oasis rehearses all season for one night, our end of season concert, so you can imagine the pressure to really own the night. I am thrilled to report that it was an awesome evening. We need to thank all the family and friends who volunteered their time and great spirit, Austin McNamee painted a landscape especially for the prize raffle table that was beautiful. Constance Rennett longest standing member of OVJ and sculptor extraordinaire donated a spectacular piece called Tender Heart which was so generous.and so appreciated. Many thanks to Clara, Jamie, Andrew, Austin, & Sheina. Thanks to all our families and friends and colleagues who came to support and be entertained. See you next season!"

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- Lisa Hartt