We are the Soft Touch Dance Band, a Waltham-based eighteen-piece 'big band' directed by Kurt Thaller, with singer
Cynthia Cobb Sullivan .
The band was founded in Waltham in1980 and was first directed by Paul Rooney. The members, many of them
retired professional musicians, receive no compensation for their performance. The engagement fees are used to provide
college scholarships for musically-talented students. To date, our band has disbursed more than $130,000 in financial
aid.
We specialize in
music from the swing era, 1940 - 1960,
but also play many of the modern favorites, from Broadway to Rock. We'll
even play your alma mater if you supply us with an advance copy of the piano
music!
An audio-tape is available and we
welcome auditions at our rehearsal hall in Waltham or at a local
performance.
