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The O-Tones are one of the premier New England Wedding Reception Bands!  Upbeat and Uplifting, they have been a mainstay in New England for over 20 years.

So grateful to play for this fabulous orchid show So grateful to play for this fabulous orchid show with sculptures at New England botanical Garden in Boylston!
@theotones @jatmosphere @coleman_hovey @marywittpainter @newenglandbg 
#swingmusic #bluesmusic #soulmusic #livemusic #partymusic
What a beautiful night of music and flowers and pe What a beautiful night of music and flowers and people and Hope @newenglandbg 
🌸🎶 🌺 
@theotones @jatmosphere @coleman_hovey 
#swingmusic #bluesmusic #soulmusic #livemusic #partymusic
A truly special evening event combining Orchids Af A truly special evening event combining Orchids After Dark with music! At New England Botanical Garden in Boylston, MA. This is a wonderful fit for their Elevated Orchids exhibit! The performance will take place in our Reservoir Room, which comfortably accommodates up to 120 guests.

TICKETS must be reserved in advance. General admission discounts and passes do not apply to this special event. All ticket sales are final.

Ticket price includes one free beverage: choice of non-alcoholic, beer, wine, or the signature drink. 

Member: $22; Non-member: $32 
@theotones @marywittpainter @jatmosphere @coleman_hovey 
#newenglandbotanicalgardenattowerhill 
#jazz #soulmusic #blues #partymusic
We honor black musicians in all our performances. We honor black musicians in all our performances. Every month is Black History Month. We just performed a recent history of spirituals and gospel music program with a mix of talking and playing music. People sang along and clapped and danced! We love showcasing the history of various music genres with education and performance.
@annietpatterson @marywittpainter @theotones @anandonandon 
#blackhistory #musiceducation #musichistory #musicgenrehistory #blackhistorymonth
Happy day of love, week of love, month of love, ye Happy day of love, week of love, month of love, year of love, lifetime of love from @theotones 
@ann.percival.art @marywittpainter @jatmosphere @bennyfingerskohn @jopey jon weeks
#sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅʟᴏᴠᴇ #loveislove #ʟᴏᴠᴇᴍᴜsɪᴄ #loveeveryday #musicislove
What a fun night with this gang… Gatsby night… Sca What a fun night with this gang… Gatsby night… Scatting, piano and guitar and sax solos… Swinging rhythm… Singing and playing our hearts out! There was even a faux casino 💥
@theotones @annietpatterson @bennyfingerskohn @jopey @jatmosphere @ jonweeks @marywittpainter 

#swingmusic #livemusic #partymusic #dancemusic #gatsby
We love presenting the history of a music genre wi We love presenting the history of a music genre with some talking and a lot of music for all ages!
@theotones @jatmosphere @bennyfingerskohn 
#bluesmusic #livemusic #soulmusic #musichistory
The O-Tones love doing presentations about the his The O-Tones love doing presentations about the history of various types of music. We love giving some background info and then diving into the music itself. Great for all ages!

#bluesmusic #livemusic #musiceducation 
@bennyfingerskohn @jatmosphere @theotones @marywittpainter
So thrilled to play jazz @carlemuseum Friday night So thrilled to play jazz @carlemuseum Friday night! @bennyfingerskohn @johnmason9270 @theotones @marywittpainter 
#jazz #swingmusic #bluesmusic #partymusic #weddingmusic
Live jazz with The O-Tones jazz trio featuring Mar Live jazz with The O-Tones jazz trio featuring Mary Witt (sultry vocals & bass), Ben Kohn (swinging vocals & piano), and John Mason (jazzy vocals & guitar). Come hang out in the lobby with music and food and drinks, then go into the auditorium for a talk on Photographers Making Picture Books, then come back to the lobby for more music and drinks!
@bennyfingerskohn @johnmason9270 @theotones @marywittpainter @carlemuseum 

Join us for an exclusive viewing of this fascinating exhibition. Visionary photographer-illustrators from Edward Steichen and William Wegman to Dare Wright, Mo Willems, Tana Hoban, Charles R. Smith Jr, and Walter Wick have long trained their camera eye with young people in mind. Their work reveals the hidden beauty of our everyday surroundings, makes the fantastic seem real in artfully choreographed collages and staged photos, and documents the amazing diversity of life on our planet. Eighty archival photo prints and a selection of rare children’s books from the 1890s onward put this vibrant, under-explored strand of children’s book art into eye-opening sharp focus. Curated by Leonard S. Marcus.

For more info: (413) 559-6300
info@carlemuseum.org
Super inspiring jazzy night at @wyckoff.country.cl Super inspiring jazzy night at @wyckoff.country.club 
@theotones @bennyfingerskohn 
@ bobferrier
Thanks to all who came out to eat, drink, sway…
@ellen.cogen.5 @johnmason9270 @udugirl 

#jazz #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #swingmusic #bluesmusic
Friday night. Jazzy music & food & drinks & room t Friday night. Jazzy music & food & drinks & room to dance! Reservations recommended! @wyckoff.country.club @heritage_greens_wyckoff @cr_wyckoff 
#jazz #swingmusic #bluesmusic #partymusic #weddingmusic
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Bill Newman Show WHMP

October 25, 2015
AN.MW.cropMary Witt and Anand Nayak sang and played on Bill Newman Show WHMP. And a link to Mary & Zack of The O-Tones Tones on WHMP, Bill Newman Show with Penny Burke of Northampton Center for the Arts. Go get a cup of tea and settle in.  

Bye Bye Ballroom

October 24, 2015
JasonGreat article about Northampton Center for the Arts and Bye Bye Ballroom by Jane Kaufman in Masslive. Here’s a link to an article about arts in the area, including Bye Bye Ballroom that we played. Check out this quick TV clip about Bye Bye Ballroom.

Nice article on Mass Live!

October 23, 2015
Nice article on Mass Live!

Editorial: Don’t miss Gateway City Arts Project’s dance party Saturday featuring the O-Tones, Samirah Evans and John Sheldon

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Mary Witt and the sweet sound of the O-Tones provided the dance music at the “Bye Bye Ballroom” event, the Northampton Center for the Arts last fancy dance party in its ballroom Jan. 26, 2013. The band will play June 21, 2014, at a dance party at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke. (David Molnar/The Republican)
The brainchild of artists Lori Divine and Vitek Kruta, Gateway City Arts is a bit like a playground for artists, performers, teachers and craftsmen. The Holyoke work and art space includes places to meet, host events, work, create and learn. It has studio space for dancers, artists, ceramicists and woodworkers as well as shared and private work space, meeting and event spaces. Housed in a Holyoke mill at 92-114 Race Street, the space features wood floors ideal for dancers, big windows ideal for artists, and wide open spaces ideal for those working on large projects and teaching the arts. The founders recently celebrated the second anniversary of Gateway with a dance party. Those who missed it have a second chance to celebrate with a sizzling sounding dance with the Northampton-based O-Tones led by the sultry alto Mary Witt, who plays bass. When she counts off a song, she means it. While the O-Tones are known as a swing band, on Saturday the band will take on additional flavors – of blues, R&B, Motown — with the addition of Samirah Evans, the popular jazz and blues vocalist who hails from New Orleans, and John Sheldon, who was Van Morrison’s lead guitarist. The party starts at 8 p.m. Saturday. Dancers won’t want to miss it. Listeners who enjoy toe-tapping music and impeccable vocal harmonies won’t want to either.
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New England Wedding Reception Bands - The O-Tones

The O-Tones featured!

O-Tones’ song on National TV!
Our song “Spring Cleaning” (from our CD “Ain’t That a Kick”) was on the Today Show in2008! A special on spring cleaning starts off with The O-Tones song with special tips for spring cleaning (including ketchup, coffee beans, and vanilla!).

The O-Tones hit British TV!
The TV programme “It’s Me Or The Dog” also used our song “Spring Cleaning”. In this particular episode, the owners are clearing up the mess their two dogs made. The show was on British TV plus Animal Planet in the USA.

The O-Tones named “best swing band in the valley”
(Pioneer Valley of MA) numerous times, voted by listeners in the Valley Advocate¹s Grand Band Slam.

Two O-Tones’ songs included on two different Oasis Jazz Samplers!
Oasis Manufacturing pressed both our CDs and included us twice on the jazz compilations: 2000 “Just Squeeze Me” from “Ain’t That a Kick” and 2006 “Come Dance With Me” From “Dance With Me” by Mary Witt, including all The O-Tones.

Recommended wedding photographer we’ve worked with: Derek Fowles

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