(With Anyone Else but Me)" on CDs.
the 24-year-old Beaverton resident was born. Now she's playing Patty Andrews, the youngest of the trio, in the "Christmas of Swing.
" Performances continue Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Tualatin High School.
this year. The Tigard-based company staged "Sisters of Swing" in July with the same cast.
The show attracted an audience of people who remember Patty, Maxene and LaVerne "The music is more popular than I realized," said Lisamarie Harrison, 41, of Wilsonville, who sings LaVerne's low notes. "I have friends who have loved the music but didn't know others did."
Carrie Baldwin-Sayre, 38, of Southeast Portland knew the Boswell Sisters, the Louisiana jazz trio that inspired the Minneapolis singers.
When she landed the part of Maxene Andrews and began learning swing-era music, Baldwin-Sayre said, "I became a fan."
passion for swing.
January in Ashland.
East Coast troupes have done "Christmas of Swing" in workshops, said Dan Murphy, general manager of Broadway Rose. Others have staged "Sisters of Swing," which spans several years in the singers' careers. The holiday show is set in a 1944 dress rehearsal for a USO tour.
After July, Harrison, Kelly and Baldwin-Sayre were eager to begin rehearsing for the holiday show, despite the demands of their day jobs. Harrison is part-owner and manager of a freight management company. Kelly has been a dental office coordinator.
Baldwin-Sayre is a naturopath.
"It's my passion," Harrison said.
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