Villages Swing Band takes sentimental journey with show recreating old time radio

The Villages Swing Band took a sentimental journey Monday from Old Gold to Rheingold — and it was a lot more fun than cigarettes and beer.

The Swing Band, under the direction of Jean Butler, made long gone radio days come alive with music and memories in the Savannah Center. The production was called the Swingin’ Spring Fling Radio Show.”

It featured music mostly from the big band era during the golden 1940s and early ’50s. Singers like Doris Day