Oracle Band 2010 -
The Year in Review -
January through March

New Years Party 2009-2010

For several years now Oracle fans have been asking the band to perform for New Years at a location with rooms available so folks don't have to party and then take chances driving home the same evening.

We heard you, and we were incredibly fortunate to find the folks over at the Sheraton Four Points at BWI Airport to be incredibly accommodating.

We were offered a magnificent dinner option, discounted hotel accommodations, breakfast at 1:00, and best of all, a significant donation to the USO since the Four Points is a major departure & arrival point for troops arriving and deploying overseas.

We'd like to thank the folks at the Sheraton Four Points for being such incredible hosts for the party.  They really bent over backwards to make sure everything was just right and then some. When tickets sold out by Thanksgiving they opened another ballroom and put a video feed from the main room in there onto large screen TVs to try and accommodate the overflow. The only thing they weren't able to do was make the ballroom larger!

We captures a lot of photos from the evening. You can find them at the New Years 2009-2010 Oracle Band Photo Gallery.

Chesapeake Commodore's Club

The first week of January found Oracle in Ocean City Maryland performing for about 800 members of the Chesapeake Commodore's Club at the Princess Royale Hotel.

Wow!  What more can you say about a party so massive it lasts three days!  With some folks arriving on Thursday and departing on Sunday, the hotel was the scene of non-stop partying from the moment we arrived to start setting up!

This was our third opportunity to perform for the folks at CCC, and we're looking forward to returning for 2011 as well!

2010 CCC Ocean City Photo Gallery

January Ushers in the Yacht Club Commodore's Ball Season

Following the big opening of the Yacht Club season with the CCC ball, Oracle is always thrilled to perform for many of the other individual yacht clubs that dot the Chesapeake.

First up was the Commodore's Ball for Great Oak Yacht Club.  Their members are spread far and wide, and in the past we've travelled to Egg Harbor New Jersey and Lancaster Pennsylvania for this ball, but for 2010 things were kept a little closer to home as we performed at Kent Island Yacht Club, just on the other side of the Bay Bridge on Kent Island.

On To Belvedere Yacht Club

The following Saturday found the band performing for the Belvedere Yacht Club Commodore's Ball at Snyder's Willow Grove in Linthicum. 

This was our third year in a row performing for Belvedere Yacht Club, and we enjoyed every minute of it.

Having so many of the area Yacht Club Princesses on hand is always a special treat as they do love to dance and really keep the party alive.

Special kudos go out to the folks at Snyders, who are always right on top of things and even find the time to take care of the band as well as all the guests.

Northern Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce Banquet

It started out just as flurries. The snow continued to come down & by the time we arrived at the BWI Hilton the roads were completely covered with snow.

We moved everything inside & then waited for the decision...do we set it all up or do we take it back to the vans?

Hey...the band was there, the food was there, & the staff was there.  There could only be one decision...let's have a party & see who laughs in the face of Maryland drivers who cower at the first sign of a snowflake.

We needn't have worries.  These were business people.  They know a few snowflakes won't stand in their way of having a great evening.

And what a great evening it was. It may have taken them a little longer to get there owing to the traffic, but get there they did, & what a great party it was, with ladies in their beautiful gowns coming carrying their heels and wearing snow boots.

Northern Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce Party Photo Gallery

Valentine's Day at American Legion Post 40 - Glen Burnie

In what has become yet another tradition for Oracle, we spent Valentine's Day weekend at American Legion  Post 40 in Glen Burnie Maryland, where a full house of party folks came out to dine, dance, & party.

We started performing for these folks for Valentine's Day way back in 2004, and here we are six years later & tickets are sold out weeks in advance.

Our photo gallery for Post 40 includes this past years Valentine's Dance, as well as links to our other Post 40 performances.

American Legion Post 40 2010 Valentine's Day Dance Photo Gallery

Cabin Fever II Dance @ Columbian Center

Following on the success of last year's inaugural dance, Oracle returned for a second year to perform for this fundraising event at the Knights of Columbus in Severna Park.

Considering that we had just survived the snowiest winter in 100 years in the Baltimore area, the title "Cabin Fever II" dance seemed all the more appropriate, as folks came out to shake off the winter blues and party for a while.

A near sell-out spent the entire evening on the dance floor as we dusted off lots of songs that we hadn't performed for quite some time for a very unique and diverse audience.

This was the first of three performances that we did at the Columbian Center in Severna Park over the course of 2010.  It is an excellent facility for wedding receptions and other special events.

Cabin Fever II Dance Photo Gallery

Chocolate Ball Fundraiser Kicks Off March

The tradition continues yet again in early March as Oracle sets up at the Kossiakoff Center on the grounds of Johns Hopkins Applies Physics Laboratory to perform for the annual "Chocolate Ball.

Sponsored by the ARC of Howard County, the event is the hottest ticket in town as folks of all ages come out to support the ARC's cause of supporting those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Confectioners and bakers from all over the area bring their most spectacular works to present.  It seems a shame to eat them as they really are works of Chocolate Art.

This was our fifth consecutive year performing for this wonderful group of people that give so much of themselves to help others.  We are privileged and pleased that we will be returning in 2011 for our sixth year at this very special event.

Chocolate Ball 2010 Photo Gallery

St John's Singles Dance A Success

2010 marked the third year of collaboration between Oracle Band and the folks with St. John's Singles in Columbia Maryland.

They were the first to bring Oracle into the singles dance scene, and we've loved every minute since.

Attendance has increased at each and every performance since we started, and the responses we have received have been heartwarming.

St. John's Singles Dance Photo Gallery - March 2010

Lauren & Michael's Wedding
@ Chesapeake Bay Beach Club

Weddings.  They are so much FUN to perform for.  Lauren & Michael got married on March 27th 2010.  To make things even more enjoyable, they had their reception at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club, right on the shores of the bay, looking up at the spans of the Bay Bridge at it hits the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  A great view with great people at a great location...it was a wedding that will long be remembered.