The Kalishnikovs is an awesome swing band, which play the original '30-'40 Lindy Hop tophits. Our passionate musicians swing with their heart and soul, they know how to create the right atmosphere for keeping the dancers moving! No matter if you are a beginner, an experienced or an advanced dancer, everybody feels the vibe when we start to play. Since we are a small band, we perform in any setting, from a pub, an outdoor jazz event, even to a dance palace!
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The Kalishnikovs Background
About the history of the band.. well.. nobody really knows what happened, but this is a good story....
...it all began years ago... Vaslav Kalishnikov was born and raised in a circus-family, in that day and age a very hard life. He was a trumpet player in the circus band, but he was recruted for the Russian army during the first world war. He was called to the front to fight the germans where he was caught as a prisoner of war and put in camp Lodz, Poland. He escaped to Holland with help by the Russian embassy in the Hague, where he was given 40cts a a day to survive. He fell in love with the tea lady, Marieke Toot and together they went to live in Eindhoven where he worked in the gas factory. They married and were blessed with 8 children. In the evenings father Kalishnikov would teach his children music. They all seamed to have inherited their fathers talent. It was in their blood... These children grew up and started their own families, and now, almost 100 years after, his grand-grand-children keep the family tradition alive... |
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The Kalishnikovs is an awesome swing band, which play the original '30-'40 Lindy Hop tophits. Our passionate musicians swing with their heart and soul, they know how to create the right atmosphere for keeping the dancers moving! No matter if you are a beginner, an experienced or an advanced dancer, everybody feels the vibe when we start to play. Since we are a small band, we perform in any setting, from a pub, an outdoor jazz event, even to a dance palace!
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The Kalishnikovs Background
About the history of the band.. well.. nobody really knows what happened, but this is a good story....
...it all began years ago... Vaslav Kalishnikov was born and raised in a circus-family, in that day and age a very hard life. He was a trumpet player in the circus band, but he was recruted for the Russian army during the first world war. He was called to the front to fight the germans where he was caught as a prisoner of war and put in camp Lodz, Poland. He escaped to Holland with help by the Russian embassy in the Hague, where he was given 40cts a a day to survive. He fell in love with the tea lady, Marieke Toot and together they went to live in Eindhoven where he worked in the gas factory. They married and were blessed with 8 children. In the evenings father Kalishnikov would teach his children music. They all seamed to have inherited their fathers talent. It was in their blood... These children grew up and started their own families, and now, almost 100 years after, his grand-grand-children keep the family tradition alive... |