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About
Flo
Flo Dreyer's musical career started when
she joined Joy Cayler 16 piece all-girl
swing band playing first trumpet at age
15 for a USO tour. This band was booked
by Joe Glazer and MCA and played the same
places as many name bands played. After
four years of theaters, ballrooms, clubs
and 2 tours of duty with USO shows in Japan,
China and the Philippines. She joined the
International Sweethearts of Rhythm. She
played first trumpet with this 16 piece
inter-racial band, working many clubs, theaters,
including the famous Apollo Theater in New
York, and many one-nighters.
After two years with the sweethearts of
rhythm, she started her own 8 piece all-girl
band and played her first job at the Capri
club in Caracas, Venezuela for an extended engagement.
The Flo Dreyer Quintet was formed in New
York shortly after her return from South
America. The quintet started out as a jazz
group, but later branched out into a very
commercial group. They played for shows,
dances, at clubs, motels and hotels. This
group was very successful and stayed together
for nine years. They traveled throughout
the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Puerto
Rico, Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland,
and Hawaii, where they played for one year.
At the present time, Flo plays
trumpet with the North Miami concert band,
and the Hallandale Symphonic Pops Orchestra
as well as churches, condos, and swing bands.
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