Terry Myers may have grey hair but is nowhere near retirement. The musical director of The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is down under for the first time, and will bring to life the music of Frank Sinatra at the WIN Entertainment Centre on Sunday.
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The Florida native has been part of the American swing band since 1986 and still finds it unbelievable he gets paid to make music.
“I’m one of the lucky people in the world that’s living his dream,” he said. “I love to make music more than anything else - with the possible exception of playing golf.”
The extensive Australian tour celebrating 100 years since the birth of Sinatra, won’t allow much time to be a tourist except in Wollongong. Myers intends on using the down time wisely, on the golf course.
Occasionally he bumps into classmates whilst on tour who have long since retired and often ask him why he’s not done the same.
“I say, ‘from what?’ You retire from something you don’t want to do,” he laughed. “I don’t want to stop yet. When I get to the point where I don’t feel like i’m doing it justice i’ll stop.”
The band will go through some of the biggest hits from Sinatra’s early days to the peak of his career – including “The Sky Fell Down”, “Too Romantic”, and “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You.”