The Green Light Dance Band returns to Bella Vita Ristorante on Labor Day weekend, Sunday, Sept. 1, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
This will be their second performance on the restaurant’s outside patio stage and if you like to dance and enjoy original, classic rock songs sung in two- and three-part harmonies you don’t want to miss the show.

Music is magic and captures feelings better than anything else. Memories and songs are fused forever when they come together at just the right moment in our lives.
This band of baby boomers continues to rock Sedona with original music that captures and personifies the music of the baby boomer generation.

Green Light brings this feeling back. Every song is a gem shining the light of that generation. Every song captures a memory, an event, a feeling and a joy we remember having once had.
People sing along almost right away because every song has a hook that gets you caught in it. This baby boomer band rocks. Composed of five musicians, the band plays with heart, gusto and virtuosity. They are a vocal group, a dance band and jam monsters.

• On lead guitar is Sedona talent Robin Miller, a songwriter and performer with more than a dozen albums under his belt. He has played and toured and regu­larly performs in Sedona every week. He brings to the Green Light table his guitar skills and voice to the harmonies. His lead solos are mesmerizing and he is a pleasure to watch, according to a press release, bending notes and making his guitar scream with pleasure.

• On drums is one of Sedona’s most talented and hard working musicians, Dan Turner. There is not a style he has not mastered, from jazz to hard rock and beyond. He is as solid as a Mack Truck and can pound or finesse, depending on the song or groove. When playing with Green Light, Turner adds the solidness and thump good music needs to get people up and dancing. His bass foot and the bass guitar become one and when the thick beats emerge, people get dancing.

• Eric Williams plays keys and saxophone. Williams is a consummate musician and performer. He has his own following who flock to his shows to watch this talented musician strut his stuff. He stated in the press release he is happiest when he plays with Green Light and listeners can see it on his face all night long.

• Songwriters Tommy Acosta and Chicky Brooklyn helm the band, with Brooklyn on lead vocals and rhythm guitar and Acosta also on lead vocals, playing bass. Both compose and arrange the original material the band plays. They have been playing together for more than ten years and share a mutual connection, with Brooklyn being born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Acosta coming from the Bronx, They met here in Arizona and began writing new music together. As fate always has it, they both ended up in Sedona and attracted some of the areas top-talents to play with them.

“For Tommy and I these musi­cians have been a God-send to us,” Brooklyn said of the Green Light band roster. “It’s so humbling and such a joy for us to play with musicians the caliber of Robin Miller, Dan Turner and Eric Williams.”

For Acosta it’s about getting the ensemble up on the Bella Vita Ristorante stage again.

“It’s great playing out and especially great to have a place our fans can come and enjoy a great meal while we play,” Acosta said. “Bella Vita Ristorante patio is perfect and nothing makes us happier than having people dancing in front of us having a great time and singing along with our tunes.”

Be sure to make your reserva­tions early as the last two shows played by the band in at Bella Vita Ristorante were sold out.
Also featured at Bella Vita Ristorante this Labor Day weekend will be minstrel Jerry McFarland performing his eclectic mix of standards and classic rock tunes from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Bella Vita Ristorante will also host troubadour Dan Vega on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Vega is a very talented singer/songwriter loved by Sedona locals and visitor’s alike.
Bella Vita Ristorante is located two miles west of Sedona near mile marker 368 at 6701 W. SR 89A. For reservations, visit www.bellavitarestaurant.com or