Moonlighters History
In June of 2015, Len and The Moonlighters held their final Cape Cod performance in the Bay View Room of Sandwich Hollows Country Club. In October of 2015 Len and Donna Savery moved to The Villages, as full-time residents, where they had spent the previous four winters as “Snowbirds”.
Soon after becoming a full-time resident, Len continued to perform with 2 local music groups (The Wednesday morning Jazz Workshop, and Paul Collins’ Thursday morning dance band). Thanks to the help of well-known Villages musician Dave Czohara, Len was able to join a mostly musicians golf group. Through these affiliations, Len was able to put together a Villages version of The Moonlighters. The new band held Its first rehearsal in February of 2017.
Since that first rehearsal, the band has performed many times at various venues here in The Villages, including: The Eisenhower, Seabreeze, and La Hacienda Recreation Center Ballrooms, The Music Showcase at The Savannah Center, The 50th. Anniversary Ball at The Savannah Center, Saint Timothy’s Church Hall, The Ballroom at Dell Webb for their Veterans Club and their recent Military Ball, Post 347 American Legion Hall, and The Wildwood Community Center.
Members of the band also volunteered their time and talent (June of 2021), for a performance to benefit Marie Bogdonoff’s Villagers for Veterans. Another similar benefit performance for Villagers for Veterans was held on March 27th. in the Carmen Miranda Room, at the LaHacienda Recreation Center.
The Moonlighters continue to rehearse most Thursday Evenings (September-mid June), 6:30-8:30pm in the Julio room at the LaHacinda Recreation Center.
About Our Conductor
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Len Savery, a lifelong Cape Cod resident, had a 40 year career as a custom home builder. He was president of the Cape Cod Contractors and Builders Association from 1974-1976 and was on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Home Builders Association. In 1996 Len and Architect Peter Polhemus, co-founded Polhemus&Savery, Architects Builders, based in Chatham. John DaSilva joined the firm in 1998, being named a partner in 2000, creating the current firm name of: Polhemus Savery DaSilva. Len retired from the firm as Vice President in 2008.
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During his years as a custom home builder, music was never far from his mind and in 1978 Len was fortunate to become a member of the Nationally known Chatham Band. He would go on to play trumpet with the band for the next 35 years. From that experience, Len founded the Sandwich concert band in 1982, which he managed for 34 years, becoming the band’s music director for the final 4 years.
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In 1989, Len and two other members of the Sandwich concert band, Percussionist Carl Justice, and saxophonist Bob Ingals, founded The Moonlighters Big Band. The Moonlighters went on to perform at dozens of well-known Cape Cod and nearby venues, including The Sheraton Tara Hotel, Dunfey’s resort (now the Cape Codder Hotel), Cape Cod Melody Tent, Ocean Edge Resort, Sandwich Hollows Country Club, Heritage Plantation, Chatham bars Inn, Wychmere beach Club, Willowbend Country Club, Rof Mar Lodge, Southport and Heatherwood Retirement communities, The Taverna Restaurant, Sons of Italy, Coonamessett Inn, Cape Cod Museum of Fine Arts, Liberty Hall in Plymouth, The Ziterion Theater in New Bedford, and alongside the Cape Cod Symphony for Pops goes the Summer, for an audience of approximately fifteen thousand.
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During that time, the band also volunteered their time and talents for many well-known charities such as: The American Heart Association, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The March of Dimes, Boys and Girls Club of America, The Early Learning Center of Harwich, Monomoy Theater, and the Sandwich School’s Music Programs.