Allegro - A Fictionalized Memoir - Eiko Ceremony

Marissa Ohara and Charles Lyons are freelance musicians working in the casino orchestras in Las Vegas in the 1970s. They are among a handful of classically trained string players in the bands that backed the popular singers of the day: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Goulet, Shirley MacLaine, etc. The bands were basically Big Band, and the added strings produced rich symphonic sounds to enhance these idols' spectacular shows. Marissa and Charlie form a close friendship that eventually..