Entertainment & Arts
It was Oct. 31, 1940--Halloween.
Jan. 12, 1987
High School Sports
Junior Tommie Groce of Dorsey has been selected the MVP of the Coliseum League in basketball.
April 1, 2015
Lafayette Dorsey and Tommie Groce, the top players for league champion Dorsey, have been named co-MVPs of the Coliseum League.
March 8, 2016
For pure entertainment, there was nothing better for Dorsey fans on Wednesday night than watching Lafayette Dorsey score a career-high 37 points and Tommie Groce deliver four crowd-pleasing dunks in a 90-76 victory over rival Crenshaw in a Coliseum League game for first place.
Jan. 20, 2016
Music
Bill Tole Recalls the Influence of Legendary Trombonist-Bandleader
Nov. 24, 2000
Books
Tommy Dorsey Livin’ in a Great Big Way Peter J. Levinson Da Capo Press: 354 pp., $27.50
Dec. 25, 2005
Jane New Dorsey, 79, widow of renowned big-band leader Tommy Dorsey, died of natural causes Sunday in Bay Harbor, Fla., according to publicist Peter Levinson.
Aug. 28, 2003
Pop music: Trombonist Jim Miller, who played for the bandleaders and now is one, has tunes to play and tales to tell.
Sept. 7, 1996
Obituaries
He conducted the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra for more than 30 years, following a stint at the Juilliard School and gigs with the Artie Shaw Orchestra and the Jimmy Dorsey Band.
Oct. 4, 2010
The good news for Dorsey is that the Dons took over sole possession of first place in the Coliseum League on Friday night, picking up a 67-61 road victory over rival Crenshaw behind 6-foot-4 Palmdale Highland transfer Tommie Groce, who scored 28 points.
Jan. 23, 2015