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Third generation Dutch orchestra leader Danny Malando brings the timeless sounds of romance and passion back in his U.S. television debut, DANNY MALANDO: DANCE WITH ME — premiering nationwide March 2009 on public television (check local listings). The showman continues the tradition of his grandfather and father before him with a performance that celebrates music’s ability to inspire and entertain, exploring the range of emotions that can be conveyed through the expert stroke of a violin bow or with the right dance partner. DANNY MALANDO: DANCE WITH ME takes viewers back to the days when it wasn’t just celebrities on reality shows who knew how to waltz, cha cha cha, tango and rumba — a time when dance halls sparked many American romances. Beloved for decades, the melodies are known worldwide — “That’s Amore,” “Volare,” “Hernando’s Hideaway,” “La Cumparsita,” and more — but that famous accordion and string orchestration, known as the ‘Malando sound,’ gives the compositions a new charm that could inspire nostalgia even in viewers too young to remember the ‘good old days.’ As Danny Malando says, “The members of the orchestra play their instruments as if their lives depend on it.” Belgian singer Helmut Lotti, a public television favorite, joins Malando for a beautiful rendition of “Moon River.” A co–production of WLIW21 for WNET.ORG, Malando Management and NDR.