Donnez is a Swedish

dansband (; "dance band"), or in Norwegian and Danish, is a Swedish term for a band that plays ("dance band music"). ' is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by ...

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Perstorp Perstorp is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Perstorp Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 6,054 inhabitants (2018). It is twinned with Newton Aycliffe, a town in the North-East of England. History 19th Century Moder ...

Skåne Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne C ...

, Sweden established in 2000. The band has Donald "Donne" Laitila as

kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

, and on keyboard and accordion and vocals, Andy Ekenmo on vocals and drums, Max Lindqvist on guitar, Albin Fredriksson on saxophone, guitar and accordion, Fredrik Trangbjork on saxophone and guitar, Martin Lindberg on bas/base. In 2010, they took in the ''

Dansbandskampen Dansbandskampen is a television show established by Peter Settman and his production company Baluba. Peter Settman is also the show host. The show is broadcast over Sveriges Television, with season 1 airing October–December 2008. In 2008, five b ...

'', a danceband competition show putting bands to compete against each other on Swedish television station

SVT1 SVT1 (SVT Ett; commonly referred to as Ettan) is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden. History Television in Sweden officially launched on 4 September 1956 with the launch of '' ...

In July 2016, Donnez played their first live shows ever in the United States when they headlined the 15th annual three-day Scandinavian Folk Festival near

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. Jamestown was the destination of many Swedish immigrants during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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