Clad in zoot suits and fedoras, a band jumps around the stage, brandishing trumpets and trombones, playing everything from "In The Mood" to "The Curly Shuffle."

The New York City Swing Band, an eight-man ensemble whose repertoire includes pop, R & B, Motown sounds, and of course swing, will bring its high-powered sound to the HUB Ballroom at 9 p.m. tonight, in a free show.

The performance, sponsored by SUB, Asylum, and the Student Foundation for the Performing Arts, will also include magician Richard Benninghoff performing a close up magic show during the band's two 25-minute intermissions.

Asylum adviser Julia Glover, who saw the New York City Swing Band at the National Association for Campus Activities Conference, said, "They get everybody up and dancing, it's really a lot of fun." The band won first place at the conference in 1987 and 1988.

Glover said she fears people will shy away from a "swing" band, thinking that "it's a bunch of guys sitting down playing whiny saxophone. It's not. It's real high energy."

Joan St. Onge, the band's agent, said that during the band's rendition of Buster Poindexter's "Hot, Hot, Hot," no one is left sitting. "Everybody does the mambo. They're an amazing band," she said.

A video of the band has been on display in the HUB since Wednesday, and response to it has been good.

"They look really fun," said SUB Concert Committee Chairman Kevin Sinagra. "It's something a little more diverse than the normal college band scene. They apply more to a broader audience than just college students."

Richard Benninghoff, a State College based magician, will complement the band's performance with his straightforward strolling magic show.

In February, he won first place in the 59th Annual Magic Fest, an East Coast competition of close up magic. Benninghoff's close up magic is performed while strolling in the audience. It is all sleight of hand, rather than gimmicks performed from a distance on stage, he said.

"It's a very sophisticated type of performing," he said. "The magic happens right in front of you." He said that audience response to his act has been quite good.

"I feel the close up magic is what people like more since it's more personal," he said. He has no designated assistants, and if he wants to perform a trick requiring a second person, such as levitation, he said he will call somebody up from the audience to assist him.

These acts are sponsored in part by Asylum, in an effort to promote the non-alcoholic nightclub atmosphere. Non-alcoholic daiquiris and other fruit juice cocktails will be served.