[Dixielandjazz] Re: Uniforms

[Russ Guarino]

We wear white panama straw hats for out door performances in the sun. They sort
of look like cowboy hats.  Otherwise, we are sans hats.

I inspect the vest after every performance and have the ones that are stained
dry-cleaned.  The trumpet players in particular tend to put stains on the chest.

Russ Guarino

Bill Horton wrote:

> At Pismo, the Basin Street Regulars turns out about 300-400 fans for our 11
> monthly concerts, and we have about 25 bands for our Jubilee each year, and
> about 20 for the Mardi Gras, so we see a LOT of bands.  Almost all of them
> have some kind of uniform, ranging from white shirt and matching ties, to
> matching vests or logo-imprinted shirts.  Igor's Cowboys and a German
> Firehouse band are the only ones I can remember having full uniforms, except
> Chicago Six with all black outfits, if you can call that a uniform.  I can't
> remember one of them wearing "staws & stripes."  Very few of them have no
> band identification.
>
> Having some type of band identification has the advantage of making band
> members identifiable between sets, when there's a jam or house band set and
> they usually mingle with the audience, garnering compliments and a few free
> drinks.
>
> Dick Johnson of the Mardi Gras JB says he bought shirts for the band years
> ago and they wear them until they begin to smell too bad and then donate
> them to the Salvation Army.  A few days later he goes to their Thrift Store
> and buys them back for about 4 bits each, all laundered and pressed.  Says
> it's a lot cheaper than sending them to the laundry.
>
> Bill Horton
> www.PismoJazz.org
>
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