[Dixielandjazz] Ward Kimball recollection
Vilcad (Ron Gable)
Vilcad \(Ron Gable\)" <vilcad@earthlink.net
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If you guys hurry,
Mama Jazz and Sam Meier is playing Ward's music as we speak and they're =
streaming form:
www.wmub.org
You can listen on the Internet now!
Ron & Rosemary Gable
Jazz Advocates
10790 W. National Road
Brookville, Ohio 45309
(937) 833-4053
www.jazzadvocate.com
rongable@jazzadvocate.com
Join the Advocate Movement
at www.jazzadvocate.com
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----- Original Message -----=20
From: Tim Eldred=20
To: DJML=20
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:10 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Ward Kimball recollection
My first FH5+2 record, ...at Disneyland, was given to me on a teenage =
birthday by my aunt because I was a huge Disney fan. She knew nothing =
about the music, but liked the picture of the band in the Disneyland =
Teacups on the cover....(my only previous exposure to OKOM was the Dukes =
of Dixieland.) Of course, I knew the individuals from their connection =
to the Disney studios!
I immediately fell in love with their sound. (And particularly the =
soprano sax of George Probert...)
In 1969, I achieved a dream of working at Disneyland - I was a busboy =
at the French Market in New Orleans Square....my first summer Friday, we =
were directed to remove the tables from 1/4 of the seating area and =
install concert seating in chairs for the anticipated crowd for the band =
that would be playing. To my extreme surprise and delight, it was the =
FH5+2. They played every Friday and Saturday night for the next two =
summers, with me either working those nights or coming in just to listen =
to them. When they found out I was a serious fan and knew their music, =
they could not have been kinder or nicer, even using my table as their =
break area (on nights when I wasn't working). Ward was always making =
comments on whatever was happening and not caring what management =
thought. All the other cast members, including the young restaurant =
managers, hated the band and their music....eventually, they would only =
communicate with the band through me.
One of my favorite Ward stories from that period is a folded request =
from cast members in the restaurant that I was asked to deliver. I gave =
it to Ward, he unfolded it and read it, then stood at the mike staring =
at his watch for what seemed like forever. Then he announced that the =
band had just played a request from the "kids" in the restaurant for two =
minutes of silence!
Another Ward story is that he saw me sweeping the floor one night with =
a broom and a dust pan with a cover that open and closed, liked the =
sound of it, and invited me up to take a solo with the band....I have no =
idea how I sounded, but his graciousness to a young fan will never be =
forgotten. (Anybody else ever taken a broom and dust pan solo?)
A major loss to animation and OKOM music...
Tim Eldred
Roseville, CA
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>If you guys hurry,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Mama Jazz and Sam Meier is playing Ward's music =
as we=20
speak and they're streaming form:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><A=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>You can listen on the Internet now!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Ron & Rosemary Gable<BR>Jazz =
Advocates<BR>10790 W.=20
National Road<BR>Brookville, Ohio 45309<BR>(937) 833-4053<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.jazzadvocate.com">www.jazzadvocate.com</A><BR><A=20
href=3D"mailto:rongable@jazzadvocate.com">rongable@jazzadvocate.com</A><B=
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Eldred</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Ddixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com=20
href=3D"mailto:dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com">DJML</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 09, 2002 =
10:10=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Dixielandjazz] Ward =
Kimball=20
recollection</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My first FH5+2 record, ...at =
Disneyland, was=20
given to me on a teenage birthday by my aunt because I was a huge =
Disney=20
fan. She knew nothing about the music, but liked the picture of =
the band=20
in the Disneyland Teacups on the cover....(my only previous exposure =
to OKOM=20
was the Dukes of Dixieland.) Of course, I knew the individuals =
from=20
their connection to the Disney studios!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I immediately fell in love with their =
sound. (And=20
particularly the soprano sax of George Probert...)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In 1969, I achieved a =
dream of working=20
at Disneyland - I was a busboy at the French Market in New Orleans=20
Square....my first summer Friday, we were directed to remove the =
tables from=20
1/4 of the seating area and install concert seating in chairs for the=20
anticipated crowd for the band that would be playing. To my =
extreme=20
surprise and delight, it was the FH5+2. They played every Friday =
and=20
Saturday night for the next two summers, with me either working those =
nights=20
or coming in just to listen to them. When they found out I was a =
serious=20
fan and knew their music, they could not have been kinder or nicer, =
even using=20
my table as their break area (on nights when I wasn't working). =
Ward was=20
always making comments on whatever was happening and not caring what=20
management thought. All the other cast members, including the =
young=20
restaurant managers, hated the band and their music....eventually, =
they would=20
only communicate with the band through me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One of my favorite Ward stories from =
that period=20
is a folded request from cast members in the restaurant that I was =
asked to=20
deliver. I gave it to Ward, he unfolded it and read it, then =
stood at=20
the mike staring at his watch for what seemed like forever. Then =
he=20
announced that the band had just played a request from the "kids" in =
the=20
restaurant for two minutes of silence!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Another Ward story is that he saw me =
sweeping the=20
floor one night with a broom and a dust pan with a =
cover that open=20
and closed, liked the sound of it, and invited me up to take a solo =
with the=20
band....I have no idea how I sounded, but his graciousness to a young =
fan will=20
never be forgotten. (Anybody else ever taken a broom and dust =
pan=20
solo?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A major loss to animation and OKOM=20
music...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tim Eldred</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roseville,=20
CA</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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