[Dixielandjazz] Bix Beiderbecke F2F IMPORTANT NEW INFORMATION!

[Kurt]

I'm getting ready to get on the road to Bix and am sending this reminder one
more time.  I hope we have a good turnout.

> It was suggested that I send this message several times, just to remind
> people...
> 
> 
> FORGET WHAT I SAID IN AN EARLIER MESSAGE about the details of a DJML
> Face-To-Face gathering at the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival in
> Davenport, Iowa this coming weekend (July 24-27).  
> 
> There will still be a get together but the details have changed!!! 
> 
> HERE IS THE CORRECT INFORMATION:
> 
> After looking at the Bix schedule and consulting Bob Ringwald for his
> advice, it looks like this is our best option for getting together:
> 
> *	The Bix DJML F2F gathering will be on Saturday, July 26 at  8:30 AM
> in the lobby of the Holiday Inn (5202  Brady Street, Davenport (band
> performance site)  MEET IN THE LOBBY.  I will make a sign to hang on the
> wall (DJML WILL MEET HERE etc.) and post it Friday (the hotel said I could
> do this).
> 
> I spoke with a person in the Holiday Inn's sales office to let her know we
> are planning this gathering and asked her for suggestions as to the best
> place for us to meet in the hotel.  She said since there will be so many
> people in the hotel we are on our own.  Their bar doesn't open until 5:00
> and we will be unable to get a Bloody Mary, unless a DJML member invites
> us to their room.  
> 
> Once we are together, we can decide where to go.  I think the restaurant
> will be open.  
> 
> I plan to go to the Bix grave site ceremony in Oakdale Cemetery at 10:00
> AM.  The bands start at Noon with Josh Duffee & His Orchestra in LeClaire
> Park, and Ralph Norton's Varsity Ramblers at the Holiday Inn.
> 
> But wait, there's more...SPECIAL BONUS!  The first six people to arrive at
> the F2F at 8:30 AM Saturday in the lobby of the Holiday Inn will receive a
> very limited edition "DJML Says Bix Lives" button!  Destined to become a
> rare collectors item you can auction off on E-Bay for big bucks someday.
> 
> Please let me know if you have any questions.  I look forward to meeting
> you at the Bix.  BIX LIVES!
> 
> P.S. - My Party Gras Dixieland Band is playing a pre-Bix private party at
> the Outing Club on Thursday night and afterwards (about 11:00 PM) I'll be
> at the Col Ballroom.  And of course, bouncing from site to site on Friday.
> I'll be wearing a DJML button.  If you see me, say hi.
> 
> Kurt Bowermaster, 
> Des Moines, Iowa