[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixieland ...... not dead

[Judy Eames]

Tom Wiggins said

> Bill: You just performed at the Big Sacramento Jazz jubilee, ........
> I saw great numbers of people in attendance well under the average age of
>70  years.

They would have been balanced out by all the 104 yr olds:-)

It seems to me that we should stop worrying our pretty heads.  There are
precious few fun things that newly single fifty-somethings feel able to join
in with.  New people come to jazz and feel welcome so they come again....
later on they may find that they like the music:-)

 Much younger people come to jazz events because they love the music, or to
please their Granny.  The more mature single finds  it's not a bad place to
meet a new partner and how many of us on this list did just that?



> Yes, there were a good number of these folks in attendance, but there were
> also entire families with children from 7 to 70

Ah now they'd have the 104 year old heads of family  :-)

Bude festival is on the horizon.  It'll probably be a sell-out most days and
the free events will be packed but that only tells part of the story.  I
often meet people who've chosen jazz week for their family holidays because
of the street parades and the lively  atmosphere.  One thirty something
father said that seeing older people having  fun makes him feel more
positive about his future.

I nominate this week to be Positive Thinking Week.


Jude






Judy Eames
Kaminsky Connection
Aston, Oxfordshire
UK
www.judyeames.co.uk
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