[Dixielandjazz] Fw: How to Kill Orchestras

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/29/03 9:56:32 AM, Nickdragos at cs.com writes:

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Besides that life-changing & enhancing experience, the greatest joy I get 
from my 20+ year participation in the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee is watching 
little 
people learn to dance to the various styles presented...they stomp away, they 
dance, they smile, and, even at 3 or 4 years of age, they soak it 
in...perhaps 
setting the stage for Jubilee 2025, either as performer or fan.>>

Hi Nick:
What a relief to see some others crying out from the wilderness on this 
subject, I thought Steve Barbone and I were the only two out there still screaming 
about taking the music to the people to keep it from dying out from lack of 
interest and or exposure to new audiences.

The answer absolutely lies in the exposure of children for the future of 
Classical music and Jazz is not far behind what is happening in the classical 
world.  However we do have an opportunity to fix Jazz which has been relegated to 
only about 2% of the music buying public, and not just OKOM but all forms of 
Jazz combined.

I have a not for profit program for schools that I will share with the list 
in the next few days and will be looking to expand it all across America this 
year with participation from some of the folks on this list.  I intend to show 
you all a detailed plan and system to do exactly what we need to do and 
further this form of music back to the levels of it's heyday.  Yes, it can be done, 
but WE have to work for it, no Government grant is going to make it happen, 
and no school system is going to make it happen, we simply must roll up our 
sleeves and go out and do it ourselves.

The rewards and benefits will ASTOUND MANY WHO NEVER thought of actually 
going out and making employment happen for their bands or were simply just too 
lazy to do so, rather choosing for the most part to let the gigs come to them.  
Those days are long gone for most groups and musicians.


Tom Wiggins
Ambassadors of American Culture
www.AmbassadorsofAmericanCulture.com