[Dixielandjazz] Re: Sacramento stuff

[tom bengtsson]

Hello All,  I have a program for the  pre jubilee Sacramento 
performances and it includes Fireworks that listed their home base as 
Australia in past years.   I think that Simon Stribling  now lives in 
British Columbia but the rest of the band hails from the land of Oz.  My 
official program has not arrive  yet  so I have no further information.  
Tom Bengtsson Pleasanton, Ca.
On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 08:59 PM, Dan Augustine wrote:

>> Dear Dan,
>> Wot?
>> No Australian bands?
>> Kind regards,
>> Bill.
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> Bill and DJML--
>     Gor blimey!  (Or words to that effect, stolen -- and probably 
> misremembered -- from Pogo comics.) More's the pity, yes.
>     The SacJazz website at http://www.sacjazz.com/performers.html 
> admits only of these International Bands:
>
> Big Band Trio and Jumpin' Jive Orchestra - Victoria, Canada
> Climax Jazz Band - Toronto, Canada
> Fat Sam's Band - Edinburgh, Scotland
> Hot Jazz Band - Budapest, Hungary
> Greentown Jazz Band - Ljubljana, Slovenia
> Jazzin' Jacks - Helsingbord, Sweden
> Paco Gatsby - Guatemala City, Guatemala
> Zenith Hot Stompers - Oxfordshire, England
>
>     It's a cry and a shame, it is.  Some of the best OKOM comes from 
> Oz, it does. I've got a number of LP's and CD's from there (almost all 
> the Society Syncopators), and need more.  As (again) one of the Pogo 
> characters says, "I'd write a nasty letter to the mayor, if only i 
> could write, if only he could read."  I think they had some (or one) 
> last year (Fireworks?).  I guess i'll have to come down under to hear 
> some, and after i retire next year, i may just do that some year.
>
>     Dan
>
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