[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland and Hockey

[Kurt]

Steve Barbone wrote: "This music has a YOUNG audience . . . if you seek it.
And if enough of
us play it in night clubs and other places where that YOUNG audiences
are, we will prosper. OKOM will prosper also..."

Good Job Steve.

Speaking of exposing this music to younger people...my Party Gras Dixieland
Band played last Saturday night at the pre-season Des Moines Buccaneer's
hockey game as people passed by on their way into the arena.  Mostly younger
people.  Many stopped to listen and from what I could see, enjoyed OKOM.
Probably the first exposure for many of them.

This was the first time this has been tried at a Bucs game and the
management loved it. Oh yeah, we made a decent wage too.  I'm negotiating a
contract for the 2003-2004 hockey season.

Kurt Bowermaster
Des Moines, IA