[Dixielandjazz] Re: Promoting ourselves (was Dixieland in the garden)

[Steve Barbone]

Way to go Jude. Wish I could be there too. BTW, noting that you are in 
"Oxfordshire" and the concert is in the Oxford area, I live in Oxford 
(Pennsylvania, USA that is) on a horse farm in beautiful Chester County. 
Rolling grassy hills, numerous horse farms, country living and only 40 
miles from Philadelphia. (named, of course, for Oxford in the mother 
country)

And yes, lots of fox hunts except we do not eradicate the fox here, once 
he goes to ground, the ride is over and we look for another.

Musical content: "I'm Goin Huntin"

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

Judy Eames wrote:

>Steve suggested ........ a weekend event harking
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>>back to the days of F Scott Fitzgerald? Or 1920/30 English society's
>>love of jazz?
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>Tony Davis and I are there already.  In November we have a gig at Coleton
>Fisheacre, a National Trust property in Devon which was built for the
>D'Oyley Carte family and completed in 1926.  We shall be calling the evening
>"Savoy Connection" as the family owned the Savoy Hotel where the "syncopated
>music" was played by top bands of the day.  Now all we have to do is trawl
>through our "Melody Makers" (the journal first published in 1926 for
>professioanl musicians)   and find some suitable tunes and anecdotes.
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>Further promotion... for UK residents and anyone thinking of visiting the
>Oxford area in September.  Our Jazz Weekend at Bablock Hythe (we don't JUST
>do gigs at places with strange names!) takes  place on 24th to 26th Sept.
>Line-up:  Dave Moorwood's new Big Bear Stompers,  Jon Penn's Hot 5,  Our own
>Kaminsky Connection,  Sporting House Strings with Spats Langham and Gerry
>Brown's Mission Hall Band.  There's limited accommodation at the hotel or
>within walking distance and lots within a twenty minute's drive. Camper vans
>and tents are welcome on the facility free field beside  a beautiful, quiet
>stretch of the Thames and there's a five star campsite three miles away.
>This is a new venture for us, but we were offered the 200 plus capacity
>venue for nothing, so we decided to make some work for our friends and
>ourselves.
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>Friday 6th Aug we have Les Muscutt, and  Chris Burke from New Orleans
>playing in our Village Hall with a band selected for the occasion, including
>Perry lock (pno) Paul Munnery (tbn) and ourselves.  This will be our third
>transatlantic gig in the village hall,  it's not really viable for a whole
>visiting band but we're always happy to hear of good soloists and duos who
>might be trying to fill a gap in their gig schedule.
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>Finally if any UK members would be willing to print off a poster to help us
>to advertise our weekend, we'd be very grateful and would happily
>reciprocate.
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>If you've got this far......... apologies for the verbosity:-)
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>Cheers Jude
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>Judy Eames
>Kaminsky Connection
>Aston, Oxfordshire
>UK
>www.judyeames.co.uk
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>>List mates & Pat Ladd
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>>Say, here's an idea for Pat Ladd. Hey Pat, how about some Dixieland
>>concerts in the gardens at your country place? :-) VBG. Especially since
>>"fantasy" seems to be the current rage? Perhaps a weekend event harking
>>back to the days of F Scott Fitzgerald? Or 1920/30 English society's
>>love of jazz?  etc.
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