[Dixielandjazz] Re: DIXIELAND FESTIVALS

[Dan Augustine]

Steve and DJML--
     Where's your evidence for your assertion that most dixieland-only 
festivals "are already dead or have changed their program to include 
other forms of music"?  You admit you don't go to such festivals.
     I have evidence to the contrary:
     I took a look at _The Mississippi Rag_ from December 2000 (the 
earliest issue i have) and counted 65 festivals for 2001.
     Then i combined the list of festivals from the January and the 
August 2004 issues of MR (no duplicates) and the total was 125 
festivals for 2004.
     Seems like dixieland-festivals are in fact NOT dying out, but are 
INCREASING in number, and i don't think the total almost doubled 
because a few of them started including other types of music.

     Dan

P. S. The exception does not "prove" the rule (or theory) in the 
sense that it validates it (how absurd), but in the sense that an 
exception 'tests' the rule, as in a 'proving' ground.
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>Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 17:21:05 -0400
>From: Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] DIXIELAND FESTIVALS
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>To those that still think dixieland only festivals will continue to prosper.
>
>Are you kidding? Most are already dead or have changed their program 
>to include other forms of music. Yes, there is an exception or two 
>but that only proves the rule.
><snip>
>Cheers,
>Steve Barbone

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