[Dixielandjazz] Valentine's Day stories?

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/9/04 7:39:56 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
nancyink at ulink.net writes:

> 
> Anyone have a good story to share related to Valentine's Day?
> OKOM-related, of course.
> Could be about a famous musician or song -- or you and yours.
> On-list or off-list, please let me know.
> Thanks.
> Love and hugs,
> Nancy 
> 
> 

Well, the last time I tried to promote an evening of fun to the Hearts and 
Chocolate Crowd on Valentine's Day was in Fresno, California.

Big beautiful Ballroom at the Hacienda Hotel, holds about 1000 folks 
intimately, I spent a ton of money on Radio, and Newspaper adds, Had Lovely posters 
and flyers all over the City and surrounding counties.

Six warm bodies showed up, and one was a very lovely blue eyed Australian 
Sheep dog, it's owner who was not Little Bo Peep, but had four lovely females 
with him.

The Hotel management would not allow them in the ballroom, some ridiculous 
rule about pellets on the carpet surrounding the dance floor, so I had the 
orchestra play the Sheepherders Lament (There Will Never be another Ewe) and we 
went home.

I think that qualifies as an OKOM tune.

I have not attempted to promote a Valentine's Day event since then.  It's 
just not a Crowd thing, and the holiday does not work well for most musicians, 
especially those who have more than one sweetheart at a time.  :)))

Drummers own  lots of stock in Chocolate factories, and Rose farms.  :))



Tom ("I can't give you anything but Love") Wiggins

Lost all my money in a Chocolate factory who decided to make Cocaine (Nose 
Candy) and the Flower farm I invested in, ground up the leaves and sold em all 
over the USA as imported Colombian herbs for smoking.  They had no idea the 
distributor was mixing them with medicinal cannabis and selling them to sick in 
the head musicians.

I do understand however that those business have been revived and are 
thriving now that I no longer own the stock, What was it? Enron Enterprises was the 
holding company I think.