[Dixielandjazz] Royal Wedding

[Stephen Barbone]

Hey Jim:

Big congrats on your selection to play for the House of Bourbon.
Commoners or not, it is a great event for you and Canal Street.

Please say hello to Juan Carlos & Son, from a half cousin, several times
removed. Word has it that we Barbone's derive our lineage from the wrong
side of the bed and the Bourbon Kings of Spain (Your branch of the
French Bourbon's) who ruled the kingdom of the Two Sicily's in the
1800's. Something about a pretty Italian peasant girl and the King
whilst he was on a hunting trip in the Campania region. The resultant
family did become large land holders.

Fact or legend? Who knows but Barbone in Italian translates to "French
Poodle". Hmmmmm.

Cheers & hearty well done,
Steve Barbone