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1994 - 2004
NICKEL-A-DANCE SOIREES CELEBRATE 
10th ANNIVERSARY
FREE MUSIC - EVERY SUNDAY IN OCTOBER ---and THREE SUNDAYS IN NOVEMBER!!!) - 
CAFE BRASIL

CHARLIE MILLER'S CREOLE RHYTHM KINGS
TO OPEN SERIES OF EIGHT "NICKEL-A-DANCE" PROGRAMS 
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, AT CAFE BRASIL, 4-7 P.M.
(FREE & CHILDREN INVITED)

The Nickel-A-Dance Soirees will return to Cafe Brasil on Sunday, October 3, 
and this year's series, which features eight Sunday-afternoon dances, will open 
with Charlie Miller's Creole Rhythm Kings.  There is no admission charge for 
the concerts/dances, which will be held from 4-7 p.m., every Sunday in October 
to celebrate "Jazz Awareness Month." In addition, the series will continue 
with three more concerts in November as lagniappe. Cafe Brasil is located at 
2100 Chartres St., at the corner of Frenchmen and Chartres. Children, families, 
and the general public are invited.

The full concert/dance schedule is as follows:
October 3 Charlie Miller's Creole Rhythm Kings
October 10 New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra
October 17 Detroit Brooks & Syncopated Percolators
October 24 Evan Christopher & Clarinet Road
October 31 Lionel Ferbos and the Palm Court Jazz Band
November 7 Preservation Hall Hot Four
November 14  Jack Maheu & Fire in the Pet House Callithumpian Jazz Band
November 21 Walter Payton's File' Gumbo with Al Carson

The Nickel-A-Dance Soirees began with one concert ten years ago and has grown 
into an 8-week series featuring the best of New Orleans jazz bands. As they 
have done in the past, anonymous music fans continue to join together with the 
Jazz Centennial Celebration and a growing list of sponsors to celebrate jazz. 
In addition, proprietors of Cafe Brasil have donated the use of the venue to 
the Nickel-A-Dance Soirées, which have helped revive the neighborhood dance 
traditions that used to be widespread across the city. 
 Supporters for this year's Nickel-A-Dance Soirees include:

Cafe Brasil;Café Rose Nicaud;Celia and Jeff Collins;City of New Orleans;
Civil Sheriff Paul R. Valteau, Jr. and the Sheriff Deputies 
Association;d.b.a.;
Dorian M. Bennett Realtors, Inc.;Fauboug Marigny Improvement Association;
French Quarter Realty;Jazz Centennial Celebration;Louisiana Music Factory;
Miller Supply Co., Inc;Mona's Cafe and Deli;OffBeat Music MagazinePalm Court 
Jazz Cafe;Samara Poche' & Gary Trankston;Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro;13 Monaghan 
Bar & Restaurant;and a group of anonymous jazz fans.


Cheers,

Tom Wiggins