[Dixielandjazz] Hello From Hungary

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Hi Mike,

Say hello to our good friend & Listmate Tamas Ittzes if you run into him 
over there.

We, The Boondockers, did a 10 day, 5 concert, tour in Hungary last March & 
found it to be a wonderful country with great audiences of all ages.  The 
concerts were full & the audiences would not let you get off the stage.  One 
2 hour concert ended up to be 3 hours.  They just wouldn't let us go.

 If you get a chance, get to the Alcatraz Club on Wed night.  Great band & 
lots of Swing dancers.

--Bob Ringwald
Placerville, CA USA




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <vaxtrpts at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 4:28 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Hello From Hungary


> Hello everyone:
> Well, I am in Eastern Europe, having a great time.  I am performing with 
> the Benko Jazz Band from Budapest.  Joe Muranyi is also with us. (Louis 
> Armstrong's last clarinet player.)  I sure don't know why some of the Trad 
> Festivals don't "scoop" him up to be an allstar.  He is certainly one of 
> the very best!
> We played an extravaganza tonight at the Budapest Congress Hall that was 
> filmed for national TV.  There were many performers, including the 
> Hungarian Border Guard Big Band (Like our Airmen of Note or Navy 
> Commodores or Army Blues), a wonderful big band.  Also some singing 
> groups, some wonderful individual singers, of which Thomas Berki really 
> stands out; and miscellaneous other groups.  It was a FIVE hour show and 
> nobody in the audience left.  About 3000 people were clapping and just 
> having a ball.
> We have also played on a boat in the Danube River and the Benko Jazz Club. 
> Now we are going to Slovokia and Poland for more concerts.  Jazz is sure 
> alive and well over here (both traditional and modern) and the audiences 
> are MUCH more reliable about showing up for concerts and night clubs, than 
> in the states.  There is no such thing as a "half full" house over 
> here.....................................
> I look forward to seeing many of you at the Sacramento Festival, but 
> before that, I have dates in California, Wisconsin, and Arizona to do.  Ah 
> the life of the "road rat!"
> Mike Vax
>
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