[Dixielandjazz] A prayer for N.O.

[Mick Potter]

Dear Don

The prayers of us all should be with you and the people of New Orleans
at this time. I visited in 1986 and will always have great memories of
New Orleans.
The birthplace of OKOM has dealt with disaster before and will do it
again.
May God keep all those involved at this time.

Mick Potter
Australia

Fr Mick Potter
Chaplain
Mentone Girls Grammar
Tel: 03-9581 1259; Fax 03- 9581 1299
E-mail; mpotter at mentoneggs.vic.edu.au
URL: http://www.mentoneggs.vic.edu.au
 

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Sent: Monday, 29 August 2005 5:36 AM
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] A prayer for N.O.

As we look at the impending potential for disastrous damage to New 
Orleans  and the Louisiana area, Jean and I can only pray that some 
veering of the storm path will save this historic cradle of jazz. For us

there is a certain personal link to this city. We were married in N.O. 
and will be having our 50th anniversary this November. We tied the knot 
in Grace Episcipal church on Canal Street right across from the Vieux 
Carre and spent most of a month there as I was playing a long stand with

Ted Weems at the old Roosevelt Hotel's Blue Room.
We had contemplated going down there to celebrate this year, but it 
looks like this will not happen. We do fear for the safety of  good 
friends of long standing like Charlie Lodice, Roz Kohlman (Freddie's 
widow), and many other jazz friends living there we made over the years.
So I guess we are joining our Yankee prayers to those of the rest of the

country that this special place of our jazz roots willl somehow weather 
the worst of it. But it sure looks like something or someone really 
pissed off the weather spirits because this category 5 rating is the 
highest that this grand old city on the Mississippi has ever had to 
face. Hope you'll add your prayers to ours.
Don Ingle


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