[Dixielandjazz] Heads up Sacramento Groups

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Bob: I should have read your post before writing mine.  Looks like you've
been there and done that too. Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Heads up Sacramento Groups


> Hey Tom,
>
> We, the Jazz Society was approached by Old Sacramento 3 months ago about
> changing the crowds by changing the music in Old Sac.  Through their
> stupidity, they, the nightclubs & restaurants in Old Sacramento, have let
> the bad element take over.  We could see it coming for years & now they
want
> us to change it for them in 2 weeks.
>
> All of a sudden they woke up & wondered why they were not getting people
> down there with money in their pockets to spend, DA.
>
> Now, they want us to bail them out.  They think that we, magically can
turn
> their business around.
>
> First of all, they do not want to pay any sort of money.  Secondly, I can
> speak from experience, as soon as the money people don't flock down there
by
> the 2nd weekend, they will be off and running, trying something else new.
>
> If I didn't already travel so much & didn't live so far out from the city,
I
> might take a crack at it but, been there, done that.  Working steady in
> clubs don't appeal to me any more.
>
> --Bob Ringwald
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <TCASHWIGG at aol.com>
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:24 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Heads up Sacramento Groups
>
>
> >
> >
> > All right you guys,  Here is a news flash that should get a lot of you
> > some
> > work if you get off your Butts and go get it quickly:
> >
> > Old Sacramento is trying desperately to reach out to the community and
get
> > some drastic changes into the neighborhood, and guess what they
want?????
> >
> > Live Music that appeals to and will draw an OLDER CROWD between 25 & 50
> > years
> > old,
> >
> > Hello Hello Hello  Opportunity Knocks AGAIN.
> >
> > They want to get rid of the Hip Hop crowd that is crawling the area on
the
> > weekends and causing many problems.
> >
> > O'Malley's has already committed to live music every weekend for the
next
> > year, and all of the other clubs are falling into line and are willing
to
> > make
> > deals.
> >
> > There is absolutely no reason why that neighborhood can't become the
> > French
> > Quarter West if all the OKOM bands that live in Sacramento get off their
> > arses
> > and go negotiate some gigs before somebody else does.
> >
> > All I want for the tip is the rights to operate the house of the rising
> > Sun
> > upstairs.
> >  The only thing that surprises and mystifies me is that none of you
> > Sacramento Jazz Society bands were on top of this problem and did
nothing
> > but walk
> > right past the opportunity under your noses for the past how many years?
> > while
> > you run an OKOM festival right in the neighborhood.
> >
> > I played a gig in Sacramento last week and right afterwards drove down
to
> > Old
> > Town to see how many vacant nightclubs were sitting there begging for
> > somebody to open and run them.  Looks like a Ghost town down there
folks.
> > Seems to
> > me the Sacramento Jazz Society should own the entire neighborhood.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tom Wiggins
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