Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Russians In Sacramento

[Coastsidegiraffe at aol.com]

What a wonderful story about OKOM transcending barriers!   Thanks so much for 
sharing.
Karen
Pacifica, CA



excerpted from Metz's wonderful post:
 Here we  were, two
> bands
> who could barely speak with one another, totally at ease scat  singing
> "Back
> Home In Indiana". There should have been a recorder  present!!!


>    On the Monday night at the Volunteers party, the  Russians invited us
> to
> join them on the stage at Freeway Gardens. Both bands  were on stage
> together
> for about a half hour, with me and the Russian pianist  trading places and
> playing 4 hands from time to time. After the closing tune,  the ovation
> from the
> crowd was deafening, and the young Russian pianist got so  excited he
> leaned
> over and kissed me a big smacker on the cheek. Interesting  evening.