[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland4Dixieland in Upstate New York

[BudTuba at aol.com]

Just to let everyone know, I have established agreement with two other  bands 
in the upstate New York jazz community to create our own version of  
"Dixieland4Dixieland".  The other bands are:  Dick Ames' Bearcat Jazz  Band from 
Syracuse and Ray Skalski's Jambalaya Jazz Band from Buffalo.  We  have agreed to 
mutually participate in three concerts, one in each city probably  beginning in 
November, with all proceeds outside of real band expenses (travel  and food) 
going to the Red Cross.  We will be contacting the jazz societies  in each city 
to see how involved they want to be.  The event in Rochester  is probably 
going to be a concert venue (yet to be confirmed) and therefore each  band will 
be given a one hour slot to present their "best stuff" with a massed  band 
finale.  Our band will be the last so that stragglers from the  audience would be 
more likely to walk out on our nickel.  How the Buffalo  and Syracuse 
bands/clubs decide to structure their concert is totally up to  them.
 
My apologies to other musicians and bands in the area that will want to be  
involved, but I approached these two bands, because we felt an area-wide 
upstate  NY approach would involve greater audience participation and  that these 
bands all are very active in their respective cities  keeping early classic jazz 
styles alive and vibrant.  I certainly do  not want to lose any friends over 
this.  

 
Roy (Bud) Taylor
Smugtown Stompers Jazz Band
"...we ain't just  whistlling dixie!"