FW: [Dixielandjazz] Problems for travelling musicians

[Stephen Heist]

Hi all...

Well, I've found out the hard way NOT to say I'm a musician - When I got to
Canada the last time, I mentioned I was a musician, they wanted to know if
I was going to play, where, when, etc.  I FINALLY after about a 3 hour
wait, (they called all the people I knew here in Montreal) got permission
to enter Canada on a visitors visa only until May 7th...  Yeah, best NOT to
say you're a musician, but just a visitor to see some old friends....

About the embassy thing, I just renewed my US passport at the consulate
here in Montreal.  Saw a LONG line of people waiting outside in the cold to
get visas.  Fortunately, when the guard stopped me and asked if I was a US
citizen and I said yes, they let me right in!  Sort of unfair, I thought. 
BUT the incredible thing was, I got my passport renewed and in my hands in
ONE week!  Try THAT in the US!!!  The lady told me they usually have them
in 3 days, but they tell everybody one week, just in case of a fowl up....

All the Best,
Steve "Now WHERE is my passport?" Heist
Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec, Canada
(450)424-7268

You can NOW visit my NEW website and check my schedule at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~steveheist/ 
Drop on by today!


> [Original Message]
> From: Bill Gunter <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
> To: <jim at kashprod.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Date: 4/6/2006 7:40:04 AM
> Subject: RE: FW: [Dixielandjazz] Problems for travelling musicians
>
> At my age I just tell 'em I'm retired and on holiday. Everyone's happy.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Bill "Time for a nap" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
>
> >From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
> >Reply-To: jim at kashprod.com
> >To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> >Subject: FW: [Dixielandjazz] Problems for travelling musicians
> >Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:30:36 +0200
> >
> > > He said officials were following orders from the US department of 
> >homeland
> >security, but it meant that "that wonderful cross-pollination of
orchestras
> >coming from and going to the US is going to decline if it's too much
> >trouble.
> >Judy Eames
> >
> >Unbelievable!  What does the UK require for visiting American musicians?
> >
> >When I travel to the UK, I used to write in the form that I was a
musician
> >(which I am), and would go through all kinds of questions about was I
> >planning on working, etc.  Now I write that I am a company director
(which 
> >I
> >am), and no questions whatsoever are asked, jut a friendly welcome!!
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >
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