[Dixielandjazz] Strange Gig

[dingle at baldwin-net.com]

Robert S. Ringwald wrote:

> Sometime in the mid 60s, my band the Fulton Street Jazz Band, was 
> hired to
> play for a John Birch Society picnic in the town of Lodi, about 40 miles
> south of Sacramento, California.
>
> The first thing that seemed rather strange about the gig was, during the
> bands breaks, military (Hitler type) march music was played over the P.A.
> system.  It was definitely not Sunday afternoon (picnic in the park)
> atmosphere.
>
> The strangest thing though was the prize for their raffle.  It was not 
> what
> you would expect to be given away at a picnic in the park on a Sunday
> afternoon.  It was not a free trip for two to Disneyland, a color
> television, Webber BBQ, or gift certificate to the local hardware 
> store.  It
> was a huge rifle with the biggest telescopic sights you have ever seen.
>
> I always wondered, why would an extreme right-wing, (some people would 
> say
> radical) political organization be giving away a rifle with telescopic
> sights???
>
> Needless to say, our banter from the band stand between numbers did 
> not even
> get close to anything political.
>
>
> --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
> -- 
> Leader, The Fulton Street Jazz Band
> 916/806-9551
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>
>
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Up here in the Northwoods of Michigan, some folks still use out houses. 
They often used local wood from the forest to build them to build them.
So some have formed a group to preserve these quaint structures. It's 
called the Birch John Society.