[Dixielandjazz] SacJazz-E-News for August

[Nancy Giffin]

SACJAZZ-E-NEWS for August 2006
from the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society (STJS)

IN THIS ISSUE:
-- JAZZ CAMP CONCERTS
-- STJS Summer Office Hours
-- Molly Ringwald is "Sweet Charity"
-- Upcoming "Jazz Sunday" Guests
-- New STJS Board Members
-- TNT Auditions
-- Volunteers Needed
-- Join STJS
-- Youth News Flash
-- Pizza Parlor Piano
-- Brain Teaser

To read the latest messages from Exec. Director Jill Harper
and STJS Pres. Bob Williams, visit http://www.sacjazz.org/news.html

JAZZ CAMP CONCERTS
YOUTH: Sat., Aug. 5th at the Dante Club, NOON - 4:30 p.m., $5 donation.
Featuring: 2006 Camp Bands plus Faculty Trad & Swing Bands starring Rusty
Stiers, Terry Myers, Anita Thomas, Greg Varlotta, Bill Dendle, Bob Phillips,
Jason Wanner, Westy Westenhofer, Steve Homan, Eddie Erickson, Terry Waddell,
Shelley Burns and Dannie Balser.

ADULT Camp Concert: Sat., Aug. 12th at Sly Park, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m., $5
Visit the camp any day, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
For directions, go to our "Camp site" at http://www.sacjazz.org/camp


STJS SUMMER OFFICE HOURS
Closed Fridays. Open Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.


MOLLY RINGWALD IS "SWEET CHARITY"
Molly Ringwald, daughter of Bob Ringwald, will be starring in the Broadway
touring company of "Sweet Charity" at the Sacramento Convention Center.
Barbara Paulus has reserved 150 seats in the first balcony for a group from
STJS to attend a 2:00 p.m. matinee on Sun., Nov. 5, 2006. Tickets are
$58.50 each. 125 of them are already spoken for, so write Barbara ASAP.
Dinner plans afterward at Spataro's. E-mail Barbara Paulus at
<b4jpaulus at yahoo.com>.


UPCOMING "JAZZ SUNDAY" GUESTS
2nd SUN. each month, Noon-5 pm., at the Dante Club.
Aug. 13 -- Greg Varlotta, trumpet/trombone -- Los Angeles, CA
Sept. 10 -- Duke Heitger, trumpet -- New Orleans, LA
Oct. 8 -- Scott Anthony, banjo/guitar -- San Francisco, CA
Nov. 12 -- Lena Seikaly, vocals -- Falls Church, VA
Dec. 10 -- Royal Society Jazz Orchestra -- San Francisco, CA
Jan. 14 -- Annual ³Rent Party²
Feb. 10 -- Trad. Jazz Youth Band Fest. (TJYBF) at Sac. State Univ.
Feb. 11 -- Bob Schulz, cornet -- San Francisco, CA
For Jazz Sunday details and directions, visit
http://www.sacjazz.org/sunday.html


WELCOME NEW STJS BOARD MEMBERS
Congratulations and welcome to new Vice President Molly Greene,
new Musician Board Member Jim Roberson, and
new Non-Musician Board Member Scott Kaufman.
For complete info on STJS Board and monthly meetings, visit
http://www.sacjazz.org/board.html


YOUTH NEWS FLASH
Justin and Brandon Au have been invited to debut in the mid-week summer jazz
series hosted by KXJZ's George Esposito. Wed., August 23rd, 7-9 p.m. For
complete details, e-mail Yvonne at <yvonnea1 at surewest.net>.


PIZZA PARLOR PIANO
The August AATJ neglected to include an ad for the piano concerts at
Straw Hat Pizza in Rancho Cordova, presented by Bill Schoening.
Wed., Aug. 9 - Frederick Hodges. 6:30-9pm. (916) 987-7434. E-mail Bill at
<Bs25ss28 at aol.com>


TNT YOUTH BAND AUDITIONS
Mon., Sept. 18th, 7:00 p.m. at the STJS Office For details, visit
http://www.sacjazz.org/news.html


VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
STJS is primarily a volunteer organization. There are openings for
many volunteer positions. E-mail Jill at <jharper at sbcglobal.net> or call
916/372-5277 ext. 11.
For the Trad. Jazz Youth Band Festival on Feb. 10th, we need a few more
sub-committee chairpersons to plan festival set-up/tear-down and to solicit
$50 business card ads for the printed program.


JOIN STJS!
Or renew your membership. Visit http://www.sacjazz.org/membership.html


Brain Teaser:

Q: Perhaps the greatest trombone player in the early years of Jazz was a
musician from New Orleans nicknamed ___ ___. Before picking up a trombone,
he originally played _____. He developed the "________" style of playing the
trombone in which the trombone plays a rhythmic line underneath the trumpets
and cornets. In 1919, he moved to California and assembled a group of New
Orleans musicians into a band called Kid Ory's ______ Orchestra, which
became the first African-American jazz band from New Orleans to record.
During the Depression, he ran a _______ ranch with his brother but
eventually revived Kid Ory's Creole Orchestra and continued to play, tour
and record Jazz until he retired in 1966.
A: 1) Kid Ory; 2) banjo; 3) tailgate; 4) Creole; 5) chicken.