[Dixielandjazz] re: letter to the editor

[Trumpetom at aol.com]

Please let's not lose perspective. There would be no festival without John  
Diebald and Connie Baker. Neither of them happen to be close friends  of mine 
but I doubt if either of them get up in the morning deciding to  irritate 
people that day. I suspect all of us have done or said what others  consider 
inappropriate at one time of other. When I was an employer I found  myself barking 
at employees and customers when the pressure was turned  up. I know a little 
about these people. John runs a large private business.  He has plenty to do 
without the festival. He has freely stated that the festival  enterprise is only 
a break-even venture for the love of the music. Beating these  people up may 
not be as appropriate as first thanking them followed by a  suggestion on how 
to improve it.
 
Tom Loeb