[Dixielandjazz] Meet me in St Louis, Lewis (was .Why guitar, not banjo?/T...

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I also have a different opinion than Larry wrote yesterday about the riches  
in St. Louis.  We have world class: St Louis Symphony, Missouri Botanical  
Gardens, Washington University, medical technology, Mississippi River, the  Arch. 
 One of the better zoos in the U.S., fine art museum, this year the  World 
Series Baseball Champs, excellent theater going opportunities,  acoustically 
wonderful Powell Hall and Sheldon theaters, great park concerts and  Shakespeare 
Festival in summer, ? the largest outdoor theater in U.S. (Muny  Opera), 
highly reputable grand opera in St. Louis Opera Theatre, Fox Theater for  traveling 
Broadway shows, brewery tours etc., etc., etc.  Three  DL groups that I very 
much enjoy unless they're having an off-day (which every  group has).  Those 3 
(well, actually it's more as Jeanne Kittrell's  names fronts several groups 
are  St. Louis Stompers, Cornet Chop Suey,  and whatever group Kittrell puts in 
front.  Also have had St. Louis  Ragtimers for 45 years.  Very, very active 
amateur music community  constantly doing concerts for free or next to 
nothing--and therein lies a  downside for musicians.  It's rare to be able to earn a 
living as a music  performer in this region. 
Ginny