[Dixielandjazz] New Member says hi.

[HSalotti at aol.com]

Shalom Elazar,  Every January the US Army Band sponsors a Tuba/Euphonium 
Conference at Fort Meyers Arlington Va.  They invite noted tuba/euph. players and 
ensembles that feature these instruments to perform at the conference.  Four 
years ago they invited a Klezmer Band from the Boston area to perform.  The 
group is called the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra.  There instrumentation was a 
standard dixieland band. (trumpet, trombone, clarinet, tuba, drums, banjo and maybe 
a violin.  They performed The Klezmer Nutcracker.  The music was of course 
based on Tchaikovsky but the story I believe was based on The Golden Dreydl.  The 
group used the melodies from the ballet but played them in a 
dixieland/klezmer style including solos.  The audience loved it.  All the best, stay safe. 
Harry Salotti