[Dixielandjazz] All Good Things Come To An End

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hey Larry :

Dixieland bands are probably illegal on them since they are no longer 
true river boats that actually sail or cruise, just can't be TOO 
careful where you let these kinds of bands play  considering their 
history in the areas of Sin and Debauchery and excessive alcohol 
consumption and lacivious dancing, and I don't know whatall :))

Cheers,

Tom



-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis <larrys.bands at charter.net>
To: jazzmin at actcom.net.il; DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thu, 25 May 2006 22:55:36 -0500
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] All Good Things Come To An End

    I enjoyed a two year gig at one of the local casinos. The reason we 
had the gig was to entertain the patrons while they stood in line 
waiting for the sailing. This happened every hour or so. Now the boat 
was concreted to the bank of the river with a moat around it. It 
couldn't sail if it wanted to. 
 
  Everyone and the law pretended that the boats actually could sail and 
the patrons had to wait to board. ( are you laughing yet ? ) 
 
  Finally someone figured out that the boats could make a whole lot of 
money by not pretending to sail and just selling tickets to get in. 
Therefore they didn't need a band to entertain the patrons. Good bye 
band. 
 
  The local casino that was capable of sailing finally was permitted to 
not sail thereby not letting that dirty old river to get in the way of 
making money thereby paying more taxes and not wasting all that 
valuable fuel to say nothing of the boat driver and crew that they 
didn't need anymore. 
 
  I haven't a clue as to why they don't just open casinos where ever and 
give up on this fiction of the good old river boat days. 
 
  I don't think any of the casinos here have OKOM bands but then again I 
don't ever visit them. 
 Larry 
 St. Louis 
 
  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ministry of Jazz" 
<jazzmin at actcom.net.il> 
 To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
 Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:34 AM 
 Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] All Good Things Come To An End 
 
 > Shalom Jazz Fans, 
 > 
  > Pat is no doubt correct. This means that the music, shows, food, or 
> anything 
  > else that may attract people to the place must also not be good 
enough to 
  > divert their attention from gambling. Does that mean that mediocrity 
will 
 > get the gig rather than quality? 
 > 
 > Elazar 
 > Dr. Jazz Dixieland Band 
 > Tekiya Trumpet Ensemble 
 > Jerusalem, Israel 
 > www.israel.net/ministry-of-jazz 
 > +972-2-679-2537 
 > 
 > 
 > -----Original Message----- 
 > From: patcooke77 at yahoo.com [mailto:patcooke77 at yahoo.com] 
 > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:25 AM 
 > To: Steve barbone; DJML 
 > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] All Good Things Come To An End 
 > 
 > 
  > ... The purpose of just about everything in a casino is to lure 
people > into 
  > the place in the hope that they will lose some money at the tables 
or the 
  > slots. Whether they dance or not is not as important as whether they 
> gamble 
 > or not. 
 > 
 > Pat Cooke 
 > New Orleans 
 > 
 > 
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