[Dixielandjazz] What Turns The Younger Audiences On?

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Well that is a bit slanted.  St. Louis is the only city in the US that does 
not have a county or parish attached to it.  The surrounding area wasn't 
counted.  I'm sure that the inner city of almost any city is pretty rough 
and there are parts of this city I just won't go into and race has little to 
do with it as some might think.  There are Black, White and Oriental 
neighborhoods you just don't want to visit unless you have to.  It's what 
got Gaslight Square in the 60's.

I think that if the surrounding area was counted with it's bedroom 
communities (150 of them) it would be a different story.  My Daughter-in-law 
(who lives in Germany) is terrified of the US in general and St. Louis in 
particular because of the constant crap that is put on TV there, and here 
too, about the US.  I guess that's the price of a free press.  Stay out of 
North St. Louis, a few parts of S. St. Louis and all of East St. Louis, you 
might live to be almost 30.

I would get bored if someone wasn't shooting at me.  Hey it keeps out the 
riff raff.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tcashwigg at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] What Turns The Younger Audiences On?


>
> Nope not this year Bill,
>
> St. Louis and Detroit just made the two most dangerous cities in the
> USA list so I am routing my tour in the other direction, heck even
> Israel is safer than what I just read about these two cities.  No
> wonder there is a shortage of OKOM there.
>
> It is bad enough living fifteen minutes from #8 ( Oakland, Ca. )  and
> #11 (Richmond, Ca.)  and we have to go to #8 to get to an airport, or
> thru it to get to the other one just to get out of town. :))   The
> safest place, and about the ONLY place to play OKOM  in Oakland or
> Richmond is at a Funeral, and that can even get a bit dicey some days.
>
>
>
> You can however slip over into San Pablo, going around Richmond, to the
> Moose Lodge
>
> "Shameless plug for my friends  and lurking listmates, Rae Ann Berry,
> and Dottie Lawless," and their New Orleans Jazz Club of Northern
> California   Hi Girls:    Nice group of folks that hang out there for
> OKOM.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Wiggins
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
> To: larrys.bands at charter.net; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com;
> tcashwigg at aol.com
> Sent: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re:  What Turns The Younger Audiences On?
>
>    > ........OKOM doesn't lend it's self to standing in the middle of a
> floor and
> wiggling............<
>
> Dear Larry,
> Wot!!!!!
> They certainly did in the 40s, 50s and 60s here in Australia, when I
> wuz a
> kid.
> Or was I dreaming?
> 8>)
> Happened in the Hugh Ess uf A in the 20s too - and spawned dance steps
> like
> the Shimmy, Black Bottom, Charleston, Snake Hips, Grind, Strut and
> Shuffle -
> among many others.
> And as for: "If you want to get people to dance hire a dance instructor
> for
> your party or club gig."
> Not necessary.
> I am sure me mate Tom Wiggins would sassy on over to St Louis [for
> free] to
> demonstrate any of the above.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
>
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