[Dixielandjazz] Interesting promo piece

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

HI Steve and All;

Many festivals in Europe operate on a much different plain than US 
Dixieland Festivals or Jubilees,  I have played many shows in excavated 
3000 year old Roman amphitheaters,  in Italy and In Giant Ten Thousand 
capacity Tents pitched on Soccer fields in other places, Italy likes to 
hold their events in interesting historical places and there are many 
amphitheaters all over Italy and Sicily that they make good use of.

I once played a concert in Agrigento in the evening  where they had 
erected a stage and lights and bleachers for seating in a Farmer's 
field and the back drop was spectacular as the view beyond the stage 
itself was of the Ancient lighted Temples in the hills surrounding the 
valley.  Played one in Pompei, thaqt was excavated from the ruins of 
the totally buried city after the eruption of Mt. Visuvious.   And 
another on the Ilse of Lipari.   with a view of two other live volcanos 
in the background.  Awesome and inspiring to say the least.

Did a show in a very large blocked off  intersection of four streets in 
Palermo, where they erected a big stage in front of the Chinese Temple 
Museum which was also lit up beautifully as the back drop for the 
stage, they like to show off their rich cultural history and historical 
places and the Cultural folks work well with the event producers to 
make them available.

The poor people and working class of Italy have more exposure to 
American Culture than American do, and most of the festivals and 
concerts are provided for free by the Departments of Tourism and 
Culture and they certainly pay a lot better than Most American 
Traditional Preservation Societies.   But then again they reach out to 
ALL the population and solicit their participation which brings them 
much larger audiences and love and appreciation for the music.    
Something that seems to be lost in America these days.

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins  ( Music with No Borders)


-----Original Message-----
From: barbonestreet at earthlink.net

Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Interesting promo piece

    Posted without comment except that they seem to roll up the 
sidewalks in
Medford early on Saturday nights. :-) VBG. (see paragraph 9)

As contrasted with Red Sea Jazz Festival in Israel which starts at 9 PM
every night, ends at 1:30 AM and is followed by a monster jam session 
which
runs from 2 AM to 6 AM.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone


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