[Dixielandjazz] Attn: Festival Directors

[Laurence Swain]

Marce, Webmistrees supreme (www.nejazz.com) sends along the following.  Ihope the band 
can see some US bookings.

Larry Swain

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Please forward this to any Festival Directors you know.  I don't know any.
Marce
 
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From: "Bedrich Smrcka" <B.Smrcka at seznam.cz>
To: <marce at nejazz.com>
Subject: Junior Dixieland CZ
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:47:36 +0000
>
 

Dear Sir or Madam,

Let me introduce   The Junior Dixieland of  Music School in Marianske Lazne which is 
directed by Bedrich Smrcka.

This ensemble is known not only in our region.It took part in several jazz festivals in our 
country (e.g.Cheb,Loket nad Ohri)and abroad as well-e.g.The Festival of European Union in 
Germany(Leipzig),the competition of talents in Berlin,music festival, The International Music 
Festival in Purmerend in Holland,Germany (Tangerhute,Wangen) and in international Jazz 
festival in France(Monségur).

In 2004 the Junior Dixieland recorded its first CD,got the highest position in the all republic  
Jazz Band  competition and recieved the invitation to an international Jazz Festival in 
Vancouver(USA).

Last year, Junior Dixieland was on three weeks tour in Australia. This tour was concluded by 
six concerts on a Jazz Festival in Wagga Wagga.

The ensemble consists of eleven members who are from 10 to 19 years old.Some of them 
alternate during longer performances.

The musical instruments played are: clarinet or saxophone, two tumpets, trombone, banjo,
suzaphone, drums, vocal.

Currently the ensemble presents three different programmes:

    1)Profile of the jazz evolution from 1900:regtime,boogie-
    woogie,traditional,arrangements of compositions of the big bands(Glen Miller),jazz 
    rock

    2)The Czech jazz music-e.g. works by J.Jezek,V.Trojan,I.Mladek etc.,arrangements 
    of Czech folk songs

    3)Classical repertoir of dixieland

This ensemble with its average age of thirteen years is likely the youngest one in the Czech 
Republic.

We would like to take part in your festival on the occasion of our journey to your country next 
year (2008).If you are interested in our CD we will be pleased to send you them. with the 
publicity material of the Junior Dixieland of Music School in Marianske Lazne.

All the financial costs for travelling are ensured by ourselves.

I look forward to our possible future  cooperation.    
                                                                  
                                                                               Yours faithfully leader of Junior Dixieland

                                                                                                                Bedrich Smrcka
                                                                                                               Anglicka 13
                                                                                                    353 01 Marianske Lazne

e-mail: B.Smrcka at seznam.cz                                                       Czech Republic