[Dixielandjazz] Youth Dixieland Festival

[Kay Spencer]

Hey Steve,
 
I thought I remembered a long ago discussion you were involved in regarding youth mentoring.  See the note that I appended below.  
 
Visiting the left coast via the internet vs visiting in real life isn't quite the same...  although check out this website:  http://www.missionbaymusic.com/    These kids are great! 
 
Kay in Gilroy
 
 

--- On Wed, 12/10/08, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Youth Dixieland Festival
Hey Bay Area Left Coasters:

Spotted this paragraph. Who are these "youth" bands and who is the
East Bay Trad Jazz society? Surf their web site. Ain't it amazing what you
can do at the grass roots level to get kids INVOLVED and grow a new audience.

Do these kid bands perform at the Sacto Jubilee?

Wouldn't it be nice if JEN, or TJEN could do this in other cities?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone


"Youth Dixieland festival: Three bands, Jazz Raptors, Jazzinators and
Dixie Dominus, will play Dixieland jazz from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., with 30-minute
jam sessions at 1:30 and 3 p.m. Jan. 31 at Pizza Depot, 43450 Grimmer Blvd.,
Fremont. Admission is free, but donations are gladly accepted after each
band's performance to help with their expenses, to support youth jazz
scholarships and programs, and to promote the continuance of traditional
American jazz for youth musicians in the Bay Area. For more information, call
John at 510-657-0243, or visit www.eastbaytradjazz.org."
--- On Thu, 7/5/07, Kay Spencer <kay2840 at yahoo.com> wrote:
  ------------------------------   From: Kay Spencer <kay2840 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Blanket Statements?
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Date: Thursday, July 5, 2007, 6:35 PM

Scott & Steve, I would propose also John Soulis and Andy Parker who work with the Jazzinators see: http://home.wwdb.org/jssoulis/youthband.htm John Soulis does a heck of a job getting jazz camp scholarship support from the jazz clubs for his youth band.   We should also mention long time mentor Bill Armstrong who encouraged so many fine musicians of my generation.  It is a whole lot easier recognizing mentors when the "mentored" are ultimately recognized themselves and also are involved with music on many levels, such as Howard Miyata. Oh, and Dave Ruffner of Blue Street should not be an after-thought.  As for there being 10,000 OKOM musicians, that number seems way high to me.  That number tells me that there should be at least 1000 in CA.  There might be that many musicians but I don't think I would want number 999 mentoring my kid!  I would just as soon keep the mentoring to those who have the ability and the enthusiasm to do
 it! hopefully adding to the controversy...  Kay in Gilroy CA   

Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:Dear Scott:

Kudos to those listed below. But that's 24 teachers, out of how many OKOM
Musos? 10,000? That seems to me to be the very definition of damn few. They,
including you, should be proud to be part of the few.
> Just a start for dedicated jazz camp teachers in no particular order:
> 
> Katie Cavera - banjo/guitar
> Clint Baker - almost anything
> Hal Smith - drums
> Bill Dendle - banjo/guitar
> Rusty Stiers - trumpet
> Anita Thomas - reeds
> Ed Metz Jr. - drums
> Jason Wanner - piano
> Eddie Erickson - banjo
> Westy Westenhofer - tuba and bass
> Bria Skonberg - trumpet
> Jackson Stock - trombone
> George Probert - soprano sax
> John Hall - drums
> Marilyn Keller - vocal
> Tom Jacobus - tuba
> John Goodrich - reeds
> Claire McKenna - clarinet
> Dan Comins - cornet
> Jim Buchmann - reeds
> John Reynolds - banjo/guitar
> Dick Maley - drums
> Shelly Burns - vocals
> me - banjo/guitar
> 
> Not to mention the JazzSea Jammers, led by Dick Williams (who should
> probably get a Nobel Prize for doing it), that gives adult players of all
> levels of ability a chance to play in front of an audience. They play almost
> as many sets on a typical JazzSea cruise as all the regular invited bands on
> the cruise put together, plus they are now playing sets at the San Diego
> Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival.
> 
> I think this is way more than "Damn few," thank you very much.