[Dixielandjazz] Youth Dixieland Festival

[Stephen G Barbone]

Hey Kay:

The Mission Bay site is wonderful.

I guess what excites me about these bands and the High School Programs  
they represent, is that they form, and flourish, at a time when many  
of us are dejected and negative because of lack of funding for the  
arts from  Federal, State and Local Governments.

What also excites me is that the EBTDS has expanded its youth  
Dixieland Bands from one, the Jazzinators, to at least 3 or 4 now. In  
just a little over a year.

It is a living proof that we don't need such funding to succeed. What  
we need is to get involved in an activist way, to grow a new young  
audience to the music. Lots of ways to do this, from teaching and  
forming the bands, to getting them paying gigs in front of their age  
group peers.

BTW, I still think there are 10,000 musicians who play OKOM in the  
USA, either full or part time. <grin>

Cheers,
Steve
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband


On Dec 10, 2008, at 1:22 PM, Kay Spencer wrote:

> 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.