[Dixielandjazz] Short Question...

[David Richoux]

Steve,

My band (California Repercussions) has toured eastern OZ several  
times and had a wonderful time. The parts of Australia I have been to  
remind me a lot of California in climate & nature (except for the  
'roos, wombats and stuff) and the folks there like to have a good  
time with music, food and beer. It is a very casual sort of place,  
but there are still remnants of  British culture. They like all sorts  
of American music, I noticed.

It seemed like Americans were well accepted there, but that was 8  
years ago (things may have changed just a bit ;-) We got caught up in  
a political ruckus regarding musicians scheduled to play at the 2000  
Olympics, but we got through it OK - lots of extra publicity!  They  
have their own dollar, close to the USD at this point. $US 1.00 = $A  
1.12, if I am doing the math right.

I just found this very useful website: http://www.pintprice.com/ for  
"real world economics!"

Dave Richoux

On Mar 17, 2008, at 8:01 AM, Steve Heist wrote:

> Thanks so much for the quick reply - yep, I sorta figured that was  
> the case, after looking at the ship's itinerary - SO when and IF I  
> get to the "land of OZ", I hope to meet all our list members down  
> there for a ROUSING F2F...
>
> Oh, and any pointers and/or tips you can give me about how to act  
> in Australia, will be greatly appreciated :-)  (HOPEFULLY, they  
> don't use Euro's down under!)
>
> ALL the Best...
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron L" <lherault at bu.edu>
> To: "'Steve Heist'" <steveheist at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:52 AM
> Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Short Question...
>
>
>> Sounds like he wants you to work based in  Australia.
>>
>> Ron L
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
>> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Steve  
>> Heist
>> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:32 AM
>> To: lherault at bu.edu
>> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Short Question...
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just got an email from an agent, who is, by the way, an  
>> Englishman, and he
>>
>> talked about the possibility of a job for me "out of OZ..."  NOT  
>> wanting to
>> appear to be a complete idiot, what does that mean?  Thanks, in  
>> advance,
>> just trying to make sense of it all - LOL
>>
>> ALL the Best,
>> Steve (I'm off to see the wizard...) Heist
>>
>>
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