[Dixielandjazz] Much More Than 5 OKOM Bands Sacramento Jazz Festival

Sat May 16 09:18:23 PDT 2009

As a Lurker who spent an enjoyable day on the paddle wheeler many long gone days and gave several years as a construction volunteer during several transitions  from different warehouses to my last participation in 2003.  I was somewhat appaled at the introductin of different styles of music that began to permeate the Jubilee quite a few years back.. At least there hasn't been the introduction of Hard Rock, but one of the blues bands was close.

The decision to not put the date on the smoke stack of the paddle wheeler  on the volunteer's shirt was the beginnning of a generic time ?? Secondly the charging the volunteers  to be volunteers is revolting. I used to travel close to 200 miles each weekend to aid in the construction group's preparation of the set-ups and annual repair. Were I to be living again in the Donner Summit area, I would not be a volunteer.

I applaud the effort to regain some more audience, but let us old gray hairs and blue hairs still have enough choices to see and hear our old favorites and possibly find new ones

Slainte
Ye Olde Mouldy Fygge
Ed Coltrin aka  as Fuzzy to Construction Crew

--- On Fri, 5/15/09, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:

From: Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Much More Than 5 OKOM Bands Sacramento Jazz Festival
To: "Ed Coltrin" <boreda at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 9:59 PM

I posted this a few days ago.  But here it is again.

Much more than 5 OKOM bands.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Berthelsen" <jubileedir at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Sacramento Jazz Festival

Hi, Bob -
You could use this response for the DJML. I'll probably be tarred
and feathered, but oh well.
-gb

What the writer refers to is a conundrum. Our world-wide attendance
has been falling for the past decade, with a larger and larger
percentage of our audiences from within a 25-mile radius of the
festival. In the early years, there was great enthusiasm for
traditional jazz, but as the years have passed, the representation of
traditional jazz purists has fallen. Our local audiences want newer
and more varied styles of entertainment. Over the years, starting
even when Bill Borcher was our executive, we have provided varied
styles of music, but our local "brand" has not caught up with what we
offered. So, after extensive discussions, we have taken the first
step - referring to the festival both as the Sacramento Jazz Festival
and as the Sacramento Jubilee, interchangeably. I might say that we
continue to provide plenty of swing and traditional jazz, including
BED, Bill Allred’s Classic Jazz Band, Company B, Fulton Street Jazz
Band, Gramercy 6, Sister Swing, Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums, the
101st Army Dixieland Band, Black Tuesday Jazz Band, Blue Street Jazz
Band, Big Tiny Little Jazz Band, Catsnjammer Jazz Band, Climax Jazz
Band, Cornet Chop Suey, Dr. Bach and the Jazz Practitioners,
Firecracker Jazz Band, Fulton Street Jazz Band, Golden Gate Rhythm
Machine, High Sierra Jazz Band, K Street Ramblers, Midnight Rose Jazz
Band, Natural Gas, New Lowdown, Night Blooming Jazzmen, and Polly’s
Hot Paupers, and Royal Society Dance Orchestra, two dozen all star
performers who play traditional and swing jazz and, this year, the
Benny Goodman Centennial Tribute Band.
-gb

Gene Berthelsen
Executive Director
Sacramento Jazz Jubilee
2787 Del Monte Street
West Sacramento CA 95691
(916) 372-5277 x11

On May 10, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Robert Ringwald wrote:

> From DJML:
>
> Gene would you care to address this e-mail?  I'll be glad to post
> it on DJML.
>
> --BR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Marois"
> <Mike.Marois at HireLIVEMusic.com>
> To: "'Dixieland Jazz Mailing List'"
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: "'Robert Ringwald'" <rsr at ringwald.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 7:29 AM
> Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Sacramento Jazz Festival
>
>
>> Hey All;
>>
>> Thanks for the link Bob.  I find it interesting that the festival
>> direction
>> has steered away from what had made it the greatest festival in
>> the world
>> during the 70's and 80's.  I remember the hay days of over 100
>> jazz bands
>> from all around the world with attendance of well over 100,000
>> patrons.
>> With this festival rename it looks as if the festival direction is
>> trying to
>> distance itself from what the Borcher bunch created.
>>
>> Take care,
>> Mike Marois
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
>> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of
>> Robert Ringwald
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:34 PM
>> To: Mike Marois
>> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Sacramento Jazz Festival
>>
>> Formerly Sacramento Jazz Jubilee
>>
>> http://www.kcra.com/entertainment/19356443/detail.html
>>
>> --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
>> rsr at ringwald.com
>> 530/642-9551
>> 916/806-9551 Cell
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>>
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