[Dixielandjazz] HEY!

[David Richoux]

I do hope ( after 13 years being on this list)  you all know I was  
just kidding, right?

Right?

Crickets? Do I even hear crickets?

Did I break The Internets?

Is this thing on?

;-)

Dave Richoux

On May 16, 2009, at 4:30 PM, David Richoux wrote:

> Nah!,  Youse guys are wha-tcha-calla "Novelty Brass Orchestra" -  
> what with your 3 Double-Bell Euphonimoniums 'n stuff. Nothin' "Trad"  
> there! Go get a job inna circus band or somthin' !
>
> You know!
>
> Signed,
>
> A Fan.
>
> On May 16, 2009, at 12:19 PM, Bob Romans wrote:
>
>> Hm-m-m-m...I always thought Cell Block 7 was considered at least a  
>> West Coast Trad band...am I wrong?
>> Warm regards,
>> Bob Romans,
>> 1617 Lakeshore Dr.,
>> Lodi, Calif., 95242
>> Ph 209-747-1148
>> When you battle with your
>> conscience and lose, you win.
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Bob Romans,
>> 1617 Lakeshore Dr.,
>> Lodi, Calif., 95242
>> Ph 209-747-1148
>> When you battle with your
>> conscience and lose, you win.
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