[Dixielandjazz] New Orleans Adult Jazz Camp and Music Scene

[David Washburn]

I can't add anything to Katie's post, but I echo the sentiment 100 %.
Dave Washburn in Dallas


On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Katie Cavera <kcavera at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I'd like to chime in also and say I had a fantastic time!  The people in the
> city of New Orleans were amazingly warm and open and genuinely happy to have us
> there.  People at the hotel, in the shops, and in the restaurants and bars,
> became fast friends in addition to the wonderful people in conjunction with the
> camp. I was amazed by the fact that at many of the jazz clubs, the local pros
> onstage were gladly inviting people up onstage with them.  And the first night
> we were there, Tim Laughlin invited us all over to his house to jam.  That's
> right - he invited *everyone* at the camp over on the spur of the moment - just
> because he and his wife thought it would be a 'nice thing to do.'
>
> Ginny and Larry and Rich and all you other DJMLers that were there - it was so
> nice to connect faces to the people, and wasn't it great meeting people from all
> over the world that love this music as much as we do?  I about fell on the floor
> that night at the "Burboun Oh" when our friend from Argentina played Louis
> Armstrong's solo note for note on "Potato Head Blues."  Chuck and Peggy who are
> on this list and real diehard fans of traditional jazz were also there as part
> of the "Jazz Lovers" group.  I had a nice visit with them Friday night at the
> Bombay Club where we were listening to Banu's group and even though they don't
> play any instruments they both said that they had a wonderful time and got a
> unique view of both the jazz camp and the city of New Orleans.  I hope next year
> they get an even bigger turnout for the camp, and I'm looking forward to
> reuniting with all our camp friends again there next year!
> - Katie
>
> ps - I'll let you know when I post "New Orleans Sock Monkey" on youtube.  I'm
> just starting to go through all the footage!
>  http://www.katiecavera.com
> http://www.youtube.com/kcavera
>
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