[Dixielandjazz] Sad News

[Dixiejazzdata]

And of course the  mouldy figs would not even consider turning it over
 to a younger promoter like the Swing dancers who would go find a new suitable venue, 
and gee only 7 bands instead of ten for the same money certainly can't have that kind of 
thing we gotta support them musicians and preserve Traditional Jazz. 

Better to just cancel it forever and let 'em starve to death.  That's really preserving Traditional Jazz folks,
 get a clue if you are too old to fight the fight with respect for the years you have put in,  pass the torch to someone who will.

The damned Masonic Temple would certainly have better acoustics than a cracker box red Lion hotel
multi purpose room.   Masonic Temples were actually built with acoustics in mind, not one Red Lion Hotel ever has been or ever will be.

  The so called lovers of Traditional Jazz Music, but Amateur promoters have been in charge for far too many years which is what has been killing 
Traditional Jazz.  Ya gotta change with the times folks it ain't 1935 anymore and you ain't in Kansas,  adjust to the times and economy and keep going.

You can't run festivals with 1935 mentality anymore, and survive.

just my .02 cents worth  But where the hell are the Musicians who play it in this process,
 were they offered a chance to continue it Hell no, but if they had been they might have taken it over and turned it into 
a much better paid gig for the musicians that are trying to be preserved.

Bart

 

 


 

 

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From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: B.B. Buffington <dixiejazzdata at aol.com>
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Sent: Sun, Dec 19, 2010 5:15 pm
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Sad News


Dixieland silenced: Jazz in the Olympics festival canceled -- for good



PORT ANGELES -- The Jazz in the Olympics festival is no more.



Festival Director Gary Sorenson announced Friday that the Jazz in the  

Olympics Society will not hold the event featuring Dixieland and swing  

jazz this spring, or ever again.



Sorenson said that the organization canceled its scheduled April 1-3  

dates because it will not be able to use the Red Lion Hotel as one of  

its venues as it had planned.



And since the event will not be held in 2011, the organization won't  

try it again in 2012, he said.



"You can't jump-start a festival," said Sorenson, 75, of Sequim.



"It's tough to get people back."



The festival -- which drew an estimated attendance of between 2,200  

and 2,500 earlier this year -- started as an annual event in 1999.



The loss of the Red Lion conference rooms, which Sorenson attributed  

to upcoming renovations, was a deal breaker because the festival could  

offer only seven bands, instead of the 10 it has been advertising  

"across the nation," the director said.



Reimbursements will be made.



The festival had planned to also use the Vern Burton Community Center,  

Port Angeles council chambers and the Elks Lodge.



Sorenson said Masonic Temple is the only other building that is big  

enough with a stage and dance floor.



It won't be used because of poor acoustics, he said.



Sorenson also said that venues in Sequim -- where the event was  

initially held until 2000 -- will not be used because it would create  

too large of a distance between locations.



"You can't make people drive between Port Angeles and Sequim," he  

said. "That will not work."



The festival ran into trouble last year when the Port Angeles Regional  

Chamber of Commerce decided to no longer run it on the Jazz in the  

Olympics Society's behalf.



The chamber had run it for the preceding three years.



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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis at peninsuladailynews.com 



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