[Dixielandjazz] re Saints Marching In

[Gluetje1 at aol.com]

It's so great to read about a happy New Orleans!  Because in my mind's  
eye, I still see all the repairs that remain to be made.  Hope this  energizes 
the completion of renovation for that whole coastline!
 
I don't think it is possible to overstate how very beloved TWO tunes  are 
in senior citizen lay audiences; i.e., BOTH, "Just a Closer Walk" and "When  
the Saints Go Marching In".  We may not personally care to ever hear  them 
again but in your average senior church dinner, club meeting, nursing  home, 
etc. it is like you have turned on every light in the building to start  
those two tunes.  It may well have been months since they heard either  one.  
In appreciation of that, The groups I play with have  surrendered.  We never 
leave in these venues without playing  those tunes.
Ginny
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/8/2010 3:55:18 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
nhemeter at gmail.com writes:

Re   Saints Marching In:

I agree that "When the Saints Go Marching In"  should have been played at
some point at the Superbowl.

For the past  few months our band has played "Saints" at every gig and
yesterday we must  have played it 10 times.  But, to be honest, New Orleans
doesn't  promote this wonderful music as it should.  Irvin Mayfield has
opened  a new club and he is promoting it with the quote "Jazz is Back  on
Bourbon".  Parts of Bourbon Street are  a nightmare, with  bands blaring
"Brick House" and other songs that have nothing to do with  Jazz.  It is my
hope, along with many others who are concerned about  jazz in New Orleans,
that with a new Mayor, we can get more Jazz on Bourbon  Street and in other
clubs.  Thank goodness for Frenchmen Street which  has become the Jazz Mecca
for folks looking for jazz.  This is one of  the reasons we are starting the
NO Trad Jazz Camp for Adults.   Hopefully the city and the state will
recognize that many people love this  music and will come to the Birthplace
of Jazz to hear it, play it and enjoy  it.

One more thing, I can't express to you all how  wonderful the Saints win
is for the city.  People are still crying  when you see them on the street
and talk about the Saints and New  Orleans.  The headline of the Times
Picayune today said it all..  "Amen".  I'll let you know if the headline
tomorrow says.. "When the  Saints Come Marching In".

Nita  Hemeter


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