[Dixielandjazz] The Emperor

[Jim O'Briant]

Bill Haesler wrote:

> To the attention of His Imperial Majesty, Robert Ringwald Emperor 
> of the 2012 Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee.
>
> May it please Your Majesty,
> G'day.
> Hearty congratulations. 
> Well done and richly deserved.
> Keep up the regal Norton tradition. ...

Errrr... Joshua Norton, self-styled Emperor of the United States, lived in
San Francisco in the mid-19th Century. He was bonkers. 

Emperor Ringwald is pretty sane, as far as I can tell....

Jim O'Briant
Gilroy, CA
Tuba & Leader, The Zinfandel Stompers