[Dixielandjazz] Alouette LeBlanc

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_http://blog.nola.com/living/2009/04/aloutte_leblanc_americas_great.html_ 
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What amazes me in 2012 is what band-mate friends of mine did  in spring of 
1958.  It was our high school trip, an annual event.  A  group of us, maybe 
1/2 dozen, went to the 500 club to "hear jazz".  Not  sure where the 
chaperones were, but they were not along.  Yes, we heard  some jazz.  And I have no 
memory of whom.  But also saw Alouette  LeBlanc, heard my first 
raunchy-beyond-belief comedians, were served whatever we  ordered to drink.  Yes, we 
were all dressed up in pretty dresses, suits,  heels.  I cannot remember any 
sense of fear, only fun and feeling very  grown  up.
 
I guess that could not happen in today's New  Orleans.
 
Ginny