[Dixielandjazz] Alouette LeBlanc

[Marek Boym]

1958!
I was 17 then.  I, too, could oredr and drink anything I wanted.  In
those days, there was no drinking problem in Israel (I know elsewhere
it was different).  When we took our matriculation exams, after each
of them a friend and I would go to a kiosk close to the school for a
glass of brandy, and nobody gave it a thought (except our school
mates, who could not understand how we coulddrink that stuff!).
Jazz content: when we took a "protection" (a school test designed to
counterweight the matriculation exam) English test, I deposited my
transistor radio with my English teacher and made the mistake of
telling him I had a jazz programme at a certain hour.  My friend (he's
lived aroung Philly since times immemorial) started frantically waving
a me afer the first 15 minutes, but I was adamant to rechect my exam,
so he waited for me instead of submitting his exam and leaving.
Anyway, I ws ready after less than an hour (out of the two budgeted).
To this day I am sure that I got "good" (guess it is equivalent to B)
rather than excellent (I could find no errors) becouse my techer got
offended that I had submitted my exam in order to listen to jazz!
Anyway, we both listened to the programme and got our drink!
Cheers (half a bottle of good dry red does get one into good mood, doesn't it?)
On 4 June 2012 01:36,  <Gluetje1 at aol.com> wrote:
> _http://blog.nola.com/living/2009/04/aloutte_leblanc_americas_great.html_
> (http://blog.nola.com/living/2009/04/aloutte_leblanc_americas_great.html)
>
> 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
> _______________________________________________
> To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:
>
> http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz
>
>
>
> Dixielandjazz mailing list
> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com