[Dixielandjazz] Henry Ford

[Rob McCallum]

If anyone's up in Dearborn, Michigan, Lovett Hall is worth a visit. It's a great old second-floor ballroom where Henry Ford used to host parties and the dances you mentioned. It's at The Henry Ford (Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village). People rent it for weddings and such and I've played several big band gigs there (maybe Mr. Ford would not have approved of our music!). 

Cheers!
Rob McCallum


> From: lherault at bu.edu
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 12:49:45 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Henry Ford
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: solarjazz at hotmail.com
> 
> Both Ford and Edison liked old time music.  Ford's efforts helped preserve
> music that would have otherwise been lost when he sought out old artists to
> perform and record on Edison, his own record label and then for Victor.
> They promoted dances where instruction was given, preserving the dances
> themselves too.
> 
> Ron L
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Pat Ladd
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:20 PM
> To: lherault at bu.edu
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> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Henry Ford
> 
> Reading a newspaper from Jan 1926 I found this little gem.
> 
> WAR ON JAZZ
> 
> Campaign to revive old waltzes..
> Henry Ford, maker of motorcars has declared war on jazz by instituting a
> mass production revival of the old dances which were fiddled in farmhouse,
> kitchen and barn.
> He intends to collect them from old time fiddlers who remember the mellow
> airs.
> It is claimed by Mr Ford that the old dances are what a jaded generation has
> been looking for.
> The old music,the neighbourly  mingling of people in square dances, the
> rollicking reels and joyous gigs as well as the vocal harmony of the calls
> are all found `he says` to impart a pleasure which the more sophisticated of
> the manufactured dances cannot give.
> 
> Isn't it strange how someone who is so brilliant in one field can be such a
> twit in another _______________________________________________
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