[Dixielandjazz] Thanks for the mention of Vickers and the Jazz Room at downtown Pensacola Public Library

[Charles Suhor]

More good work, Norm—of course!—Charlie

> On Aug 24, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Norman Vickers <nvickers1 at cox.net> wrote:
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> Responding to Charlie Suhor and Marek Boym,  Norman Vickers writes:
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> Hey Charlie and Marek—thanks for the accolades.  I was pleased to get the story and the video for publicity about Jazz Pensacola’s contributions to the  jazz room at  downtown Pensacola’s new public library .  Our library director has searched and found that the US has only one other public library which has a dedicated jazz room.
> ( Some have rooms dedicated to music but apparently one other—in Washington state—has room dedicated exclusively to jazz)  We started this when LPs were transitioning to CDs.  Now the jazz books, CDs and DVDs are valued at $19,000.
> And we have some play-along books and recordings for students of all ages to improve their jazz skills.
>  
> On  Sunday  November 13, Jazz Pensacola has trombonist David Sager who is the curator for the Library of Congress’ Jukebox Project coming.  He will give a free talk at our downtown public library on that day.  We’ll have local jazz group—Dixieland Dandies—play some early jazz tunes.  Sager will sit in and then give his talk about the Jukebox Project which is collecting recordings—not only jazz but other music, speeches, poetry—in the public domain, now up to about 1925. ( For more details, search Library of Congress, Jukebox Project)
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> Then the following Monday, Nov. 14, Sager will bring some  musical colleagues from New Orleans for a ticketed event at downtown Pensacola’s Seville Quarter for “ An Evening of New Orleans Music.”  This coincides with our Annual Janet Knowles Memorial Jazz Gumbo event.
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> Additional information may be found at Jazz Pensacola’s website www.jazzpensacola.com <http://www.jazzpensacola.com/>   The story from Pensacola News Journal and video is found on the home page at the very bottom of the page.
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> Thanks all!
>  
> Norman Vickers
> www.jazzpensacola.com <http://www.jazzpensacola.com/>
> Volunteer Executive Director, Emeritus
> Jazz Pensacola

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