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<DIV>I think most Dixielanders will like this information.</DIV>
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NEW WEB SITE IS ONLINE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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new New Orleans Jazz Ascona web site is online since February 7th!
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Discover
all the novelties of the 2003 festival, which will take place from June 27 to
July 6 in Ascona (</SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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The program features over 200 concerts that will take place during 10 days, as
well as a series of special events with tributes to Bix Beiderbecke in the
centenary of his birth.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<A href="http://www.jazzascona.ch/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.jazzascona.ch/</FONT></A></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p>Bands
& Program Overview: <A
href="http://jazzascona.ch/pic/2003/01/1044020089/Programma_03_bw.pdf">http://jazzascona.ch/pic/2003/01/1044020089/Programma_03_bw.pdf</A></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=DE-CH
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: DE-CH">DIE
NEUE WEBSITE IST ONLINE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=DE-CH
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: DE-CH">Die
neue Website des New Orleans Jazz Ascona ist seit dem vergangenen 7. Februar
online! Schauen Sie rein und entdecken Sie alle Neuheiten des Festivals 2003,
das vom 27. Juni bis zum 6. Juli Ascona (Lago Maggiore, Schweiz) durchgeführt
wird. Das Programm enthält mehr als 200 Konzerte in zehn Tagen und eine Reihe
von Special Events, darunter eine umfassende Würdigung von Bix Beiderbecke aus
Anlass seines hundertsten Geburtsjahres. </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: FR">Mehr
darüber: <A href="http://www.jazzascona.ch/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.jazzascona.ch/</FONT></A></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=FR
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lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p>Bands
& Programm Overview: <A
href="http://jazzascona.ch/pic/2003/01/1044020089/Programma_03_bw.pdf">http://jazzascona.ch/pic/2003/01/1044020089/Programma_03_bw.pdf</A></o:p></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: FR"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: FR">LE
NOUVEAU SITE ON-LINE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-ansi-language: FR">Le
nouveau site du New Orleans Jazz Ascona est ouvert on-line depuis le 7 février
dernier! Venez découvrir toutes les nouveautésj de l'édition 2003 qui déroulera
ses fastes du 27 juin au 6 juillet à Ascona (Lac Majeur, Tessin, Suisse).Au
programme plus de 200 concerts en dix jours et toute une série de soirées
spéciales en hommage à Bix Beiderbecke, trompettiste de légende dont on célèbre
cette année le 100ème anniversaire de la naissance. </SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Pour
en savoir plus: <A href="http://www.jazzascona.ch/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.jazzascona.ch/</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bands & Programme: <A
href="http://jazzascona.ch/pic/2003/01/1044020089/Programma_03_bw.pdf">http://jazzascona.ch/pic/2003/01/1044020089/Programma_03_bw.pdf</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Keep swinging</DIV>
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<DIV>Hans Koert</DIV>
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<DIV>Now listening to Theolonious Monk</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://members.lycos.nl/keepswinging">http://members.lycos.nl/keepswinging</A><BR><A
href="http://www.people.zeelandnet.nl/koerthchkz">www.people.zeelandnet.nl/koerthchkz</A></DIV>
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