<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=richard.broadie@gte.net href="mailto:richard.broadie@gte.net">Richard
Broadie</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com
href="mailto:dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com">DJML</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 08, 2003 18:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Dixielandjazz] Grand
Opening</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a few hours, I'm being admitted for surgery
tomorrow at Desert Regional Medical Center here in Palm Springs.
Have been quite ill recently which largely explains my absence from the
list. If you believe in prayer, please say a few for me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wish I felt better. I can't even think of a
song appropriate to cite to create a okom musical thread.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dick Broadie</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>"You're The Top" fits you, anyway!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Bill Horton</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>