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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=248564020-01082003>Don,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=248564020-01082003>I
appreciate you comments. I will continue to do what I can to promote this
wonderful artform. In fact I am still on a high from a concert I produced
last night here in Des Moines, Iowa. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=248564020-01082003>I
brought in The New Wolverine Jazz Orchestra (from Sydney, Australia via the Bix
Festival) and they left the crowd of more than 250 trad jazz fans wanting
more. The majority of the audience was in the senior category, but I was
pleasantly surprised to see quite a few younger people there as well.
At one point, I saw two young ladies (early 20's) purchasing $15
tickets. I went up and said I was curious as to what it was that attracted
them to attend the concert. They said they saw an ad and thought it looked
like fun.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=248564020-01082003>I
think us promoters of traditional / dixieland jazz concerts need to do a better
job of projecting an image in the media that attracts younger audiences.
Great music and a fun time seem to be two big selling points.
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dixielandjazz-bounces@ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces@ml.islandnet.com]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>DWSI@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 01, 2003 2:08 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Dixielandjazz] Re:
Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 8, Issue 1<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Bright" color=#400080 size=2
FAMILY="SERIF">In a message dated 8/1/2003 3:00:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dixielandjazz-request@ml.islandnet.com writes:<BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The Death
of Dixieland Jazz</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Lucida Bright" color=#400080 size=2
FAMILY="SERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
face=Arial color=#400080 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">There is one big problem I
see in all the back and forth complaining about the future, or lack of one,
for Dixieland jazz, or ragtime, for that matter. What exactly do you want it
to be, or expect it to be if you had your fondest wish? Do you want it played
continuously on the radio? Do you want the CDs to sell like rap? Do you want
the big stars to be Dixieland instrumentalists? What? In all reality, no music
stays around at the top of the charts for long, and who said that was the
ultimate achievement anyway? Today, even classical music, (the only kind my
piano teacher accepted as real music), is considered a niche market. I think
Dixieland has a solid place in the past, and that means it won't go away. The
rest is up to who wants to promote it. Am I not understanding something
here?<BR><BR>Sorry,<BR><BR>Dan (piano fingers) Spink</FONT>
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