<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I just filled the last trumpet slot myself, so I'm looking forward to this week quite a bit- went there in 2012 and had a very nice experience.<br><br></div>Aside from the joy of wandering around New Orleans for a week trying to take advantage of an embarrassment of riches in terms of people playing in town, the opportunity to be around kindred spirits, thinking about music- and not thinking about my day job!- makes for a wonderful week.<br><br></div>-Les Elkins<br><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000" size="-0" face="Arial" color="#000000">"NEVER use a maj7 chord in any bar that is named after a deceased NASCAR <br> driver, a large-calibre firearm, or an intoxicated farm animal." <br>-Rev. Billy C. Wirtz's Universal Chord Law</font><div></div></div>
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