See you by 3:15pm on Sunday, January 18th, at Westminster Elks Lodge (3850 Elk Dr), for our 3:45-4:15pm performance. Please wear your blue/slacks outfit and bring dinner money. We’ll car pool to dinner and then to our 6:30-9pm rehearsal.
The $500 trip payment #4 was due on December 31st, so please bring as much of that as possible, if you haven’t paid yet.
The January dues were due on the 4th, so please bring them on Sunday, unless you’ve already paid.
Please be prepared to play pg. 20 and also “Bourbon Street” in all 12 keys.
The rest of the transcription solos are all due – Spencer (Oriental Strut), Ben (Finish Big Butter and Egg Man), Tom E (Finger Breaker), Andrew (St. James Infirmary), and Tom M (I’ve Found a New Baby).
On Sunday we will continue to work on: Lulu’s Back in Town, Cornet Chop Suey, Exactly Like You, Lazy River, Alabama Jubilee, My Walkin’ Stick, and Bye Bye Blackbird. We’ll need to select the hour long set for the January 26th performance at The Wind Crest.
All dates and driving directions can be found on the Event Calendar page.
The set order and reference recordings can be found on the Downloads page.
These are our available performance dates. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know as soon as possible if you have a conflict with any of these dates:
January 18, 19 (No Ben), 20 (No Tom M until after 5:30), 22 (No Alex), 23 (No Tom M until after 5:30), 24-25 (No Jake), 26, 27 (No Alex, No Tom M until after 5:30), 31 (No Jake)
February 1, 2 (No Alex), 3 (No Tom M until after 5:30), 5, 6 (No Alex, No Tom M until after 5:30), 7 (No Jake & Alex, No Tom M until after 5:30), 8-9, 10 (No Tom until after 5:30), 12, 13-15 (No Tom M), 16 (No Jake & Tom M), 17 (No Tom M until after 5:30), 19 (No Ben), 20 (No Tom M until after 5:30), 22, 23-24 (No Tom M), 26 (No Alex & Tom M), 27 (No Tom M), 28 (No Jake & Alex)
March 1-2 (No Tom M), 3, 4-6 (No Tom M), 8-9, 10 (No Alex), 12-17, 28-31
April 2-6, 7 (No Spencer), 9-14, 16-21, 23-28
May 1-4, 5 (No Alex), 7 (Possibly no Alex), 8-11, 12 (No Spencer), 14-19, 20 (No Spencer & Tom M), 21 (No Andrew), 22 (No Alex in the morning), 23 (No Jake & Ben until mid afternoon), 24-31
June 1-30
July 1-14, 18-31
August (2015) 1-8
Upcoming Performances/Special Rehearsals:
Sunday, January 18: (3:15-9pm) DJC monthly performance at Westminster Elks Lodge/Rehearsal (Blue/slacks)
Monday, January 26: (6:15-9:30pm) Performance at The Wind Crest Retirement Community (3235 Mill Vista Rd, Highlands Ranch, 7:30-8:30pm Performance)
Sunday, February 1: (1-3:30pm) Special early Super Bowl Rehearsal
Thursday, February 5: (4:30-6:15pm) Performance at the Mile High Jazz Festival (Ralston Valley HS, Arvada)
Friday, February 13: (5-9pm, 7-8pm performance at Gleneagles Retirement Community (2 Canongate Lane, Highlands Ranch) No Tom M [Josh will cover]
Sunday, February 15: (3:15-9pm) DJC monthly performance at Westminster Elks Lodge/Rehearsal (No Tom M, Josh will cover)
Tuesday, February 17: (5:15-8:30pm, 6:30-7:30pm performance) Fat Tuesday celebration at Arvada Estates Retirement Community
Sunday, March 15: (3:15-9pm) DJC monthly performance at Westminster Elks Lodge/Rehearsal
Sunday, April 19: (3:15-9pm) DJC monthly performance at Westminster Elks Lodge/Rehearsal
Sunday, May 17: (3:15-9pm) DJC monthly performance at Westminster Elks Lodge/Rehearsal
Friday, May 22 – Monday, May 25: Sacramento Music Festival and Jubilee (Alex departs on Friday aft/Jake C & Ben depart late aft. on Saturday)
Monday, June 8: (6-9pm) Performance w/MJO at Dazzle Jazz Club
Tuesday, June 9: (5:30-8:30pm) Performance on Live KUVO 89.3 FM Radio Show
Wednesday, June 10: (9:30am-4:30pm) Recording Studio Session at Mighty Fine Productions (5225 E. 38th Ave, Denver)
Sunday, June 21: (3:15-9pm) DJC monthly performance at Westminster Elks Lodge/Rehearsal
Thursday, July 2 – Friday, July 10: Montreux, Switzerland Jazz Festival/Europe Trip
Sunday, July 19: (3:15-9pm) DJC monthly performance at Westminster Elks Lodge/Rehearsal