We’ll see everyone by 3:15pm on Sunday, January 21st, for our early 3:50 to 4:15pm performance at Westminster Elks Lodge (3850 Elk Dr). Please wear your blue/slacks band outfit and bring dinner money, cymbals and bass amp. Please be sure all 3 tunes are prepared and memorized for Sunday’s Performance – Sheik of Araby; Midnight, the Stars and You; & Ice Cream. We’ll leave the Club around 5:15pm and stop for a quick dinner on the way to our 6:15 – 9pm vocal clinic/rehearsal with Wende Harston.
Ellington will have Sunday’s listening.
The January Dues and Trip Payment #5 were due on Sunday, January 7th. Please bring them on Sunday if you haven’t paid yet.
Since the Sacramento Music Festival is no longer happening, seniors will be done making monthly trip payments after the April 29th payment is turned in.
The Sacramento Music Festival Trip is being replaced with the Sacramento Hot Jazz Jubilee Festival, from August 31st through September 3rd (Labor Day Weekend). This will be for the 2018-19 band.
We need to continue to have everyone perform the melodies to all our tunes from memory. Here are the ones that still need to be checked off:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Kiyah; All of Me – Kiyah & Steve; At the Jazz Band Ball – Ellington; Bill Bailey – Kiyah; Bourbon Street Parade – Steve; Caravan – Steve; Creole Love Call – Steve & Kiyah; Drop That Sack – Steve; Ham and Eggs – Kiyah & Antonio; Ice Cream – Kiyah; Is It True What They Say About Dixie – Kiyah & Steve; Mardi Gras in New Orleans – Steve; Midnight in Moscow – Kiyah & Steve; Panama – Steve, Ellington & Charles; Royal Garden Blues – Kiyah; Sheik of Araby – Kiyah; South Rampart Street Parade – Steve; Take the A Train – Ben; & Washington and Lee Swing – Kiyah, Benj & Charles
I’ve posted all the audios to the new music possibilities: Potato Head Blues; St. Louis Blues; Alabama Jubilee; Hello Dolly; My Favorite Things; West End Blues; Ory’s Creole Trombone; Just a Closer Walk With Thee; Singin’ the Blues; St. Thomas; I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire; The Preacher; and 42nd Street.
ADDED PERFORMANCES
Sunday, March 11 (Noon-3pm, 1-2pm Performance) Meridian Westland Retirement Community (10695 W. 17th Ave, Denver); Early Rehearsal will follow at 4-6:45pm
Saturday, March 24 (2:30-5:30pm, 3:30-4:30pm Performance) Lakewood Estates Retirement Community, 8585 W. Dakota Ave)
Friday, June 1 (2:15-7pm, 3-3:45 and 6:40-7pm Performances) Avogadro’s Number (605 S. Mason St, Ft. Collins)
Wednesday, July 4 (10:30am-2pm, 11:30am-1pm Performance) 4th of July Performance at Holly Creek Retirement Community (5500 E. Peakview Ave, Centennial)
Saturday, July 28 (11am-2pm, Noon-1pm Performance) Buffalo Bill Days, Parfet Park, Golden
NYC TOUR DATES:
Saturday, July 14 – Friday, July 20
NYC TRIP PAYMENTS – We are collecting 11 – $275 monthly trip payments due on the last day of each month, or soon thereafter. You can use your account to reduce the monthly trip payments. Before each monthly due date, I will send you an account update in case you want to use those funds to go towards that particular monthly payment.
TRIP PAYMENT DUE DATES (If you’re turning a check in at our Sunday rehearsal): 5) 1/7 (Please send this one in), 6) 2/4, 7) 3/4, 8) 4/1, 9) 4/29, 10) 6/3, and 11) 7/1 – If you’re mailing the payments in, or paying via Paypal (email: ecan11@msn.com, or automatic bank payment plan, please plan on making payments by the end of each month, if possible. (Mail to: 6388 S. Dexter St, Centennial, CO 80121-3266).
Some parents prefer to set up recurring monthly trip payments or bank transfers for the trip and/or monthly dues. Here’s the direct deposit info for dues: Wells Fargo Bank; Ed Cannava (Account is in my name and the DJC Youth All-Stars); Routing: 102000076; Account #2223181427. Here’s the direct deposit info for trip payments: Wells Fargo Bank; Ed Cannava (Account is in my name and the DJC Youth All-Stars); Routing #102000076; Account #3419287374.
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 (Steve has band rehearsal & lessons every Monday night, but can be excused with advanced notice; Antonio is not available on Tuesdays through May):
January 21-23, 27 (No Benji), 28-29, 30 (No Benji)
February 2, 3 (No Charles & Benji until evening), 4-6, 9-10, 11 (No Benji until evening), 12-13, 16, 17 (No Antonio), 18-20, 23-27
March 2-6, 10-13, 16-21, 23-27, 30
April 2-3, 6-7, 8 (No Antonio), 9-10, 13-16, 20-23, 27-30
May 1 (No Charles), 2-3, 5-14, 16-18, 19 (No Benji until evening), 20-31
June 1-25
July 1 (No Ben), 2-10, 13-31
Upcoming Performances/Workshops/Special Rehearsals:
Sunday, January 21 (3:15-9pm; 3:50-4:15pm Performance; Blue/Slacks) DJC January Monthly Session Performance (Westminster Elks Lodge) & Car pool for a quick dinner, followed by our weekly rehearsal/vocal clinic w/Wende Harston (Denver Percussion)
Sunday, January 28 (2:15-6pm) Early Rehearsal/Transfer to Bull and Bush Pub (4700 Cherry Creek S. Dr, Glendale)
Sunday, January 28 (6-8:45pm) Bull and Bush Pub with Your Father’s Mustache Band
Sunday, February 4 (1:00-3:45pm) Early Rehearsal for Super Bowl Sunday
Tuesday, February 13 (6-9:15pm; 7-8:30pm Performance) Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Performance at St. Andrew’s Village (13801 E. Yale Ave, Aurora)
Saturday, February 17 (10am-5pm; No Antonio) Special Clinics with Guest Artist Eddie Erickson (Banjo; Black Box Theatre, King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver)
Sunday, February 18 (8:45am-5:15pm; 1:50-5pm Performances) Special Early Clinic/Rehearsal w/Guest Artist Eddie Erickson (Banjo) at Denver Percussion, including a quick stop for lunch (8:45am-1pm); Performances at the DJC February Session (1:50-2:05; 4-4:15 & 4:50-5pm; Westminster Elks Lodge) Last 10 minutes will be a group jam.
Sunday, March 11 (Noon-3pm, 1-2pm Performance) Meridian Westland Retirement Community (10695 W. 17th Ave, Denver); Early Rehearsal will follow at 4-6:45pm
Sunday, March 18 – Wednesday, March 21 Trip (Sound check @ 3:30pm and Performance at 7:30pm on Tuesday, March 20th) to Perform at Seton Hall University’s Jazz ‘n the Hall Concert Series (Depart DIA @10:40am on 3/18; Return to DIA @ 11:45amon 3/21; Best Western Plus Robert Treat Hotel, Newark; Performance @ SOPAC, S. Orange, NJ)
Saturday, March 24 (2:30-5:30pm, 3:30-4:30pm Performance) Lakewood Estates Retirement Community, 8585 W. Dakota Ave)
Sunday, April 1 NO REHEARSAL
Sunday, April 15 (3:15-9pm; 3:50-4:15pm Performance) DJC April Monthly Session Performance (Westminster Elks Lodge) & Car pool for a quick dinner, followed by our weekly rehearsal (Denver Percussion)
Saturday, May 12 (6:30-10:15pm, 7:30-9:30pm performance) Ken Caryl Concert (St. Philip Lutheran Church, 7531 S. Kendall Blvd, Littleton)
Sunday, May 20 (3:15-9pm; 3:50-4:15pm Performance) DJC May Monthly Session Performance (Westminster Elks Lodge) & Car pool for a quick dinner, followed by our weekly rehearsal (Denver Percussion)
Friday, June 1 (2:15-7pm, 3-3:45 and 6:40-7pm Performances) Avogadro’s Number (605 S. Mason St, Ft. Collins)
Monday, June 4 (9:30am-5:30pm) Recording Studio Session (Mighty Fine Productions, 5235 E. 38th Ave, Denver)
Sunday, June 17 (3:15-9pm; 3:50-4:15pm Performance) DJC June Monthly Session Performance (Westminster Elks Lodge) & Car pool for a quick dinner, followed by our weekly rehearsal (Denver Percussion)
Wednesday, July 4 (10:30am-2pm, 11:30am-1pm Performance) 4th of July Performance at Holly Creek Retirement Community (5500 E. Peakview Ave, Centennial)
Saturday, July 14-Friday, July 20 NYC Performance Tour Window
Thursday, July 26 (9:30am-1:30pm) Evergreen Jazz Festival Workshop (Evergreen Christian Church)
Friday, July 27 (8am-8pm) Evergreen Jazz Festival Workshop and Performances (Evergreen Christian Church and Elks Lodge)
Saturday, July 28 (11am-2pm, Noon-1pm Performance) Buffalo Bill Days, Parfet Park, Golden
(Tentative) Saturday, July 28-Sunday, July 29 (Times TBD) Possible Evergreen Jazz Festival Performances (Locations TBD)
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