[The readers refer to these two items about the California wildfires: The Fire This Time & Please Forward—If Possible]
To the Editor:
Thank you for saving The American Rag! Thank you for your recognition in the latest edition about the West Coast crowd and the misery brought on by the fires. Thank you for your consideration and response to those involved and affected by this tragedy. Thank you for your dedication to jazz and your interest in all kinds of music.
We have logged ninety festivals since 1993. These are weekend affairs. Not individual performances. As you have recognized they are fading fast. I am thrilled the Lacey festival has been re-instated, and I talked to Charlotte a while in San Diego this year.
I would appreciate your continued effort and special interests to include articles about the Midwest, and West Coast jazz world functions, festivals, bands and performers. Particularly interested in what will happen with High Sierra (reformed new band?) and what is happening with Bert and Rose with Uptown Lowdown. Find enclosed my check for another year of your publication, and again, many thanks for your dedication, and hard work keeping us jazz fans informed.
Duane and Aletha Van Camp
Wichita, KS
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To the Editor:
I write this with great admiration. We often realize that it is only when tragedy touches us directly that we deeply
