Re: Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival
To the Editor:
Thank you very much for including the Youth Band Festival in your February Festival Roundup. It’s a shame we have three festivals all on the same weekend now. Unfortunately, the Youth Band Festival has remained locked into the same date; from then until the academic year ends, Sac State University Capistrano Hall is solidly booked with other scholastic music festivals and events. If we moved it earlier in the fall, school bands wouldn’t be ready for it.
We've also lost a few jazz friends, Tommy Fusaro (Jim’s brother) recently passed and so did long-time jazz fan and dancer Chuck Luethy.
I also enjoyed seeing the photo of Katie Cavera promoting our event in your Festival Roundup. She’s such a sunshine girl, and I know the students will all love her. Seeing that brings a smile to my soul.
Thank you again.
Yvonne Au
Coordinator
Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival
c/o Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society Foundation
Music and Memory
To the Editor:
Your article about our communal loss of Rich Conaty brought me to tears. So true what you write about our inability to talk and write about death. I dread ever seeing “ISFYL.” Yet, there have been many meaningful thoughts and feelings expressed on Rich Conaty’s FB pages. May his memory always be a comfort and a catalyst to keep early jazz alive.
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