[Tradjazz] OKOM BARN PARTY 2007

[Jerry Gordon]

 Bruce, 

I'd like to bring my washboard. Can you tell me the nearest town so I can
figure out just how far I'll have to drive? If I can definitely make it,
I'll ask for directions (or at least an address for my GPS system) later.

Thanks,
Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Webmaster for
http://APlaceForJazz.org   http://SwingtimeJazz.org


On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:07:52 -0400 "Bruce McNichols" <muskrat at bestweb.net>
writes:
> OKOM BARN PARTY 2007
> 
> Howdy Folks, 
> 
> As some of you know, Bill Taggart (OKOM's founder, and funder) has 
> hosted many Trad Jazz Picnics over the past 8 or 10 years. These 
> events are an outgrowth of the old Smith Street Society Picnics 
> which were held in the 1960's. 
> 
> The OKOM Picnics are held at Bill's 110 acre Fred's Farm in rural 
> Sussex County, New Jersey. Bill has retro-fitted a huge barn into a 
> performing and recording space (complete with bandstand). 
> 
> We conduct these events as an open-house for trad jazz musicians, 
> families and friends. Everyone brings their own food and drink. 
> 
> We got a very big response to the exploratory message I sent quite a 
> while ago. 
> 
> 
> THE DATE IS SET FOR
> 
> OCTOBER 17, 2007, WEDNESDAY 
> 
> 12 NOON until whenever
> 
> 
> We need the support of many musicians, bands and fans. 
> 
> We prefer set bands to participate but ALL ARE WELCOME. We will 
> schedule bands for specific times. We'll also schedule times for 
> open jam sessions. 
> 
>   In the past, there have been some picnics were many fine players 
> never got to perform. That was always because we didn't know in 
> advance, exactly who would be there. 
>   A problem with us working musicians is that most of us are not 
> willing to commit to a social event, knowing that we might get a 
> gig.  Again, that's what's behind the perplexing task of trying to 
> work out an equitable schedule, so that everyone gets to perform.
> As the de facto coordinator of these events, I seek your help.  I 
> need to get a general idea of who is interested and of how many 
> guests you may have with you. We understand that we cannot expect 
> you to make a solid commitment, but if we get a good number of 
> players who will at least say they want to attend and will endeavor 
> to do so, then we'll have something to go on. 
> 
>   Newspaper Item: 
>   The local police reported that burglars broke into the station 
> house and stole all the fixtures from the rest rooms. The police 
> have nothing to go on.
> H E L P ! 
> 
> ** Please reply, right now, and let me know if you have any 
> interest. 
> 
> ** Please let me know if you'd like to bring your own band (even 
> though you don't know yet if you'll be able to).
> 
> OUR EVENTS TYPICALLY START AT NOON, and go until at least 6 or 7PM. 
> If there are still people and players there, we keep going and keep 
> going.
> 
> Did you hear about the support group for boring people. It's called 
> Al-anon, and on and on and on.
> 
> Please respond now, to the questions above ( ** ). Here's hoping 
> that we can produce the BEST TRAD JAZZ PICNIC, EVER! 
> 
> McN