FROM VICKI & DONSCOTTSDALE VILLA MIRAGE

SCOTTSDALE, AZDAILY DATA REPORT

(VOLUME 2016, EDITION - JUNE) DATA FOR:

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SATURDAY 4TH DAY 1 - NIGHT 2SCOTTSDALE VILLA MIRAGE

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WE SLEPT LATE.. WE WERE BOTH BEAT AFTER THE TRIP AND THEN SETTING UP OUR KINGDOM FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. TODAY WE

WILL ATTEND A SALES PRESENTATION OF THE UNITS. WE, OF COURSE, WILL SAY NO, (I HOPE) BUT THIS IS HOW YOU PLAY THE SYSTEM.. TO

HEAR THEIR PRESENTATION THEY WILL GIVE US A 3 DAY STAY AT ONE OF THEIR PLACES SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, THAT WE WILL HAVE 18

MONTHS TO USE. WE WILL BE SERVED LUNCH TODAY AND WILL ALSO HAVE A FREE DINNER AT “THE CHART HOUSE” DURING OUR 14 DAY STAY.

VICKI SET UP THE KITCHEN KINGDOM AND ALL IS SET FOR ME TO MESS IT UP DOING MY DOMESTIC CHORES.. SOOOOO!

I MADE BREAKFAST OFTHE DON ALLEN WORLD FAY-MOS FRIED EGGS & TURKEY BACON,

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IT IS ALMOST TIME FOR OUR APPOINTMENT AND 1PM LUNCH. MUST GO AND SPREAD THE ALARM..

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OUR PRESENTATION WE HAD A GOOD LUNCH OF BBQ CHICKEN & BEEF WITH SALAD & COTTAGE

CHEESE. WE MET AND GREETED A LOVELY YOUNG LADY BY THE NAME OF SARAH .. SHE STARTED UNLOADING ALL OF HER KNOWLEDGE AND THE MORE SHE TALKED

THE MORE THINGS SOUNDED GOOD..BOTTOM LINE WAS WE WERE THERE FOR 7 HOURS AND DID INDEED DECIDE TO

BUY HER PROGRAM.. BECAUSE IT MET OUR PROGRAM OF TRAVELING AND ENHANCED THE METHODS OF FINDING AREAS TO STAY..

WE HAD STAYED IN “DIAMOND RESORTS” IN THE PAST.. PRIMARILY IN TWO SPOTS IN FRANCE AND TWO IN THE STATES.

I HAD BEEN ON THEIR WEBSITE SEVERAL TIMES.. I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEIR TIMESHARE AND OTHER HOLDINGS.

THESE TWO WEEKS IN SCOTTSDALE ARE IN A DIAMOND RESORT.. I KNOW THAT DIAMOND RESORTS ARE EXPANDING ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE HAD THEIR VACATION CLUB PROGRAM EXPLAINED WHICH USES THE POINT SYSTEM FOR BOOKINGS OF THEIR FACILITIES.. THE PROGRAM IS MOVING A LOT

OF THE CHEESE IN THE TIMESHARE BUSINESS..

A PERSON CAN BELONG TO THE CLUB AND NOT EVEN OWN A TIME SHARE. AND IF YOU DO OWN A TIME SHARE, YOU CAN LET THE CLUB HAVE IT IN EXCHANGE

FOR POINTS THAT CAN BE USED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD WITH DIAMOND RESORTS..

I THINK??? IT HAS A GREAT MANY GOOD POINTS IF YOU TRAVEL LIKE WE DO.. WE MUST TAKE THIS HOME AND REVIEW IT TO SEE IF THIS IS WHAT WE NEED AND

IF IT MEETS WITH OUR UNDERSTANDING.

WE SPENT MOST OF THE DAY AT THE PRESENTATION.. IT WAS A GOOD

EDUCATION.. WE WENT HOME TO TALK AND THINK AND PRAY. (NOT IN THAT ORDER!)

I THINK IT IS INDEED A GOOD PROGRAM.. IT WILL JUST NEED TO BE USED A GREAT DEAL..

FRANKLY I THINK MY AGE IS A LIMIT THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER. THOUGH I AM A

PERFECT SPECIMEN OF MANKIND??? THE FACT REMAINS IS THAT I AM CLOSER TO 80 THAN MOST PEOPLE EVER REACH.. THIS IS WHERE PRAYER WORKS AND IS NEEDED,

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VICKI WAS WASHING DISHES AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN OUR WORLD BLEW UP,..IT WAS

ABOUT 10PM.. FIREWORKS JUST DOWN THE STREET IN SOME FACILITY. WE GOT A FEW PHOTOS. IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO US.. IT

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WE MADE SOME PLANS ON WHAT TO VISIT IN THIS AREA. GOODNESS THERE IS SO VERY

MUCH TO SEE..

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WE WERE UP EARLY AND SSSS, AND DRESSED TO GO TO THE MIM

THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM (MIM).. THIS IS THE LARGEST MUSEUM IN THE WORLD DEDICATED TO THE WORLD’S MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FROM EVERY COUNTRY.

IT WILL TAKE MUCH TIME TO SEE IT ALL. WE BOUGHT THE ANNUAL PASS BECAUSE WE WILL PLAN ON GOING BACK SEVERAL TIMES.. IT IS ONLY 4.5 MILES FROM US..

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THE MIM OF PHOENIXThe Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) is located in Phoenix. Opened in April 2010, it is the largest museum of its type in the world. The collection of over 15,000 musical instruments and associated objects includes examples from nearly 200 countries and territories, representing every inhabited continent. Some larger countries such as México, India, China, Russia, Brazil, and the United States have multiple displays with subsections for different types of

ethnic, folk, and tribal music.

The Museum was founded byRobert J. Ulrich, former CEO and chairman of Target Corporation. An avid collector of African art and a world museum

enthusiast, Ulrich and his friend Marc Felix originated the idea after a visit to the Instrument Museum in Brussels.

The contemporary building covers approximately 200,000 square-feet, with two floors of light-filled galleries. Built at a cost of over $250 million, MIM creates an exciting musical experience for visitors. The exhibit for each country features a flat screen high-resolution video showing local musicians performing on native instruments. Visitors can listen to the performances through a wireless guide

PORT and headphones that are activated automatically when an exhibit is being observed.

The facility contains a 299-seat theater for concerts, which are held primarily after regular hours. Joshua Bell recorded his album "French Impressions" in the

theater in 2011.

There is also a cafe with both indoor and outdoor seating.

THIS IS WHAT THE WELCOME IS AS YOU WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR..

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WE WERE IN TIME, AFTER WE JOINED AS MEMBERS, TO GO AND WAIT FOR OUR

FIRST MINI CONCERT WHICH WAS TITLED:“ITALIAN STRING INTERPLAY”:

ENDRE BALOGH AND BRIAN HEAD.

Endre BaloghViolinist Endre Balogh has performed as soloist with the Berlin

Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra, Frankfurt Symphony, and Basel Symphony as well as several other

European ensembles.

In the United States he has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the orchestras of Washington D.C., Seattle, Denver, Dallas, and

Honolulu to name just a few. In the course of his career he worked with such eminent conductors as Zubin Mehta, Edo de Waart, James de Priest, Lawrence Foster, Milton Katims, and Christoph von Dohnányi. He was the youngest first prizewinner in the history of the prestigious Merriweather

Post Competition. Endre Balogh has had several concert tours of the United States, and Europe; which have included live televised recitals in

Amsterdam and taped performances for the BBC.

He is an accomplished Chamber Music performer and toured throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe with the Pacific Trio for nearly 30

years. He has won several Coleman Chamber Music Awards and has played with such luminaries as Vladimir Horowitz and Leonard Pennario as well

as in the acclaimed series of 1993 chamber concerts: “André Watts and Friends.”

Until his passing in 2010, Endre performed frequently with his friend and colleague, James Smith – head of the Guitar Department at USC. Over the years they amassed a unique body of repertoire consisting of original and arranged works for

violin and guitar. Lately he has also explored the rich Violin and Viola Duo literature with the fine

violist Steven Gordon as well as joining forces with cellist Dennis Karmazyn and pianist

Genevieve Lee to perform Piano Trios, Quartets, and Quintets.

Beyond that, Endre is also an award-winning photographer, whose works are displayed in

many prestigious collections. He has had several solo gallery showings of his work and in 2010,

Shutterbug Magazine chose one of his photos to grace the cover of their annual “Expert Photo

Techniques” guide.

BRIAN HEADBrian Head (born October 14, 1964) is an American Composer, Guitarist

and Music Theory and Composition Professor. He performs frequently as a soloist and collaboratively with numerous groups, including the LA Phil, the LA Opera. New World Symphony, inauthentica, Jacaranda and Xtet. His compositions have been widely

performed throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Brian Head holds an unusual dual appointment at the Thornton School of Music at USC, where he is a member of both the Classical Guitar and

the Composition faculties, positions he has held since 2001.

He maintains an active guitar studio there, lectures on a wide range of subjects, and directs the music theory program. As of 2010, he is the

acting chair of the Classical Guitar department and Assistant Dean for curriculum.

From 2004-2010, Head led the Guitar Foundation do

America as its president. He now serves as the Artistic

Director.

Raised in Adelphi, Maryland, Brian Head is the son of the noted trumpeter Emerson

Head and his first wife Linda Head, a piano teacher

and professional accompanist. He received

undergraduate degrees from theUniversity oif Maryland

in both Music and Mathematics, and a master's

degree from USC in guitar performance, receiving

recognition as Outstanding Thornton School Graduate

of 1991.

THE ITALY EXPERIENCE AT THE MIM VIOLINIST ENDRE BALOGH SHARED WITH US HIS LIFE STORY.. HIS

UNCLE WAS A MAKER OF VIOLINS. HIS MOTHER WAS THE FIRST LADY TO BE ABLE TO PLAY IN THE LOS ANGELES SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

SHE WAS A PIONEER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY..

WHEN ENDRE WAS BORN, A PHOTO CAME OUT IN THE LA TIMES SHOWING HIM WITH A SMALL VIOLIN UNDER HIS CHIN.. WITH THE

HEADLINES OF “NEW VIOLINIST IS BORN”..

HE THEN HAD HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE AS A PLAYER OF VIOLINS AT THE AGE OF 3 1/2 YEARS OLD.

HE WAS ABLE TO SHOW US THIS VIOLIN AND THEN EVEN PLAYED IT FOR US.. EVEN THOUGH HE HAD BIG FINGERS, HE PLAYED

“OH SUSANNA” WITH GREAT SKILL.. IT WAS NEAT TO SEE AND HEAR.

THIS IS ENDRE SHOWING US AND THEN PLAYING THIS 1/16 SIZE VIOLIN.. NOTE HOW VERY SMALL IT IS IN HIS HAND..

88888888888888888 ENDRE IS THE OWNER OF A

STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN.. WHICH IS ONE OF THE VIOLINS ON EXHIBIT AT THE STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN EXHIBITION,

WHICH WILL CLOSE TODAY.... 88888888888888888

YEARS AGO HE HAD A “BENCH COPY” MADE OF HIS STRAD. THIS IS HIM SHOWING US THIS UNIT.. HE THEN

PLAYED IT.. THIS COPY IS AS GOOD AS THE STRAD. OR AT LEAST: WITH MY

TIN EAR, I DID NOT HEAR THE DIFFERENCE.

THE VERY FINEST OF THE ITALIAN VIOLIN PLAYERS WAS NIICCOLO PAGANINI. WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE STRONG AFFECT OF THIS MAN’S ABILITIES ON THE VIOLIN AND HOW IT INFLUENCED ITALIAN

MUSIC.

ENDRE AND BRIAN THEN TREATED US WITH THE PAGANINI VIOLIN CONCERTO. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE..

WE WERE THEN TOLD THAT THESE TWO GUYS WOULD BE GIVING A CONCERT TONIGHT AND ENDRE WOULD BE PLAYING HIS

STRADIVARIUS..

WE WALKED RIGHT OVER AND GOT TICKETS FOR THIS CONCERT. WE ARE SO VERY BLESSED TO SEE AND HEAR PRODUCTIONS LIKE THIS.

THE STRADIVARIUS SPECIAL EXHIBITION16 JANUARY TO 5 JUNE, 2016

THIS SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF THE STRADIVARIUS STRING INSTRUMENTS WAS SPONSORED AND SUPPORTED BY THE

ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA,

THE NATIONAL ITALIAN

AMERICAN FOUNDATION

AND THE SONS OF

ITALY IN AMERICA -

LEONARDO de VINCI LODGE

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ALL IN A PARTNERSHIP

WITH “THE MUSEO DEL

VIOLINO” OF AND IN

CREMONA, ITALY AND

THE MANY WORLD FRIENDS OF STRADIVARI.

IN THE WOODS OF NORTHERN ITALY..... WHERE THE SPRUCE GROW THAT

PROVIDED THE SPECIAL GRAIN WOOD TO MAKE THE TOPS OF THE STRAD.....

THINK ABOUT THAT FACT!

THIS ONE IS 288 YEARS

OLD

YES, THIS IS RIGHT: BUILT IN 1566..IT IS 450 YEARS OLD.

THIS ONE IS 336 YEARS

OLD.

THIS ONE IS 282 YEARS

OLD

THIS WAS AN AMAZING EXHIBITION. WELL WORTH SEEING.. YES, WE WENT

THE VERY LAST DAY. WE SPENT ALL DAY HERE.. WE EVEN GOT A BUNCH

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WE THEN WENT TO SEE AND HEAR “MEET CREMONA UP CLOSE” WITH REPS

FROM THE MUSEO DEL VIOLINO.

THESE TWO ARE FROM CREMONA, ITALY..

THEY BOTH SPEAK ENGLISH BETTER THAN ANYONE IN THE ROOM.. THE LOVELY LADY IS VIRGINIA VILLA, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MUSEO DE

VIOLINO, WOW! WHAT A SHARP AND SMART YOUNG LADY..

THE GENTLEMEN IS MR. PAOLO BODINI, PRESIDENT OF “THE FRIENDS OF STRADIVARIUS”... HE ALSO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF

CREMONA, AS HE WAS THEIR LAST MAYOR..

THEY BOTH GAVE A VERY EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. MOST ALL OF THE FINE TO VERY FINE STRING INSTRUMENTS IN THE WORLD ARE MANUFACTURED IN THE 160 DIFFERENT SHOPS IN CREMONA..

VIOLIN MAKING IN CREMONA IS UNIQUE IN WORLD HISTORY. THIS ITALIAN LEGACY WAS FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED IN 2012 WHEN “UNESCO” DECLARED THE CITY’S TRADITIONAL VIOLIN CRAFTSMANSHIP AND

AWARDED THE CITY: “THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY AWARD.”

THE STRAD FESTIVAL,THE MUSEUM OF VIOLINS,& SEE CREMONA, ITALY...

NOW ON MY BUCKET LIST:

WE WENT THROUGH THE

“PLAYING ROOM” WHERE YOUNG AND OLD WERE

PLAYING DIFFERENT

INSTRUMENTS.

WE WENT PAST THE “PREPARATION

ROOM” WHERE ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS ARE PREPARED FOR THE EXHIBITS.. THIS

IS AN OPERATING TOOL FACILITY.

THESE TWO YOUNG FOLKS WERE THE LAST DAYTIME PERFORMERS.. THEY CALL THEMSELVES: “TRICIA & TAYLOR”... THEY MET AT “A FIDDLE

CAMP.” THEY ARE BOTH GREAT PLAYERS AND DID SEVERAL DUETS.

NOW HANG ON:TRICIA HAS ADVANCED DEGREES

FROM JULIARD IN NYC AND IS “PROFESSOR OF MUSIC / VIOLIN” AT

NORTE DAME UNIVERSITY.

I TOLD HER: “I’LL BET SHE STOPS TRAFFIC ALL OVER THAT CAMPUS.”

SHE IS JUST FLAT STUNNING!

VICKI GOT A PHOTO OF THESE TWO GUYS AS THEY WERE CHECKING THEIR INSTRUMENTS SO

THEY COULD GO INTO THE STRADIVARIUS EXHIBITION.

GOODNESS: JUST LOOK AT THIS BABY GIRL! WOW! AS IN TRIPLE WOW!

TONIGHT WE ARE COMING BACK FOR THIS ENDRE BALOUGH AND BRIAN HEAD CONCERT.

AND WE ALSO BOUGHT TICKETS FOR THE NEXT TWO CONCERTS.

WHAT A WONDERFUL FACILITY THIS IS.

AFTER A WONDERFUL 2 1/2 HOUR CONCERT.. THE STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN WAS BEAUTIFUL

THE BOWING AND STANDING OVATION...WOW! WHAT A DAY THIS WAS!

THE CONCERT WAS OVER AT 10. ALL WAS WELL TODAY. WHAT A GREAT DAY!

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THIS WAS A KICK BACK DAY AND ONE THAT WE SPENT JUST AROUND THE COMPLEX.. WE HAD TO DRIVE AROUND AND GO SHOPPING FOR

SUPPLIES..

WE LEARNED THAT SCOTTSDALE IS 36 MILES LONG AND 11 MILES WIDE. THERE ARE BIG SHOPPING CENTERS EVERY FIVE MILES..

WE WENT TO SHOP AT COSCO & SUPER WALMART. GAS $2.09 PER GALLON AT COSCO. NOT BAD..

888888888888888888SCOTTSDALE COSTCO:

THIS IS A VERY TOP END SPOTLESS FACILITY..

VERY WELL LAID OUT AND IT HAS FULL SPIRIT, BEER &

WINE PROVISIONS... I FOUND THE SCOTCH I WANT. HOWEVER IF YOU CAN BUY ME ONE, YOU CAN GET ME

THE CASE.. A CASE IS LESS THAN $250,000.00

IT IS ONLY$240,000.00..

SO IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL BUY IT FOR ME..

888888888888888888888THE MIM CONCERT

JUNIOR BROWNWE WENT BACK TO THE MIM THEATRE TO SEE THE

PERFORMANCE OF GOOD OLE JUNIOR BROWN. A SUPERMAN GUITAR PLAYER... LOCAL ARIZONA BOY...

HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER AND IS A VERY PROLIFIC SONG WRITER. HE INVENTED A GUITAR CALLED “BIG RED”. IT IS HALF

ELECTRIC STANDARD GUITAR AND THE OTHER HALF A STEEL GUITAR.

HE IS EXPERT AT BOTH. YES ITS WEIGHT IS TOO MUCH TO HOLD. SO HE HAS A STAND THAT THE UNIT RESTS ON AND AWAY HE

GOES. WHAT A GREAT PERFORMANCE: HE PLAYED AND SANG 1 1/2 HOURS AND NEVER SLOWED DOWN. HE NEVER USED ANY

WRITTEN MUSIC OR WORDS.

JUNIOR BROWNJamieson "Junior" Brown (born June 12, 1952) is an American country guitarist and

singer. He has released nine studio albums in his career, and has charted twice on the “BILLBOARD” country singles charts. Brown's signature instrument is the "guit-steel"

double neck guitar, a hybrid of electric guitar and lap steel guitar.

Brown was born in Cottonwood, AZ. He first learned to play piano from his father (Samuel Emmons Brown Jr) "before I could talk". His music career began in the 1960s, and he worked through that decade and the next singing and playing pedal steel and guitar for groups such as “The Last Mile Ramblers,” “Dusty Drapes and the Dusters”

and “Asleep at The Wheel” while developing his guitar skills. By the mid-1980s he was teaching guitar at the Hank Thompson School of Country Music at Rogers State

University, in Claremore, OK.

THOUGHTS BY DON ALLENTHIS GUY HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER..

HE IS WHAT MAKES COUNTRY MUSIC.. ALWAYS IN THE BACKGROUND BUT A MOVER AND SHAKER NO MATTER WHERE HE WAS. HE SPENT TIME IN AUSTIN AND BECAME VERY WELL

KNOWN FOR HIS ABILITY TO PROVIDE BACK-UP MUSIC FOR ANYONE AT ANY TIME.

HE DEVELOPED THIS ONE AND ONLY GUITAR SO HE COULD PLAY RHYTHM

BACK UP AND ALSO STEEL LAP GUITAR AS NEEDED. NOT TO BE A ONE MAN BAND, BUT TO PROVIDE WHATEVER BACK UP THAT WAS

REQUIRED...

HE WAS AMAZING TO WATCH AND TO HEAR. HE SANG FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS STRAIGHT AND AND MOST ALL OF HIS OWN MUSIC THAT HE WROTE. IT WAS REALLY A GOOD

PERFORMANCE.

HE APPEARED WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO YOUNG MEN, ONE ON SNARE

DRUM AND ONE ON STRING DOUBLE BASS.

NOW YOU HAVE “TO RIDE WITH ME ON THIS ONE”.. YOU RECALL, AT THE FIRST OF THIS REPORT I PUT

IN THIS PHOTO OF THE THE WELCOME SIGN TO THE MIM,,,

“ MUSIC IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL.”

NOW THIS IS WHAT MAKES “RUNNING WITH VICKI” A

NEAT EXPERIENCE.. AT ALL TIMES..

WE WERE WALKING OUT THE FRONT DOOR AFTER TYHE CONCERT AND WE

CAME UPON THIS..SEE THE PHOTO OF THE

WHITE ITEM..

VICKI LOOKED AT IT ABOUT AS HARD AS ANYONE CAN LOOK AT ANYTHING, AND

SAID SO PROFOUNDLY...”GOODNESS, SOMEBODY LOST THEIR SOUL.”

YOU HAD TO BE THERE, BECAUSE IT WAS FUNNY AT THAT TIME.. SO WE LAUGHED REAL GOOD AND THEN WALKED BACK AND

TOOK THIS PHOTO.

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THIS IS VOTE DAY AT HOME.. BET ALL ARE VERY BUSY! WE MUST MEET WITH THE POWERS THAT BE: TO DETERMINE WHAT WE SHALL DO

ABOUT THE TIMESHARE CLUB????8888888888888BREAKFAST:

THE WORLD FAY-MOS FRIED EGGS & TURKEY SAUSAGE PATTIES.WITH TOMATOES & TOAST..

YES A VERY BIG BREAKFAST..8888888888888

AFTER BREAKFAST WE DRESSED AND PREPARED TO MEET THE DIAMOND RESORTS SALE PEOPLE THIS MORNING.. WE HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS AND JUST

HAD A GREAT TIME TELLING EACH OTHER HOW VERY SMART WE ARE.8888888888888888

THIS WAS A KICK BACK DAY AND WE RESTED. I MADE A GREAT DINNER OF

THE DON ALLEN WORLD FAY-MOS DEAD COW STEAK & POTATOES WITH SALAD

MUCH FUN8888888888888888

TO THE CONCERT!THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND.

I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WE WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE AND HEAR THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND. I WAS SHOCKED AND EXCITED. IT HAD TWO

PERFORMANCES.. WE HAD TICKETS TO THE LATE PERFORMANCE AT 9PM. NO, IT WAS NOT A FULL HOUSE BUT IT WAS SURE 3/4 FULL.. A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WOW! WHAT GREAT PLACE THE MIM IS TO HAVE A PERFORMANCE BY A DIFFERENT GROUP EVERY NIGHT.

THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND.Preservation Hall Jazz Band derives its name from the Preservation Hall venue

located in The French Quarter of New Orleans, LA. The band is known for performing traditional New Orleans-style jazz.

The musicians in the groups have varied during the years since the founding of the hall in the early 1960s. Bands of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

perform at Preservation Hall on 726 St. Peter Street in the French Quarter, and tour around the world for more than 150 days a year.

THOUGHTS BY DON ALLENI HAD ATTENDED A PERFORMANCE AT THE HALL BEFORE KATRINA HIT. IT

WAS PROFOUND.. I HAD TO STAND IN LINE FOR AN HOUR TO GET IN. GOODNESS, IT WAS GOOD. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN THE

TOURING GROUP. I WAS SO VERY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET TICKETS TO THIS PERFORMANCE.

HERE AGAIN IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW NEAT IT IS TO TRAVEL AND GET OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS.. ALL UNPLANNED. WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE

AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

THIS IS WHAT IT ALL MEANS WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE THESE

GUYS.. THIS IS THE CLARINET PLAYER:

MR CHARLIE GABRIEL The musical heritage of Charlie

Gabriel can be traced back as far back as the 1850s. Great-grandson

of New Orleans bass player Narcesse Gabriel, grandson of New

Orleans cornet player Martin Joseph, and son of New Orleans drummer

and clarinetist Martin Manuel Gabriel, Charlie is truly a living

legend. At (83) eighty-three years old, the extensive list of musicians

with whom he’s played includes well-known PHJB alumni Kid

Howard, Kid Sheik, Jim Robinson, and George Lewis.

JOE LESLIE JR. (DRUMMER)Born and raised in the Lower Ninth Ward, Joe comes from a long line of family members equally dedicated to music and the church. Having played

his first job with a rhythm section backing the Desire Community Choir, he

would go on to study jazz with Willie Metcalf at the Dryades Street YMCA with

classmates Wynton and Branford Marsalis. After a brief move with his

family to Queens, New York, Joe returned to New Orleans where he was

invited to substitute on drums at Preservation Hall in 1989. He’s been a

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FREDDIE LONZO (TROMBONE)

(born New Orleans, Louisiana, 26 August 1950)/Trombone and Vocals:

Born and raised in New Orleans’ Uptown neighborhoods, Freddie was exposed to the music of the streets at a very young age. Having cemented his desire to play

New Orleans jazz, these early Second Line parades would later offer him his first professional gig with EG Gabon

and Doc Paulin’s Band. A true master of every style of New Orleans music, from

marching brass to modern jazz, Freddie’s first appearances with

Preservation Hall date back to the mid-eighties when he toured and played with

Percy Humphrey and Kid Sheik.

MARK BRAUDMark Braud (born New Orleans June 21, 1973) Trumpet / Band Leader / Vocalist:As nephew to two former PHJB leaders, Wendell and John Brunious, Jr., Mark is

proud to further his family’s musical legacy in the company of so many

historic players. Beginning his career playing with the Olympia Kids, a young players’ offshoot of the famous Olympia

Brass Band, Mark has gone on to record, tour, and play with New Orleans

legends of both traditional jazz and R&B, including Eddie Bo, Henry Butler, Harry

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RICKIE MONIE (PIANO)Born and raised in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward to jazz loving church

musicians, Rickie was inundated at an early age with the recordings of such great jazz and

gospel pianists as Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, and Teddy Wilson.

After majoring in woodwind instruments at Dillard University, Rickie turned back to the piano

and picked up work in every style of music. In 1982, Monie got his

first call from Preservation Hall, to substitute for the legendary

resident pianist Sweet Emma Barret after she suffered a stroke. To the delight of audiences around

the world, he’s stayed on board

WHAT A GREAT ENJOYMENT THIS

PERFORMANCE WAS.. MORE TO COME I AM

SURE.

LIFE IS GOOD!LOVE IS BETTER!