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FRIDAY • MARCH 7 SATURDAY • MARCH 8 Darryl Laura Meyer Crema Quintet Quartet From Edmonton From Vancouver

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Darryl Meyer - drums Chris Andrew - piano Laura Crema - vocals Paul Townsend - drums Jim Head - guitar Joseph Lubinsky-Mast - bass Bill Coon - guitar Jim Brenan - tenor saxophone Paul Rushka - bass www.lauracrema.com

FRIDAY & SATURDAY • MARCH 14 & 15 Lester Quitzau Trio YARDBIRD SUITE BLUES From the West Coast/Edmonton “Diverse, surprising, and casually entrancing. Words like ‘eclectic’ and ‘beyond category’ spring to mind in trying to describe how he’s taken elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, folk, rock, and even hip-hop, and blended them together seamlessly.” Roger Levesque, Edmonton Journal MEMBERS $16 • GUESTS $20

Lester Quitzau - guitar, vocals Mike Lent - bass Sandro Dominelli - drums www.lesterq.com

FRIDAY • MARCH 21 SATURDAY • MARCH 22 Michael Rez Abbasi Herring’s Quartet Vertigo From New York featuring David Binney From Toronto/New York

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Michael Herring - double bass William Carn - trombone David Binney - alto saxophone Don Scott - guitar MEMBERS $18 • GUESTS $22 Quinsin Nachoff - tenor Nick Fraser - drums saxophone and clarinets Rez Abbasi - guitar Doug Weiss - drums Kiran Ahluwalia - vocals www.dangerherring.com • www.davidbinney.com Gary Versace - keyboards www.quinsin.com • www.williamcarn.com www.feastyourears.com www.reztone.com 4 YARDBIRDSUITE • EVENTS • YARDBIRDSUITE Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm unless otherwise stated

FRIDAY • MARCH 28 SATURDAY • MARCH 29 Dapp Alexis Theory Baro From New York Sextet From Toronto

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Andy Milne - panio, keyboards Chris Tordini - bass Alexis Baro - trumpet Alberto Suarez - percussion Loren Stillman - saxophone Kenny Grohowski - drums Jeff King - saxophone Paco Luciano - bass John Moon - vocals, percussion Luis Guerra - piano Rosendo “Chendy” Leon - drums www.andymilne.com/dapp_site/

FRIDAY • APRIL 4 SATURDAY • APRIL 5 Doug Bob Organ Tildesley’s Trio Indigenous From Edmonton Aliens From Edmonton

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FRIDAY & SATURDAY • APRIL 11 & 12 Dee Daniels with Chris Andrew Trio From Vancouver/Edmonton

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FRIDAY • APRIL 18 SATURDAY • APRIL 19 Shelley Dave Jones Babcock Quartet Quintet From Edmonton plays the music of Stanley Turrentine From Edmonton

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Rez Abbasi Quartet his long-standing association with bassist Born on the Indian sub-continent, Rez David Phillips, drummer Tony Moreno and Abbasi moved to Southern California alto saxophonist John O’Gallagher in the at the age of four. He studied at the highly acclaimed, collective ensemble, University of Southern California and “Freedance”. Rez is also musical director the Manhattan School of Music in jazz and producer for Indian/Canadian Juno and classical music. Rez also made a winning vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia’s pilgrimage to India where he studied ensemble. He also plays an integral role with master percussionist, Ustad Alla in Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Rakha. He is a vivid synthesis of all the Trio, Dakshani Ensemble, Dave Pietro’s above stated influences and genres. Quintet and Sunny Jain’s Collective. Making New York home for the past 15 With five albums of original compositions years, Abbasi is considered by many under his belt, Abbasi continues to to be one of the foremost modern jazz garner new groups of musicians to help guitar players on today’s scene. He has his musical vision come to life. His 2005 developed a unique sound both as a recording “Snake Charmer” has created composer and an instrumentalist and a stir in the music world partly due to has honed his skills with performances his organic, original approach in blending through out the world. He has performed two complex musical genres together, and recorded with many greats including namely jazz and Indian music. 20th Grammy winner Ruth Brown, Peter Century Guitar reviewed the CD as, “One Erskine, Kenny Werner, Barre Phillips, of the best examples yet of how Tim Hagans, Marc Johnson, Billy Hart, Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith, Gary Thomas, Rick Margitza, D.D. Jackson, Dave Douglas, ADVANCETICKETS • TICKETMASTER.CA Rudresh Mahanthappa, Tony Malaby, Pandit Ronu Majumdar, Pandit Kadri Gopalnath, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, 451-8000 Greg Osby and a host of others. • for more info • Among Rez’s other creative projects is Yardbirdsuite.com 6 SHOWINFORMATION • PERFORMERBIOS

to merge Indian music with jazz...Snake program, he honed his skills with local Charmer really breaks new ground.” acts playing a variety of Jazz, Blues, R&B and Pop music. Abbasi’s most recent recording “Bazaar”, released in 2006 on the prestigious Since those early days, Dave has gone Zoho Music label, continues the group’s on to perform or record with artists journey through uncharted territory and like Long John Baldry, Tommy Banks, achieves results unparalleled in today’s Solomon Burke, Glen Campbell, Petula jazz/world music scene. Rez makes Clark, The Coasters, Tom Cochrane, wise use of his fellow player’s talents to Albert Collins, Jack deKeyzer, Floyd create a larger sphere of sound. Besides Dixon, Cornell Dupree, The ESO, Amos Gary Versace on organ and Dan Weiss on Garrett, Crystal Gayle, Rosco Gordon, drums and tabla, Kiran Ahluwalia returns Colin James, Flaco Jimenez, Johnnie as a central member of the group. In her Johnson, K.D. Lang, Tom Lavin of Powder own group, Ahluwalia focuses on the Blues, Jimmy McCracklin, Taj Mahal, Big Indian genres of ghazal and Punjabi folk Jay McShann, Big Miller, Geoff Muldaur, music. On “Bazaar”, however, the group Maria Muldaur, The Platters, Doug Riley, stretches way out. Duke Robillard, The Rockin’ Highliners, Doug Sahm, The Temptations, Ian Tyson, Abbasi says, “To create a world-based Mary Wilson of The Supremes and music steeped in jazz is my goal. In this Jimmy Witherspoon. He’s also warmed way, I’m following in the footsteps of up for Willie Dixon, Dr. John, Delbert some of the greatest jazz musicians. McClinton, NRBQ, The Pointer Sisters, Coltrane, Ellington and Gillespie all George Thorogood and Stevie Ray immersed themselves into music from Vaughan. around the world and then brought it back home. If I have that kind of unifying For over fifteen years, Dave has also effect, I’ve succeeded.” led several of his own successful and critically acclaimed bands. They include Dave Babcock soul project The Devotees, highly For over two decades, Dave Babcock has regarded jazz group The Jump Orchestra, built his reputation as one of Canada’s tex-mex and zydeco band Fat Tuesday finest saxophonists. This dynamic horn and retro show band The Kit Kat Club. man is also known as a respected The Jump Orchestra won an ARIA award bandleader, singer and producer. His for ‘Best Jazz Group’ in 1992. playing is steeped in the living traditions of Jazz, Blues and R&B, although he’s Dave’s soulful saxophone and smooth not limited to those styles alone. Dave vocals are currently being showcased has moved with the times and kept his in several settings. The projects he finger on the pulse of today’s music leads include The Dave Babcock Group, while never forgetting his roots. He’s a the instrumental smooth jazz group career musician who’s always looking for Audioluxe, hard swinging jazz band The new creative opportunities to continue Jump Orchestra and with his own high- his growth as an artist as exemplified by octane blues outfit, The Nightkeepers. his debut solo album “Happenstance”. Dave is a long-time member of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival house Originally from Vancouver, Dave took up band and also performs regularly with the saxophone and began his playing the Edmonton Jazz Orchestra. career in Edmonton. After graduating from the Grant MacEwan College music SHOWINFORMATION • PERFORMERBIOS 7

Alexis Baro Sextet Laura is an accomplished dancer, Alexis Baro was born and raised in the choreographer and interdisciplinary mecca of Latin music, Havana, Cuba. performer. She has received numerous Growing up in a musical family, he awards and grants including an began playing the trumpet at a very early “Emergence” Canada Council Grant for age, inspired by his mother and aunt her work in the interdisciplinary arts. who played with the national ballet and She has performed at the Vancouver symphonic orchestras of Cuba. Alexis International Jazz Festival on numerous was classically trained and also received occasions and also been showcased on a teaching certification from the Amadeo CBC’s “Hotair”, “After Hours”, “Coastal Roldan music institute in Havana. Grooves”, “Richardson’s Roundup”, “North by Northwest” and on CKUA. Since relocating permanently to Toronto in January of 2001, Alexis has been Laura’s previous CD “Almost Blue” was branching out and exploring other released under the Maximum Jazz record musical influences such as jazz, R & B, label/Universal Canada and has received funk and calypso through his work with excellent reviews and radio airplay in artists such as Evaristo Machado, Son Canada, the U.S., and Europe. Ache, David Rudder, Kollage, Cassava, Her newest recording “Spring is Here” Ruben Vazquez, Donnie Osmond and was released in the fall of 2007. The The Clash. Baro has toured extensively twelve songs on the CD range from Billy throughout Cuba, Canada, and Europe, Strayhorn’s “A Flower is a Lovesome performing in various festivals and Thing” to the Beatles “Blackbird”. Her events. voice’s understated warmth recalls such In 2004, Alexis was a co-winner of the 1950s vocalists as June Christy and National Jazz Award for best acoustic Chris Connor. As Nate Dorward of Coda group (Kollage). In 2006, he was Magazine says in his January/February, nominated as best jazz trumpeter and 2008, review of the disc, “… she … best Latin jazz artist at the National has a knack for bringing out a tune’s Jazz Awards. He has toured with emotional contours.” NOJO, Canefire, The Puentes Brothers Dee Daniels with Chris Andrew Trio and Adonis Puentes. He has recently Vancouver-based vocalist Dee Daniels recorded with Hilario Duran and Paquito offers the jazz aficionado an ultimate D’Rivera. His debut CD is entitled treat - jazz served up with full-bodied “Havana Banana”. silky tones that soar to the height Laura Crema Quartet and captures the depth of her four- A native of Vancouver, vocalist Laura octave range. Her warm presence and Crema possesses a lush, unique voice performance ability is evident, whether with great depth and resonance. Her fronting combos in intimate jazz clubs, influences are broad and diverse as big bands, or symphony orchestras in she blends jazz with popular music and concert halls. improvisation. After earning a degree in Daniels’ style was born in her Fine and Performing Arts from Simon stepfather’s church choir in Oakland, Fraser University, Laura continued her California, honed through the R&B era studies with legendary jazz vocalists and brought to full fruition during a Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton, Nancy King five-year stay in Europe from 1982 to and Kurt Elling. 1987. During those years, she had many 8 SHOWINFORMATION • PERFORMERBIOS wonderful opportunities to perform Beat Magazine in 2004, leader, Canadian- with such ‘Legends of Jazz’ as Toots born pianist/composer, Andy Milne is Thielemans, Johnny Griffin, Ed Thigpen, one of the most respected young voices and Monty Alexander to name but a few. in jazz today. With Dapp Theory, Milne combines the talents of percussive poet Two other personal highlights while John Moon, saxophonist Loren Stillman, in Europe include having had the bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Kenny opportunity of singing the Blues with Grohowski, collectively helping to re- the late, divine Sarah Vaughan in The draw and extend the boundaries of jazz. Netherlands, and singing Gospel with the late great Joe Williams in Germany. Milne formed the band in 1998 as a vehicle to “tell passionate stories, Dee’s international career includes promote peace and inspire collective performances in eleven African countries, responsibility towards uplifting the Australia, Colombia, Hong Kong and human spiritual condition.” Since then, Japan, as well as in North America and the band has evolved and built a loyal many countries throughout Europe. She following, in large part due to their has also established herself as a jazz commitment to grass-roots touring, an vocalist in demand by the classical music ideology more often associated with world. She performs her Great Ladies of rock ’n’ roll bands. Dapp Theory’s style Swing and The Soul of Ray: The Music is indefinable yet highly recognizable, of Ray Charles POPS programs with blending influences ranging from Joni symphony orchestras across Canada and Mitchell & KRS One to Thelonious the USA. Monk & Van Halen. Their last CD, “Y’all Her most recent CD “Jazzinit” on Origin Just Don’t Know” (Concord Records), Records was picked by Geoff Chapman released in 2003 included an ambitious of Coda Magazine as one of his “Top collaboration with folk-rock icon Bruce Tens of 2007”. On the album, Dee puts Cockburn. Their next release will feature a jazz twist on a variety of hits from all new Milne compositions which blend the 1950s to the 1980s including the various instrumental textures, infectious Otis Redding/Aretha Franklin classic grooves, layered with lush harmonies “Respect”, “Can’t Hide Love” by Earth, and poignant lyrics. Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder’s “Another Canadian-born Andy Milne has toured Star”, plus tunes by the Doobie Brothers, and recorded with Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Lionel Richie, James Taylor and Elvis Alessi, Carlos Ward and Carla Cook and Presley. It is a rich-textured marvel has collaborated with a range of artists. of fresh-polished looks at classics of He moved to New York in 1991 when yore. Her signature dramatic sense and Steve Coleman, his teacher at the Banff emotional thrust are ever-present on the Centre for the Arts, invited him to join his disc. core unit Five Elements. Enthusiasm for Dapp Theory the young pianist was shared by M-BASE Dapp Theory is a quintet that blends associates Cassandra Wilson and Greg “contemporary funk, groove and hip- Osby, who also invited him to perform hop into jazz with such seamless, casual with their groups. Milne recorded 12 precision it’s almost freaky.” (LA Weekly) CDs with Coleman and remained an Awarded the Chamber Music America integral member of all of his projects “New Works” commission in 2006 and until 1997. Often compared to innovators voted “Rising Star Keyboardist” by Down like Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner, SHOWINFORMATION • PERFORMERBIOS 9

Milne’s original style places him among performed professionally with a number the young pianists poised to continue of his teachers, including Rory Stuart, that legacy of inventiveness. Andy’s Ari Hoenig, George Garzone, and Andy 2007 solo piano recording “Dreams and Milne. He has also performed with some False Alarms” featuring originals and of today’s most compelling musicians interpretations of 1960s-era folk and pop such as Dafnis Prieto, Mark Shim, John music received outstanding reviews. His Ellis, and Rich Perry. October, 2007, solo piano performance Brought up in a musical household in at the Yardbird Suite was one of the Miami, 24-year-old drummer, Kenny highlights of our fall season. Grohowski has been performing Praised by the New York Times and since the age of 14. His rich musical National Public Radio as one of today’s background is demonstrated by the truly creative voices, saxophonist Loren growing list of his collaborators including Stillman has been gaining recognition Vernon Reid, Peter Cincotti, Bobby on the New York scene since his teens. Sanabria, Rory Stuart, Cassandra Wilson, A semifinalist in the 2002 Thelonious Giovanni Hidalgo, John Benitez, and Monk Saxophone Competition, he has Bobby Valentin. Grohowski has been a performed with Charlie Haden, The member of bassist Lonnie Plaxico’s band Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Carla since 2003 and performed at the 2007 Bley, Michelle Rosewoman, and John Latin Grammy Awards with the award Abercrombie. Stillman’s most recent winning group RBD. recordings as a leader “The Brother’s Michael Herring’s Vertigo Breakfast” (2006, Steeplechase) and “It Michael Herring is a double-bassist, Could be Anything” (2005, Fresh Sound) composer and arranger now living in have received critical acclaim including Toronto. His focus is on jazz, although he a four-star review from Downbeat performs in a variety of genres, including Magazine. Downbeat has also given him folk, reggae and performance art. He has a Rising Star award. a strong sound and musical personality, Vocalist/percussive poet/MC John Moon and thrives in open and improvised uses sound and visuals to change the settings. way people interpret what they hear. Michael grew up in Victoria. He moved Inspired equally by Salvador Dali and to Toronto where he studied with Ornette Coleman, he spits rhymes of Canadian jazz greats David Young and collage - half painter, half poet. He is a Don Thompson in the University of graduate of DC’s Duke Ellington High Toronto’s Jazz Performance Program. School for the Arts and regards the He attended the Jazz Workshops at the “current state of despair in the world” Banff Centre for the Arts in 2000 and as his ultimate inspiration for creating 2003 and lived in New York in 2004. All beauty in the world. of these opportunities led to studies with At 22 years of age, bassist Chris Tordini Drew Gress, Mark Helias, Dave Douglas, is rapidly becoming an in-demand Kenny Werner, Joe Lovano, Joey bassist in New York’s creative music Baron, Tony Malaby, Angelica Sanchez, community. He graduated from the Johannes Weidenmueller, James Genus, New School University in May 2006 Mark Turner, Rufus Reid and Ray Brown. and soon after was asked to join Dapp Michael Herring’s Vertigo is an original Theory and play on the band’s upcoming jazz sextet comprising some of the CD. While attending school, Tordini 10 SHOWINFORMATION • PERFORMERBIOS strongest voices in the next generation Shelley is about to release her third of Canadian jazz. The group’s initial CD which has her collaborating with recording “Coniferous Revenge” was musician/producer Andrew Glover. released in 2006. It features eleven of Together they have co-written eleven Herring’s original compositions. The tracks, which are a mixture of Smooth album has garnered critical acclaim, Jazz, Blues, Pop and Latin. including being picked as one of the Top Darryl Meyer Quintet 5 Debut albums of 2006 by All About After graduating from Grant MacEwan Jazz New York. The music brings to mind College in 2005 with a concentration the classic 1960s sextet sound of Wayne in Jazz Performance, Darryl traveled Shorter and Booker Little combined with to New York City and studied with jazz a more current mix of groove-driven, great Ari Hoenig. Since his graduation improvised elements of tight horn Darryl has been noted for playing with arrangements, ensemble colours and Jim Brenan, Jim Head, Chris Andrew, rhythmic buoyancy. Mike Lent, John Taylor, Juno nominated Besides Michael Herring, Quinsin blues guitarist John Campbell and New Nachoff, William Carn, Don Scott and York Voices’ Peter Eldridge and Greg Nick Fraser, all from Toronto, the inclusion Jasperse. In 2006 Darryl was featured of David Binney adds a New York on Andrew Glover’s double disc release “downtown scene” tinge enabling the “Smooth” and “Not So Smooth.” group to transcend standard jazz fare. Besides having an extensive A recent winner of the alto saxophone performance history, Meyer is also a “Rising Star” category in the 2007 teacher and clinician. In 2005 he was Downbeat Critics’ Poll, David Binney an artist in residence at Saskatoon’s is one of the most prolific young jazz Sasktel International Jazz Festival and in musicians on the scene today. One of 2006-2007 an artist in residence at the his earliest groups was Lost Tribe which University of Alberta. In the summer appeared at the Yardbird Suite in the early of 2007 Darryl became the youngest 1990s. Binney has recorded at least a member in the Faculty of Music at Red dozen albums as a leader or co-leader. Deer College. His distinctive saxophone sound and innovative compositions have been heard This evening’s music will showcase from basement clubs in New York to original compositions by one of New York festivals around the world. City’s finest drummers, Jeff “Tain” Watts. Shelley Jones Quartet Doug Organ A highly experienced stage and studio Doug Organ plays the organ! He has performer, Shelley has sung in many even done so (and sometimes piano) different genres of music but Jazz and with lots of super people like Mike R&B remain her first love. Rud, PJ Perry, Hugh Fraser and Jake Langley. Doug moonlights as a record The past year has been especially busy producer, having cut discs for Ann Vriend, for Shelley as she has been writing, Don Berner, Beth Arrison, and The Uncas, recording and performing on numerous and keeps busy with his groups Red independent musical projects. Her voice Ram, The Whitsundays, Lovertine, Toque, and music have also been featured and The Wet Secrets. regularly on the radio station Magic 99. With two solo albums to her credit, SHOWINFORMATION • PERFORMERBIOS 11

Lester Quitzau Trio the CD “Quintet” as handling blues and In a field where intangibles like feel and swing on two CDs recorded in Edmonton integrity count for so much, Canadian by the legendary Kansas City pianist roots music artist Lester Quitzau Jay McShann, “Hootie’s Jumpin’ Blues” has forged an exemplary career that (1996, Stony Plain) and “Still Jumpin’ the has earned him great respect and Blues” (1998, Stony Plain). Tildesley has appreciation by musical peers and been no less willing a participant in post- fans alike. A mellow guy who throws bop, post-modern and “free” situations, down a heavy groove, this Juno Award including bands with Jamieson and work winning singer-songwriter and guitarist in the 1980s and 1990s with the Alberta started with a solid blues foundation Creative Musicians’ Association, the that has now grown into an eclectic and Alberta Jazz Repertory Orchestra and constantly evolving musical journey. Eyvind Kang’s Slavoe Tango Ensemble. Whether coaxing languid, hypnotic His other recordings include LPs with sounds from his slide guitar in an Tommy Banks (“Jazz Canada Montreux intimate solo concert, performing with 1978”) and the Regina drummer Andy soulmate Mae Moore or with roots group Cree (“The Andy Cree Quintet”, 1989), Tri-Continental, Quitzau continues to be as well as CDs with the Calgary pianist innovative and passionate with his music. Brian Buchanan and the Edmonton It’s been well over 6 years since Lester saxophonist Kent Sangster. Tildesley has performed in Edmonton in the trio toured the Canadian festivals circuit format and on this tour, Lester will be with Eyvind Kang in 1991, P.J. Perry in joined by Mike Lent on bass and Sandro 1993 and Kent Sangster in 1998, but Dominelli on drums and percussion for has otherwise had an undeservedly low an evening of original, soul soothing, profile nationally. roots, blues and jazz that will at times, Excerpted from “The Miller Companion without a doubt, rock. to Jazz in Canada” by Mark Miller Bob Tildesley Born in Calgary, Bob Tildesley played in R & B bands there before moving north to Edmonton at age 20 where he quickly emerged as the city’s leading jazz trumpeter – and indeed one of Canada’s finest – through his work in the late 1970s with pianists Tommy Banks and Bill Emes and saxophonists Bill Jamieson and P.J. Perry, all associations that would continue into the 1990s. An expressive soloist, particularly skilled with mutes, Tildesley showed himself to be as adept playing bebop with Perry on the LP “Session” and YARDBIRDSUITE • ATAGLANCE • YARDBIRDSUITE

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JAM with Joe Darryl Meyer Laura Crema Lubinsky Quintet Quartet - Mast Members $10 • Guests $14 Members $14 • Guests $18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 JAM WITH UofA/ Lester Quitzau Trio GMCC Yardbird Suite Blues Big Band Members $16 • Guests $20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 JAM WITH Michael Herring’s Rez Abassi Don Vertigo Quartet Berner Members $16 • Guests $20 Members $18 • Guests $22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 JAM with Dapp Theory Alexis Baro Tilo Paiz Sextet • MARCH Members $18 • Guests $22 Members $14 • Guests $18 31

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bob Tildesley’s JAM WITH Doug Organ Indigenous Trio Mo Aliens Lefever Members $10 • Guests $14 Members $12 • Guests $16 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 JAM WITH Dee Daniels Marc with Chris Andrew Trio Beaudin Members $14 • Guests $18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 JAM WITH Shelley Jones Dave Babcock • APRIL • • Bill Quartet Quintet Richards Members $ 12• Guests $16 Members $14 • Guests $18

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