October 2016 Special Edition “Jubiletter”
MEMBERSHIP 2016 Board Of Directors Yearly Membership Costs President George Smith Home (805) 481-7840 All memberships expire Dec 31st [email protected] Cell (805) 202-6781
Youth, not included in “family plan”, $15 Vice President Gail Lightfoot Home (805) 481-3434 Single member, $25 [email protected] Cell (805) 709-1130
Couple, $40 Secretary Dean Krikorian Family plan, $50 [email protected] Cell (805) 709-0660
Silver Membership $100 per person Treasurer Hugh Robinson Home (805) 929-3880 (Interim) [email protected] Cell (805) 295-0326 Session Costs Past President Rhonda Cardinal Home (805) 937-8402 Members -- $5.00 Guests — $10.00 [email protected] Cell (805) 907-2097
Silver Members — FREE Board Members: 1 year - Ruben Flores Home (805) 473-9070 Cell (805) 714-6377 Membership Chairperson Gail Lightfoot, 805-481-3434 Martha King Home (805) 925-4355
[email protected] Fran Willey Home (805) 772-2652 JOIN NOW and get 2 months free! [email protected] Cell (805) 215-3457
Memberships: purchase/renew at 2 year - Earl Kaplan Home (805) 474-9474 the Sunday session or mail: [email protected] Cell (805) 709-1792
BSR Membership Hugh Robinson Home (805) 929-3880 PO Box 356 [email protected] Cell (805) 295-0326
John Shorb Home (805) 772-5367 [email protected] Cell (805) 704-6736
Business & Board Jubilee Chairman Rhonda Cardinal Home (805) 937-8402 Meetings [email protected] Cell (805) 907-2097 ♫
All meetings will begin at 3:00 pm, generally in the Sky Room of the Edgewater Inn, Pismo Beach. Meetings are scheduled the 1st Tuesday of the OUR “SILVER” or month. Members are welcome at all SPONSORING MEMBERS
meetings ♫ These are the folks who have chosen to pay $100.00 each for the privilege of being a Sponsoring Member
Off Beat is Accepting Polly Ahlemann Bert Berringer Advertisements Nancy Bull Rhonda Cardinal Jeff Cardinal Frederick Clegg
The Offbeat is accepting and publishing Perry Dove Michael Dubin advertisements. Prices are as follows: Frosty Frost Glenn Geissinger Business Card size: $15.00; 1/4 page $25.00; Herb Gerfen Del & Velma Gomes 1/2 page $50.00. We will give a 50% discount Earl Kaplan Vi Koory if you buy an ad for six months. You can Perry Lorentzen Sharon Marshall purchase a business card sized ad for one Nora Penny Stanford Redisch calendar year for $120. Mid-year purchases Betty Reid Hugh Robinson Carol & Bill Rust Mario Tognazzini will be prorated ♫ Bern Verbit Dixie Watson
Newsletter Editor: ~~ THANK YOU ~~ Dean Krikorian, Ph.D. [email protected] 805.709.0660
1 Jubilee Corner Jubilee Prez Corner Maria Muldaur will be performing two On Friday morning, we will have opening consecutive sets Friday night and also two ceremony parades at all of the venues, sets Saturday morning and early afternoon. including a parade from Addie Street to the Her Saturday sets are part of our “Women in pier & back, featuring the Rag Bone Saints! Jazz” feature that includes six sets performed We brought in some new bands this year by great women in jazz from all generations. including “High Street” from Idaho and These six sets representing all ages and “Crescent Katz” from Sacramento as well as stylings of “Women in Jazz” is an event not to the hugely popular “Tom Rigney & Flambeau”! be missed, but with so many other great sets This year, we have also hired a headline act, going on at each of our five venues, it will be Maria Muldaur with her Jazz Quintet! Maria difficult for you to decide where to go! Muldaur is best known world-wide for her There’s more in store for you on Saturday 1974 mega-hit “Midnight at the Oasis,” which night, as we segue directly from the “Women received several Grammy nominations. in Jazz” set to the “Costume Dance Party” at Despite her considerable pop music success, Turk’s. It’s almost Halloween, so please come her 52-year career could best be described a dressed to party and dance. Mardi Gras long and adventurous odyssey through the costumes are encouraged too! various forms of American Roots Music. On Sunday, due to popular demand, we will In the 42 years since “Midnight at the Oasis,” have Gospel sets throughout morning. So, Maria has toured extensively worldwide and you will have plenty of opportunities to get has recorded 40 solo albums covering all some old time religion on Sunday. kinds of American Roots Music, including Jazz and Big Band, Blues, Gospel, R&B. For our 40th year, we want you to be on your Often joining forces with some of the top feet at the end of every set! This is an names in the business, Maria has recorded exciting year for us and we have worked very and produced on-average an album per year, hard to bring you the best musical several of which have been nominated for entertainment possible. Grammy and other awards. For our Jubilee festival, she has assembled some of the best Hugh the Raffle Man Corner: traditional jazz musicians in California, and we This is an open letter to all Basin Street Regu- know that she will “Bring It” to our ample lars members, past and present, This News- festival table! letter has a lot of info about the 40th Ruby Year Jubilee by the Sea. Badge sales are Pat’s Music Corner: okay but what could really help is for ever one I am the recipient of two CD collections from you to attend this year’s Jubilee, even if you our departed members of the Pismo Beach only buy a day badge. With a membership of Basin Street Regulars Jazz Club and have 306 we could approach the days when we donated them to the Jubilee By The Sea Jazz sold out the 2000 Three Day Badges before Festival. Stop by the booth at St. Anthony's the event—the last time was around 1200. If tent venue anytime during the weekend to pe- you want BSR to continue as a successful ruse this extensive musical inventory of your Jazz Club and continue to sponsor one of the favorite bands and vocalists plus some his- Premier Jazz Festival in the United States, torical books for rainy days coming up. then this is your opportunity “to put your We can help support one of the oldest and money where you mouth is” as the old saying most popular fests on the jazz circuit. All pro- goes. SUPORT OUR JUBILEE. BUY A ceeds will be donated to Jubilee By The Sea. BADGE NOW. Sincerely, Hugh the Raffle
2 BSR President Welcome! Greetings from the Mayor! Akin to 14 years of continuous parasol Welcome to the City of Pismo Beach and the parades, my management of this festival has Jubilee By The Sea. The city is delighted that strolled by decorative regalia and all. Whoosh! you are attending this world-class jazz event Where did the years go? Honestly, it’s been a hosted by the Basin Street Regulars. We loyalty and labor of love. I like the music and know that each attendee will have a wonder- the folks who come to hear it. A sense of ful music experience. The entire City Council community sets in...a nice flavor. would like to extend our warmest welcome and appreciate your visiting the city. We hope This years festival, under the baton of you enjoy your weekend in Pismo Beach. ♫ Chairman Rhonda Cardinal, will be the finest yet (Editorial Note: That’s a lot coming from Shelly Higginbotham, Mayor of Pismo Beach George and his trademark “ear for the finest of music”). She has assembled a group of bands and guest artists that offer up a classy palate of entertainment, Savor and tell your acquaintances back home what they missed. Savor the flavor. Meanwhile, rejoice, be resplendent, and let the good times roll.
More Fun Stuff…
The first photo illustrates our free giveaway stuff, with a Mardi Gras theme: (1) Bears (3 types); (2) Folding Fans; (3) Coins; & (4) Multi -Colored Beads (of course). Collect ‘em all! Especially check out the Pismo Clam Festival Parade and the Friday 9:45AM Opening Day Parade from the Pismo Pier to the Addie Street Tent. The hats are also available for Cool Merchandise sale, ($5). Additional colors: Pink & Purple.
Jeff’s sister, Sally Cardinal, has designed Jubilee Badge Sales & Donations some merchandise to commemorative our Ruby Jubilee. Thanks Sally!: (1) Mugs; (2) Three day Badge sales are coming along Lanyards; (3) T-Shirts. Get your souvenirs! nicely. Phone sales will stop on Sunday, Oct. 23rd. Website sales will close on Wednesday, Badge Info & Prices October 26, the day before the Jubilee. The Jubilee committee wants to thank all the We have made it easier to attend our events. people who donated to the Jubilee this year. 3-Day badges ($100) are the best value. Without the volunteers and donations festi- Friday and Saturday badges are $50 with vals like ours cannot happen. Ticket sales Sunday only $30. Come after 5:30 for Maria cannot cover the ever increasing costs of Muldaur Friday night ($30) or the Dance tents, chairs, airfare and the renting of the party Saturday night ($25). “The Jubilee is venues. VIP seating is still available for the best musical bargain on the Central Sponsors ($250) and Patrons ($500).. You Coast.” (Ron McCarley, Cuesta College Jazz can donate online www.pismojazz.com or by Diector) Please buy your badge today. phone 805-539-5696 or at any of the venues. 3 4 Venue Info Venue Info (Cont’d)
Lu’s Landing & Turk’s Place Veterans Building 390 Bello St: Two Large Tents (don’t be tense) 780 Bello St. Jubilee Headquarters: Pick up your badge WILL CALL 3 pm Thursday here WILL CALL starting Friday 9:00 am & Food Concessionaire: Del Monte Cafe ending Sun. 11AM. Bar sponsored by Basin Street Regulars Food/Bar: Rib Line, Grover Beach Limited Parking Sunday Morning and Friday TnT Yogurt Vendor early afternoon Glass Slipper: Purchase dancing shoes Sufficient Parking otherwise Jubilee by the Sea Souvenir Booth Gently Used Jazz CDs, DVDs, LPs, & Books Seacrest Banquet Room Location: Women’s in Jazz Series , Costume, * (Formerly Marie Callender’s) Dance Party 2241 Price Street (Look for Jubilee Banner) Large Dance Floor In the downstairs banquet room, as in past Lots of Parking No access upstairs; restaurant not open Food/Bar: Coastal Harvest Catering Addie Street Walking distance to popular hotels Large tent @ beach at the end of Addie St. Easier shuttle access this year! Location: Opening Parade to/from Pismo Pier
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BASIN STREET REGULARSa.k.a. “The Central Coast Hot Jazz Society” Return mail address: P. O. Box 356 Pismo Beach, CA 93448 October 2016 Special Edition “JubiLetter”
2016 Jubilee by the Sea: FEATURED EVENTS
Oct. 27 Mardi Gras Party and We 3 +1 (Thurs) Oct. 28 Opening Ceremony Pier Parade (Fri) Maria Muldaur (2 Acts) Fats Waller Tribute Benny Goodman Tribute Silent Movies Oct. 29 Women in Jazz (6 Acts) featuring (Sat) Maria Muldaur Costume Dance Party (5 Acts) Flambeau Mardi Gras Show Motown Blues & R&B Show Oct. 30 Gospel Sets (4) (Sunday) Louis Armstrong Tribute Sidney Bechet Tribute Firehouse 5 Tribute Red Skunk: Final Performance
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