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Celebratng 35 Years of Great Jazz!! Connecting Jazz Lovers CPFJ Newsletter with Each Other October 2015 & the Music! #35 Celebratng 35 Years of Great Jazz!! 2015 FALL CENTRAL PA FRIENDS OF CONCERT SERIES . OCTOBER 11 TERELL STAFFORD QUINTET & TEMPLE UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE NOVEMBER 29 NOV.29 SOLO PIANO STRIDE & RAGTIME OCT11 w/ FARID BARRON peter washington - bruce barth - kenny washington - tim warfield, jr. LOOK. INSIDE THE VIBE! pg. 2 - Exec. Dir. Letter pg. 8 - 2015 Cent. PA Jazz Festival Pictures pg. 3 - Grants & Donors pg. 9 - Festival Review / Ticket Order Form pg. 4 - 2015 Fall Concert Series pg. 10 - Youth Band / CEF / Leave a Legacy pg. 5 - Fall Concert / New President pg. 11 - CPFJ Membership Application pg. 6 - Steady Gigs pg. 12 - Mailing Page / 35th Anniversary pg. 7 - One Time Only Events 1 The Vibe is published monthly at the Central PA Friends of Jazz, 5721 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg PA 17112 Central Pennsylvania EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT: . Friends of Jazz Our35th Annual Central PA Jazz Festival , held in various locations from August 27th to 30th, . 5721 Jonestown Road was a huge success. All of the events - the Riverboat Cruise, Jazz Party, Jam Session, Concert at Harrisburg PA 17112 the Gretna Playhouse, and the annual Picnic - were well attended and had amazing . TEL: 717-540-1010 performances. We welcomed many new artists as well as some old friends and hope that you . WEB: were able to attend and celebrate with us. We are grateful to all of you, our loyal fans and www.friendsofjazz.org friends, for your continued support through the years. Please tell your friends what a great time EMAIL: you had and encourage them to attend the Fetival next year. We thankTom & Donna Weik for [email protected] underwriting the Central PA Jazz Festival’s August 29th concert at Mt. Gretna Playhouse in honor of their departed friend and long time CPFJ & Gretna Music supporter, Leesa Troy Steve Rudolph Crnogorac. The performance -A NIGHT OF LEGENDS - presentedFreddy Cole’s Quartet , a Executive Director . group that featured drummerJerome Jennings, , renowned Phiadelphia saxophonist Bootsie Sheila Ross Barnes,and bassist Elias Bailey . Eddie Henderson’s Quintet with special guests Billy Hart, Office Manager George Cables, Eric Alexanderand Doug Weiss will closed the show - quite a lineup of jazz stars - there were 500 in the audience for this concert at Mt. Gretna’s Playhouse the largest jazz CPFJ Board of Directors: audience at Gretna in many years! Our gratitude also toPremier Wealth Management ( Robert . Pugliese) for their underwriting grant for this year’s Festival - enabling us to present anpther Jon Abel year of great music. (Youth Committee) . Dr. William Anderson This year’s35th Annual Jazz Party was held in the new River City Blues Club with two bands (Membership) upstairs and two bands downstairs from 7PM till 12:30AM. We thank the management at River Paul Bratcher City, especially Jonas Hair, and his staff for welcoming jazz into their facility - it was great (President - Festival) evening of celebration and music. Oliver Fairley We also really appreciate those who purchased an advertisement or listed their names as a (Youth Committee Chair) Festival Donor in the CPFJ Festival/Fall Concert Series Program. This program was Dr. Paul Haidet distributed at all Festival events and will be passed out at all three Fall Concerts including the (Newsletter) Mary Heltzel huge crowd at the Dauphin County Jazz & Wine Festival. Many of you advertised your (Fund Raising) businesses, sent messages to a friend or loved one, or just offered words of support for the Festival and CPFJ. Mark Hunsberger . (Development) Check out the“Steady Gigs”& “One Time Only” pages in this issue - it is the most complete list Tonya Mowery of Central PA jazz events available. We hope you will get out often to support the (Sectretary) establishments that are hosting live jazz and give a listen to our talented area jazz musicians - Mark Swartzbaugh there is a lot of great music happening right down the street and it will only continue to be there (Marketing) if there is an audience. Get out often and listen!! Keith Thomas . (Vice President - & Concessions) OurCPFJ Jam Sessions will continue at the new River City Blues Club on Cameron St. in Amy Walizer Harrisburg - sessions will be onFourth Monday of every month from 7-10 p.m. Gullifty’s has (Treasurer) resumed their Jam Sessions on theSecond Wednesdays . Our Jam Sessions provide a great Tim Warfield atmosphere for musicians to meet and share ideas and it is always entertaining for the listeners. (Music) . Fall Concert Series News: The Spanish Harlem Orchestra concert was a great succes at the Youth Band Director: Friends of Jazz Night at the Dauphin County Jazz and Wine Festival on Sept. 11th. We thank Ron Waters the Dauphin County Commissioners, and the staff at the Dauphin Co. Parks and Recreation . Department for their assistance in making this a major event for us every year - we had over The ViBE 1600 in atttendance at the concert!Terell Stafford will present his Quintet ( Tim Warfield, Steve Rudolph - Editor Bruce Barth, Kenny Washington & Peter Washington) performing music from his new Sheila Ross - Contributing Editor “Brotherlee Love” CD at the Pollock Center in Camp Hill on October 11th and bring his Temple Paul Haidet - Contributing Editor University Jazz Ensemble to open the concert. We will present “An Evening of Stride and . Volunteer Coordinator Ragtime Piano” with soloistFarid Barron at WITF Public Media Center on November 29th. These events show the diversity of music that we strive to bring to Central PA - what a great way Leslie Beamer to close out our 35th year. Our congratulations toAnnie Griggs, our 2015 CPFJ Scholarship winner. Annie is a fine woodwind player and was a member of the CPFJ Youth Band for six years. We wish her good fortune in her music education studies at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA. Congratulations toPaul Bratcher, our new CPFJ Board President, and Mark Hunsberger, newly elected Board Member. We are all very excited to see the new energy and fresh ideas flowing at the meetings - the future of CPFJ is in good hands! Support JAZZ - . the Music of Freedom! Thanks to all for your continuing support of CPFJ! Steve Rudolph, Executive Director, CPFJ 2 The Vibe is published monthly at the Central PA Friends of Jazz - 5721 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg PA 17112 Dave Allard & Mardi Sawyer Christopher S. Pecora GRANTS Allen Theater - Skip Hicks DONORS Penn National Insurance Perform Group LLC Cultural Enrichment Fund David M. Armesto, M.D. Alfred B. 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