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Thanks for visiting!
 The
Potomac River Jazz Club is a nonprofit society whose purpose is to preserve, encourage and promote the playing and appreciation of
traditional jazz. On our Web site you’ll find information about trad jazz happenings in the Washington-Baltimore area, about our
organization, about our affiliated jazz bands, about jazz history, and about many other items of interest to jazz fans. And be sure to check out what PRJC is doing to encourage young
musicians to play traditional jazz with the Capital Focus
Youth Jazz Band. Please look around the site, and if you want to make a comment or a suggestion, ask a question
or just say “Hi,” please send us an e-mail.
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Upcoming Jazz Events
A Tribute to the late Carol Palmer and the late Don Farwell, July 26 at the Rockville Elks
For those who have not yet heard this very sad news, Carol Palmer
and Don Farwell died in May, very suddenly and unexpectedly. Both
experienced severe declines in health and after short stays in the
hospital and assisted living facilities, passed away. Carol and Don’s last PRJC event was the
Normandie Farm Jam Session in April. They will be deeply missed. This concert is both in memory of Carol and Don, as
well as a tribute to their contributions to the PRJC.
For details, see: “Upcoming Jazz Events”.
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Mark Your Calendar:
The PRJC Picnic will be back at Blob’s Park!
Saturday, September 12th. More details coming soon.
Looking for
something else? PRJC’s “All That Jazz This Month”
is a comprehensive listing of live traditional jazz and ragtime music
happenings in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area.
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PRJC is on Facebook
Please visit or join our new Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98892562844.
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Wolverines Romp at Rosensteel!
From the April 2009 Tailgate Ramblings
Read up on one PRJC member's account of the Wolverines Jazz Band's performance in March at Rosensteel.
Read the article.
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Buck Creek Farewell Cruise
In addition to an appreciation by Don Farwell, past president of PRJC and former editor of "Tailgate Ramblings",
we have added a few photos from Buck Creek's farewell cruise on the
Tailgate Ramblings Page.
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Blob’s Park Gets a Make-over and Still going Strong After 70 Years...
Blob’s Park, the German beer garden in Jessup, MD, has re-opened
and will once again be the location of the 2009 PRJC Jazz Picnic in September.
Max Eggerel is using $250,000 to rehab the main building (kitchen, restrooms and bar) and celebrated a reopening welcoming in the New Year.
Blob’s Park’s new website can be found at http://blobspark.net with photos of the current renovation.
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2008 & 2007 PRJC Picnics BOTH Available on DVD
If you missed
the 2008 PRJC Picnic at the Kena Temple, or are nostalgic for the "last" PRJC Picnic at Blob’s Park in 2007, or if you were there and particularly enjoyed these two great events, you will want to order a three-DVD set of the picnic music produced by Ron Israel, a professional videographer and longtime jazz fan.
Both sets contain the full performances of all picnic bands (2008 Bands: Big Bertha’s Rhythm Kings, Hal’s Bayou Jazz Band, and Bob Thulman’s Special Jazz Band.
2007 Bands: Fallstaff 5 + 2, Federal Jazz Commission, Big Bertha’s Rhythm Kings, Hal’s Bayou Jazz Band, WCM Traditional Jazz Band and Jim Ritter’s New liberation Jazz Band).
These DVDs are bound to become collector’s items, and are wonderful not only for the great music, but also as great gift ideas for all your jazz-loving friends.
The DVD set is a real bargain at $15 (plus $3 postage and handling). If sufficient copies are sold, PRJC will receive a portion of each sale.
To order, make out a check for $18 for each set, payable to “Behind the Scenes,” and mail to Ron at 7918 31st Street, Baltimore, MD 21237. For more information contact Ron at
potchki@verizon.net or 410-866-6951.
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E-Mail Service With Jazz News of Interest
The
Potomac River Jazz Club offers an e-mail information service. The Club will e-mail
a periodic
“Hot Jazz Flashes” containing
information we think may be of immediate interest to members We don’t plan to send Flashes
about events that have been advertised well in advance, but will do so if
there are changes to the information.
If you would like to be added to our e-mail list, send an e-mail to
prjcweb@prjc.org,
put “PRJC Hot Jazz Flashes” in the subject line and the word “subscribe” in the text along with your
name and mailing address.
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Advertise in the Tailgate Ramblings
You can now place
a jazz-related advertisement in the PRJC’s 12-page newsletter and pay for it online using your credit
card and the PayPal system. “Tailgate Ramblings” is read by more than 800 PRJC members in the
Washington-Baltimore area when it is delivered to their homes every month.
Get details.
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"Tailgate Ramblings"
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with "Sample Newsletter"
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| To contribute to PRJC through Combined Federal Campaign, use the number 78004. |
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