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The 2009 SUMMER JAZZ CELEBRATION
Saturday July 25, 2009 11AM-Midnight - most sets FREE
Historic Bellefonte, PA
featuring saxophonist JERRY DODGION
Welcome to JazzPA - Central Pennsylvania's own jazz organization! We're thrilled to be putting together another fabulous day of jazz in Bellefonte.
Please join us July 25th for a full day of sizzling jazz: From 11am thru midnight music will be heard from the American Philatelic Society at the Match Factory to the High Street in the centre of town to Tallyrand Park's famous Gazebo and in eateries and clubs throughout town. The day promises to be filled with high quality jazz featuring local and regional artist favorites. We're featuring the saxophone in 2009 in honor of our founder, local alto sax legend JOE ALESSANDRO. Please bring your lawnchairs for seating and plan to spend the day and evening with us!
Featured guest artists for the 2009 Summer Jazz Celebration are: JERRY DODGION (alto sax), whose credits include Sarah Vaughn, Johnny Hodges, Herbie Hancock ("Speak Like a Child"), Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, founding member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and a full litany of jazz legends - www.jerrydodgion.com; local favorite RUSS KASSOFF (piano) - Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Bucky PIzzarelli; DAVID FINCK (bass) - Andre Previn, Rosemary Clooney, Dizzy Gillespie, Paquito D'Rivera; and returning veteran DENNIS MACKREL (drums) - Count Basie Orchestra, Mel Lewis/Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Hank Jones, Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra.
JERRY will give a master class (free and open to the public) from 11am-12noon on Saturday at the APS (in the Match Factory).
For more programming info, visit the Who's Where When page.... SPECIFICS TO COME - Please check back with us soon!
In 2009, we'll have ticket sales on the web. If you're interested in ticket information, please join our e-mail list and we'll send it out to you as soon as we have it "together" - as it were.
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Thank you for your continued support of JazzPA - an organization serving all of Central Pennsylvania with a vision to promote, create and present jazz 12 months out of the year. We're thrilled to continue our presentation of world class jazz talent for Central Pennsylvania audiences which has in the past included Jay Anderson, Phil Haynes, Tim Horner, Tom Malone, Bill Mays, Ken Peplowski, Marvin Stamm, Byron Stripling, Martin Wind and guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli - huge delights, right here in Central Pennsylvania!
JazzPA's Board of Directors is busy building the 2009 Summer Jazz Celebration into one of the premier jazz events this side of the Hudson River. We welcome your input and support. Please contact Catherine at catherinedupuis@aol.com with any suggestions, comments and wish lists. If you'd like to be involved with one of JazzPA's many committees, please let us know - we'll be thrilled to have you working with us as we prepare a jazz festival Centre County can embrace! We look forward to working with the community and providing service to Central Pennsylvania and all of its communities for years to come.
THANK YOU 2009 SPONSORS!!! Please visit our Sponsors Page to see everyone helping us with this event. Want to become a sponsor? Simply click on the DONATE button below!
With thanks to the Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce, the Bellefonte Borough Council, the Centre County Commissioners, Holly Wilson and Historic Bellefonte Inc. (HBI), Ken Martin and the American Philatelic Society (at the Match Factory), Rick Bryant and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Local 660, George Powell (GP Audio), Tom Gallagher (The Music Mart), Tom King (King Printing) and friends of JazzPA.
Bellefonte is a town of 6,400 nestled in the mountains three miles south of I-80, in the dead center of the state of Pennsylvania. It was home to seven governors, and holds one of the most exquisite Victorian downtowns in the United States. The rampant demolition of historic structures so prevalent elsewhere in the 1950s to 1970s largely bypassed Bellefonte.
The Bellefonte Museum of Centre County sits in the center of the town's National Historic District.
Please visit www.mapquest.com to find directions from where you are. We're approx. 4 hours from NYC, 3 1/2 hours from Philadelphia and DC, 3 hours from Cleveland and Buffalo, 2 1/2 hours from Pittsburgh and 2 hours from Harrisburg.
Need accommodations? Please support our Artist Housing Sponsors listed on the Sponsor Page.
For more Central PA information, visit our Links page, CENTRALPACVB.ORG and HAPPYVALLEY.COM. For JazzPA info, catherinedupuis@aol.com, 888-221-6670 / 212-841-0219.
JazzPA's Board of Directors: John Arrington (Treas.), Lea Asbell-Swanger, Russell Bloom, Catherine Dupuis (Pres.), Richard Fornicola, Rick Hirsch, Bennett Hoffman, Jeff Krauss, Richard Supina, Leslie Wagner, Paul Wagner (VPres.), Betsy Dupuis (Of Counsel).
JazzPA is a non-profit corporation in the State of Pennsylvania with IRS 501c3 designation. We welcome the opportunity to visibly acknowledge your sponsorship. Please contact us today. See you July 24th and 25th in downtown historic Bellefonte!