August 2012 Number 393

Delta RagA non-profit organization dedicated to the education,preservation, and promotion of Traditional Jazz

Live Dixieland in StocktonThe first Sunday of the month, noon until 5:00 pm, Elks Lodge, 8900 Thornton Road

CELL BLOCK 7 ON STAGE AUGUST 5

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Bob RomansCell Block 7 Leader, Cornet,

Double Bell Euphonium1617 Lakeshore DriveLodi, California, 95242cellblk7@comcast.net

Cell 209-747-1148

SJDJS 2012 OFFICERSPresident................ .....Dick Lockwood

Past President..................................Larry Tyrell

VP/Music Director ..............Bill Sharp

Secretary..............................Barbara Baughman

Treasurer..........................................Geri EckertGeri_eckert@yahoo.com

Promotional Mgr.......................................OpenEquipment Mgr......................Wilton FernandezMember at Large.......................Judith GriffithsMember at Large....................Kerry LockwoodDelta Rag Edito .....Billie Ricker

Delta Rag email............. ricker@dishmail.net Delta Rag contributors…. Dick Lockwood,Bill Sharp, Dave Tygett.

VOLUNTEERSAdmission desk coordinator........Judy GriffithsRaffle chairman..................................Dave TygettWebmistress.........................Kerry Lockwood www.stocktondixielandjazz.org

The DELTA RAG is published monthly bythe San Joaquin Dixieland Jazz Society, at Wal-lace, CA.

Please address mail to: Billie Ricker, POBox 14, Wallace, CA 95254. The deadline for material to be published isthe day of the session preceding the issue date.

The Board of Directors meets on theThursday following the monthly session,at 1:30 at the Elks Lodge. Members arewelcome.

ADVERTISING RATESFull page..................... $50Half page....................$25Business card size.......$10

Business card size is $100 for 1 year

SPLINTERS FROM THE BOARDThe treasurer reported income of $806,

(Admission, dues, raffle, donations, andads) and expenses of $1140 (Rent, band,Delta Rag printing, and ASCAP).

There will be a Business meeting at theAugust session, and President Dick Lock-wood will announce the Chairman of the2013 Nominating Committee. Any otheritems of general interest will be announced,and members are encouraged to bring upanything of concern or interest.

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The July 2012 SJDJS Ses-sion is now a part of our histo-ry. What a day! One of thebest bands we have ever had(the Devil Mountain) provid-ed all the music we could pos-sibly need, want and enjoy.Fantastic! Our attendance was

the best we have seen in many months. Thedance floor was so crowded during the parasolnumbers that you had to keep moving to avoidbeing trampled by the crowd. If you were therein July, thanks for coming.

Next month promises to be another greatsession. Like Monte Hall always said “Come onDown!” It will be two months in a row offantastic headliner bands! Our August guestband is the Cell Block Seven! Bob Romans, theleader (head guard?) of the Cell Block 7, needsno introduction to our Club. Bob has been aSJDJS member for almost forever. He is one ofour pioneers in cultivating youth bands. He hasserved in various offices, including that of Pres-ident. You want to know what Bob looked likewith more hair than the floor of most barbershops? If we can get someone to bring out theSJDJS History Albums, take a look. The veryrich heritage of our Society is well documentedin those pages. We are in need of a Club Histo-rian! No pay, just a fun job, doing your part forour history. It is mostly like scrap-booking andI know there is someone who would enjoy it.

Our elections for office are just around thecorner. Our current slate of officers has agreedto serve again should no other nominations beforthcoming. However, any member of the Soci-ety is eligible to run for office. The well-trav-eled, hard working, dedicated members of our

Traditional / Dixieland Jazz BandCell Block Seven is a jazz band favoring

the West Coast traditional jazz sound of LuWatters, Turk Murphy and the Bay City JazzBand of the '50s, in a classic jazz lineup led bytwo cornets. Their many festivals, tours, andconcert successes are a direct result of their veryprofessional approach coupled with a greatsound and an extensive and varied repertoire. As with most bands, the lineup has changedsomewhat over the years, but most of the pres-ent team have been together for ten years ormore. Cell Block 7 is a very versatile and enter-taining band. By doubling their talents on thethree double bell euphoniums, Cell Block Sev-en is able to produce some very different sounds-- from fast, exciting trios to smooth and mel-low blues, and exciting marches!

Band personnelBob Romans- cornet, dbl bell euphoniumBob Sakoi- cornet, dbl bell euphoniumPaul Edgerton- clarinetEric Burger- trombone, dbl bell euphoniumTom Downs- tubaDaryl Hosick- pianoColeman Sholl- drumsKurt Abell- Banjo

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEBy Dick Lockwood

CELL BLOCK SEVEN

Continued next column

Society, Jan and Ellie Buhlert, have agreed toco-chair the Elections Committee. Please ex-press your interest in serving by contacting Janor Ellie.

Thanks to all of our volunteers, with a spe-cial thank you to Dave and Marlena Tygett forthe wonderful patriotic red-white-and blue tableand room decorations at our July Session.

I’m looking forward to the day (soon Ihope) when there will be nothing left to learn thehard way.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, continued

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Galaviz said he isn’tletting a broken toeslow him down. Hewas looking mighty

fine on the dance floor,and his friend Margie looked pretty in ared fringe dress.

Bev Eggers, Pat Hungerford, HelenTardif, and Pat Anderson were enjoyingthe music and the ambience. Bev Eggersis Virginia Tichenor’s Mother-in-Law.AKA Marty Eggers’ Mom. And a won-derful vivacious lady. She is in the pictureover there, offering to share her parasolwith Dave Radmore. Here’s news if you are wonderingabout the benefit of our Youth fund dol-lars, Rich Kreis told me that Tim (a youngman who really knows his way around thereed instruments) has a gig in Sacramentoon Sundays at “The Porch.” I have such sad news for you, about amember who just gave off sparks of goodwill and joy. Neta Martin had a heartattack and died. Marlena reports that afterthe funeral, there was a New Orleans styleparade, with parasols, and many Red Hat-ted ladies. Neta would have loved it! Ourcondolences to Neta’s family. You may have seen former member,Hazel Dingman’s picture in the newspa-per. She also died in July. She was anactive member in SJDJS for many years. I just heard that Ruth Autrey died of aheart attack. Ruth has volunteered at theAdmissions desk since the 1980s. She tookover the job when her husband passedaway. Ruth has been ill for the past fewmonths, but was at the Admissions deskwhenever she was able. I’ll sure miss her.

HEARD BETWEEN SETSBy Billie Ricker

Oh I hope you allhad half the enjoymentI did. I was in nostal-gia land. Cliff & Iwere Devil Mountaingroupies from the year the band started,until we moved from Tracy. Many fondmemories remain. I’ll spare you the details.

Keith Baltz crooned, “I Wanta be Se-duced,” with the ladies lined up forcingfolding money into his clothes. Poor guy.But he did seem to be bearing up well underall that attention, judging from the smile onhis face in the photo on the facing page.

We are keeping Don Rees in ourprayers. Don had back surgery July 12, nota fun thing to go through. Don & Mary area couple of the good guys!

I am still saving the joke for CarlWarmdahl. Larry Tyrell said that Carlfell while in New Orleans, and chipped abone in his hip. Apparently he didn’t needsurgery, but is on crutches. Drummers notonly use both hands, but also both feet,often at the same time.

Bob Edson said their puppy is doingbetter, but still gets excited and bites every-thing in sight. Frank Lindskoog says hewill bring his new Mustang next month, butif I drool on it, I have to wipe it off.

Dave Tygett was here early decoratingtables, so Kathleen & Stephen Smith wereMarlena’s escorts. The Smiths are in thephoto with new members, Amy Quacken-bush and Gary DeGrande on the facingpage.

Bev Martin said she isn’t using a cane.It only got in her way, so she is just beingcareful. There is no substitute for beingcareful, with or without a cane. Albert

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Amy Quackenbush, Kathleen Smith, Gary DeGrande,Stephen Smith

Ken Keeler & Dave Radmore

Keith Baltz and anunnamed lady who is

reaching to tuck athousand $ bill into his

shirt. I think.

HELEN TARDIFJOHN WESTHAFERPAT HUNGERFORD KAY ULM

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In Memory

of

Ruth Autrey

SUPPORT LIVE DIXIELAND1st Sunday: San Joaquin Dixieland Jazz Soc. ElksLodge, 8900 Thornton Rd., Stockton. Aug 5, CellBlock 7.2nd Sunday: Sacramento Traditional JazzSoc. Dante Club, 2330 Fair Oaks Blvd. Aug 12 ,Bria Skonberg/Terry Myers/GregVarlotta/Curis Brengle.3rd Sunday: Modesto Traditional Jazz Soc. Clar-ion Inn, 1612 Sisk Rd., Aug 19, Devil Moun-tain Jazz Band.1st & 3rd Tuesday evening 6:30 to 8:30:Cell Block 7 playing at Royce’s Bar BQ, just offHwy 99 @ Eight Mile.

ATTENTION FRIENDSIf you know of someone who is ill or in need

of cheering up and would like their name on theSunshine please phone Marlena Tygett at

Basin Street Regulars, PO Box 356, Pismo Beach 93448 , Pismo Beach, CAFEATURED BANDS: Titan Hot Seven, Midiri Brothers, Cornet Chop Suey, HighSierra, Tom Rigney and Flambeau, Wally’s Warehouse Waifs, Night BloomingJazzmen, Blue Street, Three Au Brothers w/Howard Miyata, Ivory & Gold, SouthBurgundy Street, 3 Clarinet Specials, and many more.

GUEST ARTISTS: Bob Draga, Brady McKay, Carl Sonny Leyland, Gordon Au.Two Thursday Special Events (10/25): #1 The Au Brothers & Friends, #2 We Three(Draga, Barnhart, Coots). 6 pm to 9 pm. Admission $25 each.

ALL EVENTS BADGES: $80, after August 31 $90. One day badges available now!Fri: $40; Sat: $50; Sun: $40. To order: call Sandy at 805-773-3750 or e-mail<sandysmallwood@charter.net> or call Pismo Beach Chamber of Commerce 800-443-7778, MC or Visa only. Alternatively: George Smith 805-481-7840. RV’ers forPismo Coast Village space information, e-mail Valerie Powell <vowry@yahoo.com>or call her at 805-481-2935. For Five Cities Elks Lodge call Dave at 805-305-7627.There is a $10 service charge per order for refund, and NO refunds after 9/30/12.

JUBILEE BY THE SEAOctober 26-28, 2012

In Memory

of

Neta Martin

In Memory

of

Hazel Dingman

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set up and teardown process--- it'sdragging it all outof storage in a

trailer parked a bit of a ways from thebuilding, then making several tripsback and forth to move all the equip-ment. This is repeated at the end ofeach session and is a lot of work. I'd

like to personally thank Art Bregante, Bob Ed-son, Marty Hofheinz and Wilt Fernandez (Equip-ment Manager) for being such a hard workingcrew. They are the backbone of each session andeach deserves a hearty pat on the back.

Here's hoping for another big crowd inAugust and some contributions to our raffle.The raffle proceeds are just just one elementwhich helps our club survive. You can be a partof our life-support system by contributingitems. As you read this, pause for a moment tothink of something that you could contribute,and go put it in the trunk of your car, ready tobring to our next meeting. Just don't forget thatyou put it there, when you come to the meeting.

Telling you thatthe Devil Mountainwas fantastic wouldbe an understate-ment. They nailed it, nailed it,NAILED IT! Was it fun? OOOOHYES ! ! This was all made possiblethrough the generous contribution ofDave Radmore. He wanted DevilMountain, and he got Devil Mountain by spon-soring the band. Do you see how well sponsor-ship works? And another set of "those-who can-nail-it" will be aboard for the month of August,this time with a bit of help in sponsorship fromLarry Tyrell and Dick Lockwood. The bandwill be Cell Block Seven, unleashed from theircages for a rousing session. Will it be fun?Well, why don't you just come and find out.

In July we had some new jammers. Youthmembers Tim Kreis, Matt Seno, Hannan Ha-feez, and Angie Reed were assisted by "not-youth" members Kristy Reed, Bill Sharp, Bon-ny Otto, Mark Kramer, and Jack Mootz to kickoff the first jammers set. The talented kidseasily handled the tunes. As team members onstage they made great music and set the tone fora very nice start for the day. Most of the newfolks were from Sacramento, and hopefully willreturn again soon. One who made a nice im-pression was Angie Reed, who at age 14 beltedout a few vocals, and demonstrated the she hasa nice set of pipes. Other jammers throughoutthe day were Dannie Balser, Don Rees, BobEdson, Steve Lee, Frank Lindskoog, LorenIversen, Dick Lockwood, and Ray Farley.Thanks to those members for coming to helpprovide music between the guest band sets.(We wish Don Rees a quick recovery from hisback surgery, which is coming up.)

By the way, you get to hear all of the musiceach month because of the hard working crewthat comes early before each monthly meetingto set up the sound system. It’s not just a simple

MUSIC DIRECTOR’S REPORTBy Bill Sharp

RAFFLE RAMBLEBy Dave Tygett

As Flip Wilson used to say “The devilmade me do it” Maybe the Devil Mountain JazzBand caused you to buy a raffle ticket. Youbought $120 worth –thanks.

Two bottles of wine donated by DickLockwood were won by Kathleen Smith andJohn Jameson. The Devil Mountain’s CD wentto Helen Tardif and the Mission Gold CD toWilt Fernandez. A Tom Sharpsteen CD givenby Glen Calkins (a player in Devil Mountain)was won by Barbara Baughman. The specialprize of $4 in honor of the 4th of July went toKristy Reed.

A good time was had by all. Why not invitea friend to the August 5th session?

2012 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONMembership includes the Delta Rag and a

reduced admission* at our monthly sessions. Fillout the information below and return with checkpayable to SJDJS. Mail to P.O. Box 4746, Stock-ton, CA 95204-0746. Please print clearly.Name(s)AddressCity, State, ZipPhone, e-mail

$25 Single annual membership$40 Couple (2 cards 1 address)

$100 each Sustaining membership Extra $6 for First Class postage Delta Rag only (No membership) $8.00

*ADMISSIONMember = $8.00, Non-Member = $12.00Sustaining Member = FreeGold Card/Musician and Spouse = No chargeStudent with current Student Body card = $2.

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PERMIT NO. 181STOCKTON, CA

SAN JOAQUINDIXIELAND

JAZZ SOCIETY

P.O. BOX 4746STOCKTON, CA 95204

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

2012 CALENDAR

Aug. 5: Cell Block 7

Sep. 2: Jammers in 2 rooms

Oct. 7: Art Bregante’s Orchestra

Nov. 4: JassCity Jazz Band

Dec. 2: Mission Gold Jazz Band

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