| Jazz Fest May 1 - 3, 2009 |
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| This was my 10th year of attending Jazz Fest in
the past 11 years. Many of those years have been with my long-time
friend Amy Jones. The past several years we've also had the pleasure
of being joined by Amy's husband Julio and our friend Laura Faulkenberry. This year
we had a new friend join the group - Laura's boyfriend Robert. |
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| A creative musician seen near Jackson Square. | Our merry band of festers |
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| Crawfish! Thanks to years of training by Amy, I now peel my own. | A blurry shot of Marcia Ball, a favorite of ours for years. |
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| The sun was so relentless, we hid under umbrellas as much as possible. | Here Laura demonstrates the umbrella trick. |
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| Tony Bennett - still kickin' and all dressed up in the serious heat. | The Iguanas - they were my favorite act I saw this year. |
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| Amy - loaded down with chairs as we head back to the hotel. |
We got to visit with Amy's family for dinner on two of the evenings. Here's Amy with Hal - enjoying being on the same continent again. |
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| The gang enjoying breakfast - we really were enjoying it, despite that look Julio is giving me. |
The gang ready for day 2. |
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| And again with me included. | Robert enjoying his first ever Jazz Fest. |
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A rousing group in the Gospel Tent - they were bringing down the house!
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Here we are enjoying time with Amy's family again. |
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