http://daveholo.com - a working musician's view from Dave Holo, jazz cornetist - Fri, 15 May 2009 19:30:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the nicer weather and the longer days, Holotradband will be shifting its Tuesday performance time from 7:00 to 7:30pm to help accommodate folks' summer schedules. We will, of course, stick with the 3 hour format. Tuesdays have become quite a draw for the swing dance crowd. The band and the ... http://daveholo.com/2009/04/27/starting-may-5th-at-the-new-orleans-creole-restaurant/ This coming weekend Holotradband will be appearing at the 1st annual Highline Vintage Jazz Festival held at Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien, WA. Lance Haslund, a fine musician who has been a member of the Burien Arts Organization for a number of years, is serving as the festival director. In addition ... http://daveholo.com/2009/04/27/the-highline-vintage-jazz-festival/ The engineer in me is always interested in playing with new software and electronic toys.  I'm also a web addict. While poking about, I was always running across articles on SEO and generating website traffic. I play in two bands and casually, perhaps even randomly, have maintained sites for both ... http://daveholo.com/2009/04/23/this-is-a-second-test-post-for-troubleshooting-purposes/ It's been way too long since I last wrote anything here.  For a long time, I tried to make frequent posts, but I have to admit, I've just been slacking lately. Well, as usual, all of us really enjoyed Jazz in the Olympics. It was nice to catch up with ... http://daveholo.com/2007/05/28/67/ Well, Jazz in the Olympics is only a few weeks off. This festival, held annually in Port Angeles, WA is really one of the nicest jazz festivals in the country. Of course, I'm stating my opinion, but it seems to be shared by a good many jazz fans, ... http://daveholo.com/2007/04/06/69/ If you weren't there last Tuesday, I'm truly sorry. You missed a great evening! The place was packed, the band was absolutely on fire, and we saw lots of old friends who were back in Seattle for break. Nice seeing them again. Something I truly enjoy about playing in Holotradband is ... http://daveholo.com/2007/03/28/70/ 'Twas a very good evening at the N'awlins tonight. Lot of folks, right up until we pulled the plug at 10:00. Over the weekend Alex had a little tussle with a broken water glass and a kitchen sink ... he'll be fine, but he's temporarily on injured reserve ... so we ... http://daveholo.com/2007/03/20/72/ The last couple of Tuesdays have been especially enjoyable sessions at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant. A couple of pretty good audiences - a lot of nice folks having a nice time - and a couple of special events. March 6th, of course, marked the return of Matt and Mike to ... http://daveholo.com/2007/03/14/73/ After more than a month away, starring as The Crickets in the Fifth Avenue's stage production of The Buddy Holly Story, Matt Weiner and Mike Daugherty will make their triumphant return to the stage of the New Orleans Creole Restaurant, Tuesday, March 6th. It'll be nice to see them back ... http://daveholo.com/2007/03/05/a-thank-you-and-a-welcome-back/ We also played a "social dance" set for the Balboa fest Saturday. Most of Saturday was pretty serious for dancers. There were classes, competitions, discussion groups, and all sorts of things that let you know these dancers mean business when they hit the floor. Their interest and dedication shows when ... http://daveholo.com/2007/02/18/more-northwest-bal-festival/