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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
                                           publicinfo@selu.edu
                                           SLU 10880, Hammond, LA 70402
                                           504/549-2341/fax 504-549-2061
    Date: 9/29/99
      Contact:                           Carol Dotson 52m

FANFARE'S ART & ALL THAT JAZZ WEEKEND 
IN DOWNTOWN HAMMOND
     HAMMOND -- During the weekend of October 9-10 downtown Hammond is the place
to be for the FANFARE "Art & All That Jazz" weekend. 
     Saturday, the Jazz Downtown celebration begins in front of the Deposit Guaranty Bank at
6pm with free swing dance lessons. Guests are invited to show what they've learned to the Big
Band tunes of Willis Delony and the Southeastern Jazz ensemble. A little later, switch over to the
Cajun two step when Cajun music great Bruce Daigrepont takes the stage.
     Sunday, the popular Gallery Stroll takes place 1-5 pm. Several restaurants are scheduled
to have Jazz Brunches including Brady's, Jordans on Cate, LaCarretta, and Mariner's Inn.
Brunch begins at 11 am and reservations are suggested.
     At 1:00 pm the Gallery Stroll begins where downtown businesses will display works by
areas artists. Businesses participating in this year's gallery stroll include: The Bridal Showcase,
Red, White & Brew, Central Rexall Drugstore, Hopscotch, Ltd., Bayou Booksellers, I-55
Internet
Services, Hammond Regional Arts Center, First Guaranty Bank, Crystal Illusions, Hammond
Eastside Apartments, Speed Insurance Agency, Toggery Shop, George Ibert Jewelry, Alphabet
Soup and Monogram Stew, Strawberry Patch, Mariner's Inn, Jonathan Schmidt, Johnny Chauvin
Photography, Old Frame House/Gallery Menette, and Fine Lines by Heather.
     Art works on display will include paintings, pastels, watercolors,  photography, wood
turning, digital artwork and performance art. 
     Artists displaying works include: Barbara Tardo, Denise Tullier-Holly, Adair Watkins,
Carolee Miller, Nancy Keisman, Chris Matthew, Woody Stevens, Dave "Webman" Mastrianni,
Tina Freeman, Hammond Art Guild, Lumunba Kazl, Hammond Eastside Artists, Alvin Schilling,
St. Thomas Aquinas High School art students, Gloria Ross, Pamela Reine Boily, Russell Roper,

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ADD ONE/FANFARE Downtown

Patrick Miller, Bill Ludwig, Ragan Schmidt, Johnny Chauvin, Bob McIntyre, University
Montessori School, and  Izzy Moving Performance Art and Dance Co. 
     Jazz Downtown and the Gallery Stroll are free and open to the public. The "Art and All
That Jazz" weekend is sponsored by the Downtown Development District, FANFARE,
BellSouth and Deposit Guaranty Bank.
     For more information call the Downtown Development District at 542-3471. For a
Fanfare brochure or additional information about other Fanfare events, call the SLU Public
Information Office, 504-549-2341, send e-mail to publicinfo@selu.edu, or visit the Fanfare web
site, www.selu.edu/fanfare. Tickets are available at the Fanfare box office   504-549-2323, Gate
1, SLU University Center, 700 W. University Ave. 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., weekdays. 


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