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"Hey
NOLA,
we didn't forget you!"
PROJECT
SEE
THE "Why go to NOLA" Video
SEE
OUR 1 hr. 22 min.
NOLA TOUR VIDEO
SEE
OUR PHOTO GALLERY
OF MORE THAN 4,500 PICTURES TAKEN DURING OUR TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS (March
22-28)
READ
OUR "REFLECTION PAPERS" THAT BEST EXPLAIN WHAT THIS EXPERIENCE
MEANT TO EACH OF US.
See
an article published in
AMERICAN PROFILE magazine on
July 17, 2008.
(9
million distribution- see the papers that include AMERICAN PROFILE)
Watch us perform with
Jeff Coffin on WWL-TV (CBS) LIVE in New Orleans
Article
in PIONEER PRESS
March 27, 2008
Article
in "Make It Better"
WE
MET OUR GOAL OF
RAISING
$75,000
TO BUILD A HOUSE WITH
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN NEW ORLEANS
CLICK
HERE IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A CREDIT CARD DONATION TO OUR PROJECT
CLICK
to hear sample audio files or order our 25th Anniversary double CD with all
proceeds going to NOLA HABITAT on the CD
AND
We are delivering 400 musical instruments worth $375,000 to the donate to the
schools in New Orleans
AND
We
are delivering 500 prom dresses and 400 tuxes to the NOLA area so their kids can feel
"normal" again and
look pretty at their spring prom!
Article
published in the Chicago Tribune
about our project
(March 20)
Brief
mention in the New Orleans Times-Picayune (March 20)
ARTICLE in the
entertainment section of the NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE (March 21)
CLICK
HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR COMPLETE TOUR SCHEDULE (PDF)
CLICK
HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR
CONCERT SCHEDULE, INCLUDING
A LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST (PDF)
Our
concert performance schedule
while in New Orleans
7 concerts in three days with 4 of them
in the two of the largest jazz clubs in the French Quarter!!!
Performing
with us in all but the last concert will be
JEFF COFFIN, saxophonist in the
double Grammy winning group BELA
FLECK and the FLECKTONES
MONDAY-
March 24,
2008
1:00- 2:30 p.m.- Private (free)
concert at Tipitina’s (French
Quarter) with Jeff Coffin
for 300 NOLA high school
and elementary
band students. Distribution of prom dresses/tuxes.
Tipitinas (French Quarter)
233
North Peters
7:00-
8:15 p.m. Concert open to the public (with Jeff Coffin)
$5 cover charge to help pay for Tipitina’s
staff.
9:00-
10:15 p.m. Concert open to the public (with Jeff Coffin) $5
cover charge to help pay for Tipitina’s staff.
TUESDAY- March 25,
2008
7-9
a.m.- Live performance with Jeff Coffin on the morning news show on WWL-TV (CBS) in New
Orleans.
CLICK
TO SEE THE TV SHOW LIVE FROM 7-9 A.M.
8:15- 9:30 p.m. Evening
"Thank You Concert" at Camp Hope (St. Bernard, LA) with
JEFF COFFIN for as
many as 800 AmeriCorps or Habitat volunteers at CAMP HOPE. THIS
CONCERT IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WEDNESDAY- March
26, 2008
Noon-
12:45 p.m. Concert with
JEFF COFFIN in Musicians’
Village on the street (with Jeff Coffin)
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
This will feature the presentation of the check to NOLA HABITAT for $75,000.
8:30
p.m.- 9:30 p.m.- Public benefit
concert to raise money for the Community
Center
of St. Bernard
$10 suggested
donation
(Jeff
Coffin will not be appearing in this concert.)
Ray’s Boom Boom Room
508 Frenchmen Street
New Orleans, LA.
504-248-9891
TO
ORDER BENEFIT CONCERT TICKETS ONLINE
or for more information about
this special concert
CLICK
HERE IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A CREDIT CARD DONATION TO OUR PROJECT
Read
an article published
Oct. 25, 2007 in the
Winnetka Talk
Read
an article published
Dec. 6, 2007 in the
Winnetka Talk
Directions
for band directors organizing a marathon concert
are at the bottom of this page.
There are three aspects of our project
to help the student and professional musicians in
New Orleans reclaim their
town.
You can help us help them by supporting in one of these three ways...
1.
Purchase a special double CD set for only $20 (plus $2 for shipping)
of great jazz music featuring 28 selections recorded with world famous jazz
artists and our New Trier
Jazz Ensemble
over the past 24 years of the
Frank Mantooth Jazz Festival at
New Trier High School.
CLICK
to hear sample audio files of the music on the CD
CLICK
to order CD ONLINE with a CREDIT CARD
The
double CD set includes the
NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE I
performing with these jazz greats...
Toshiko
Akiyoshi
Wayne Bergeron
John Fedchock
Maynard Ferguson
Frank Foster
Gordon Goodwin
Matt Harris
Jeff Jarvis
Glenn Kostur
Howard Levy
Bob Mintzer
Rob Parton
Dave Samuels
Bobby Shew
Don Stiernberg
Byron Stripling
Lew Tabackin
Mike Tomaro
Charlie Vernon
Jeff "Tain" Watts
The Tito Puente Latin Orchestra Rhythm Section
The Count Basie Orchestra Rhythm Section
and a special guest WAY too big to list here!
2.
Donate a used musical instrument in good playing condition to
Tipitina's Foundation.
Donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE!
We will deliver your instrument when we travel to
New Orleans during our Spring Break (March 22-28, 2008).
To request more information on how to donate an instrument,
send an email to: InstrumentsForNola@ntjazz.com
CLICK
TO SEE THE LIST OF SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING
IN OUR JAZZFEST THAT WILL BE
DONATING USED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
TO TIPITANA'S FOUNDATION IN THE MEMORY OF
FRANK MANTOOTH
3. Donate to help our jazz ensemble travel to New Orleans during Spring
Break to help build a house in or near Musicians'
Village located in the Upper 9th Ward
sponsored by the NOLA Habitat for
Humanity.
CLICK
HERE TO DONATE TO OUR NOLA PROJECT
WITH A CREDIT CARD
Our primary fund-raiser was a
16-Hour Marathon/Telethon/Web-a-thon Concert for NOLA
that on Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1 with our
Fall Jazz Concert
and featured Jeff Coffin, saxophonist in
Bela Fleck and the
Flecktones
We raised $28,000 in that marathon toward our goal
of $75,000
CLICK to see the
performance schedule
for the 16-hour concert
FOR BAND
DIRECTORS
Feel free to download and adapt anything that follows
to use in your school to help organize a marathon concert
for NOLA
We are still organizing our info for this page. PLEASE check back
after Christmas vacation to get more materials than what is provided
below.
Original
proposal sent to administration (word document)
Sponsor Sheets
for students to solicit donations (PDF)
Marathon Webpage with complete final
schedule (link)
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