Blues & Jazz Festival 1999
 Erie
Art Museum Blues and Jazz Festival 1999
Get ready for the best concert this summer! The Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz
Festival held this Saturday and Sunday, August 7 & 8 at Frontier Park
is a freeGet ready for the best concert this summer! The Erie Art Museum
Blues & Jazz Festival held this Saturday and Sunday, August 7 & 8 at
Frontier Park is a free, two-day music celebration filled with great
sounds, food, and other activities for family and friends.
The festival also includes a fun hands-on activity for
kids. After Norman B. Foote’s noon perfomance on Saturday, kids
are invited to create their own butterfly or spider tambourines to
then be used in the Norman B. Foote Reprise at 3:30. Kids meet at the Information
Tent.
Other activities throughout the weekend include a tour
of the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park at 3:30 P.M. each day and,
on Sunday, free massages by Health Place will be available from noon
to 2 p.m.. The Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival was made possible
in part by National City, Pennsylvania Electric Choice, and the City
of Erie., two-day music celebration filled with great sounds, food, and
other activities for family and friends.
The festival also includes a fun hands-on activity for
kids. After Norman B. Foote’s noon perfomance on Saturday, kids
are invited to create their own butterfly or spider tambourines to then
be used in the Norman B. Foote Reprise at 3:30. Kids meet at the Information
Tent.
Other activities throughout the weekend include a tour
of the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park at 3:30 P.M. each day and,
on Sunday, free massages by Health Place will be available from noon
to 2 p.m.. The Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival was made possible
in part by National City, Pennsylvania Electric Choice, and the City
of Erie.
Saturday, August 7 , 1999 |
noon |
Norman B. Foote- performing silly songs and funny characters for
the whole family |
2 p.m. |
Fredonia Faculty Jazz Quartet - playing jazz favorites from Gershwin
to Chick Corea |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Norman B. Foote Reprise - kids bring your handmade tambourines
- meet at Information Tent |
4 p.m. |
Nino’s Blues Project - traditional blues at its best |
6 p.m. |
The Afro-Rican Ensemble - where Latin, funk, and jazz merge into
a new, dynamic sound |
8 p.m. |
Byther Smith - a true bluesman at heart with powerful guitar-playing
and strong vocals |
Sunday, August 8, 1999 |
noon |
“Always Patsy Cline”- presented by the Roadhouse Theatre
featuring Amanda Daggett as singer Patsy Cline |
2 p.m. |
Charles Ventrello Quartet with Bobby Grant’s blues-tinged
jazz vocals |
4 p.m. |
Mary Alice Brown & Company - a high-energy and entertaining
performance led by Erie’s own Sweetheart of Jazz |
6 p.m. |
Sam Mangwana: Prince of Congolese Rumba - a music style commonly
known as soukous, keeps you dancing |
8 p.m. |
Chico Hamilton & Euphoria - legendary drummer and bandleader
shows off his innovative and eclectic style, features Eric Person
on
saxophone |
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