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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 Dixieland Concert in Oaks Park00 rn r co r- at '7 Dads may dig Dixieland By DEBBIE GRAVES Staff Writer I f you're looking for a jazzy Fathees. Day activity, try Oaks Park at 7p.m. Sunday. . That will be the site of a free Dixieland jazz band concert. Sponsored by the Arts Council of Brazos Valley, the City of College Station and the Musician's Performance Trust Fund, Dixieland Three will fill the park with sounds of New Orleans Jazz for two hours. Decked out in straw hats, bow ties and arm garters,Mike Barker,Pete Buskirk and Bill Page will play all the old favorites and a few new ones. This is the second outdoor summer concert of the season. Four more concerts are planned. A concert by the Picardy Players, a woodwind quartet, opened the second season June 7. Sunday's concert won't be the first appearance of these three musicians in the summer concert series. Last year, they and another friend en- tertained audiences as the Mountain Vagabonds, playing European folk music. Now they are branching out with this jazz band. The idea for these outdoor summer concerts began about two years ago. Jody Bates, director of the Arts Council, heard that the Musicians' Performance Trust Fund would provide half of the funds for free outdoor concerts if the remaining funds could be raised by local groups. She went to the College Station City Council and told them about the grant. They agreed to fund about one -third of the costs and the Arts Council picked up the remaining expenses. Last year, there were five outdoor concerts. The music included the Mountain Vagabond's European folk songs, the Houston Pops, a jazz quartet, a country and western band and a Fourth of July celebration featuring the Community Singers and a group called Rainbow. "The people really seemed to enjoy them," Bates said. The concerts "are a delightful thing." "We got a lot of good feedback," she said so she went back to the city council in October and received funding for this summer. The Arts Council and the Musicians' Performance Fund continued to be sponsors as well. All this season's con- certs, except the Fourth of July concert, will be held at 7 p.m. in Oaks Park at the corner of Stallings and Highway 30. The July 4 concert will be from 4 to 6 p.m. in Bee Creek Park. The Fourth of July concert is the next one scheduled after the father's day concert. The Community Singers and Carter Creek Bluegrass will perform.