Arkansas Jazz Festival 2015 at Dardanelle Gazebo on Front Street

Free and open to the public, the 2015 Arkansas Jazz Festival (presented by the Arkansas Jazz Educators Association) is scheduled to take place on two days (Friday, 24 April and Saturday, 25 April) at two sites (the gazebo on Front Street in Dardanelle and the east lawn of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock). This fifth annual festival features performances (at one-hour intervals) by jazz bands from colleges, high schools, and junior high/middle schools. Also included are two Saturday concerts (12 p.m. in Dardanelle, 6 p.m. in Little Rock) by internationally renowned saxophonist Lou Marini (blueloumarini.com) with the University of Arkansas at Monticello's award-winning jazz band (directed by Gary Meggs). Complete festival details (including performance schedules for both days and both sites) are provided in a public, shareable Facebook invitation pinned to the top of the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation's Facebook page....

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Free and open to the public, the 2015 Arkansas Jazz Festival (presented by the Arkansas Jazz Educators Association) is scheduled to take place on two days (Friday, 24 April and Saturday, 25 April) at two sites (the gazebo on Front Street in Dardanelle and the east lawn of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock). This fifth annual festival features performances (at one-hour intervals) by jazz bands from colleges, high schools, and junior high/middle schools. Also included are two Saturday concerts (12 p.m. in Dardanelle, 6 p.m. in Little Rock) by internationally renowned saxophonist Lou Marini (blueloumarini.com) with the University of Arkansas at Monticello's award-winning jazz band (directed by Gary Meggs). Complete festival details (including performance schedules for both days and both sites) are provided in a public, shareable Facebook invitation pinned to the top of the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation's Facebook page.

DARDANELLE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, 25 APRIL 2015: Russellville HS (9 am), Heber Springs HS (10 am), Fort Smith Northside HS (11 am), LOU MARINI with University of Arkansas at Monticello (12 pm), Van Buren HS (1 pm), University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (2 pm), Van Buren MS (3 pm), Vilonia JHS & HS Jazz Band II (4 pm), Vilonia HS Jazz Band I (5 pm)

REFER TO SEPARATE JAZZ NEAR YOU ENTRIES FOR PERFORMANCES IN LITTLE ROCK AND ON FRIDAY, 24 APRIL 2015.

Questions about the festival should be directed to Clay Hooten ([email protected] / 479.229.4655, Ext. 54), who serves as president for the Arkansas Jazz Educators Association (ARJE, arjazzed.org), an affiliate of the Jazz Education Network (jazzednet.org), one of the Smithsonian's collaborators on Jazz Appreciation Month (April), for which resources are provided at smithsonianjazz.org. Donations to offset festival expenses should be made payable to "Arkansas Jazz Educators" and mailed to ARJE Treasurer Robin Ratliff, 2300 Prince Street, Conway, AR 72034.

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