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| Sax section at rehearsal. |
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| Trumpet section at rehearsal. |
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| Steve Huffsteter rehearsing his compositions. |
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| Carl Saunders reherasing his feature number. |
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| Bob and Evie Florence, with Mike Vax on tour bus. |
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| Carl Saunders on the band bus. |
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| Kim Richmond soloing at the Broadway Cafe. |
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| Group, at hotel, getting ready to open the TCU Jazz Festival. |
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| TCU Concert, sax section. |
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| Brass section, opening TCU concert. |
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| Exterior of Broadway Cafe. |
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| Kim Richmond conducting "Big Sur". |
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| Band in the corner. |
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| Band in action from above. |
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| Balcony photo. |
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| After the gig, stairway photo. |
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| Boarding bus at hotel in Shreveport. |
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| Band party at El Chico Restaurant, Shreveport. |
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| Trumpet clinic, Shreveport, LA |
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| Saxophone clinic, Shreveport, LA |
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| Dennis Noday and Mike Vax, being featuring with Shreveport All-star
high school band. |
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| Vax Band on stage in performance, Shreveport. |
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| Photo in Vax's room, band hang Monday night. |
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| Vax sending out Kentonia report. |
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| Busrider/fans breakfast at Shreveport. |
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| Bob Florence playing in hotel lobby, Holiday Inn, Tyler, TX |
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| One of 4 melephoniums used in Robert E. Lee High School jazz band, Tyler, TX |
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| Saxophone clinic, with students and band members, Tyler, TX |
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| Trombone clinic, Tyler, TX |
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| Rhythm section clinic, Tyler, TX |
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| Who is that masked pianist, lobby, Holiday Inn, Tyler, TX? |
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| Rhythm section clinic at Newman Smith High School, Carrollton, TX |
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| Kim Richmond soloing on soprano saxophone, Carrollton, TX |
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| Kim "Seascape" solo. |
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| The legendary Leon Breeden, former head of jazz programs at North Texas
State University, surrounded by some of his admirers from the Mike Vax
Big Band. Shown here: Carl Saunders, Leon Breeden, Jim Riggs (of NTSU),
Mike Vax, Kenny Shroyer, Kim Richmond. |
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| The Dallas skyline, heading for Houston. |
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| Bus activity. |
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| Mike the money man. Never enough. "Am I taking a hit again?" |
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| A memorable food stop on the road from Dallas to Houston at Woody's Smokehouse. |
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| Houston skyline |
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| The Magnolia Hotel, Houston |
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| Ted Richardson, our host, put it all together for us. |
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| There was a banquet reception put on for the band. |
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| Norm, BobFlo, Hobbs, Symer and others at reception. |
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| Evie Florence, Curtis Fox, Mike Suter, Mike Vax at reception. |
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| The big city skyline of Houston was grand from our hotel rooms. The
Magnolia Hotel, location of our venue and accommodations, was
excellent.
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| Load, unload, load, unload. |
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| Our busdriver Don, the great one, taking a minute. |
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| Some of the band with fans, ready to board bus from Houston to
Victoria, our last stop. |
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| In Houston, they have another method of parking their cars. |
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| Reception/banquet in Victoria, Texas prior to our concert. |
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| The reception/banquet in Victoria had some interesting features. |
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| Friend, fan, busrider Garry Gillespie with event apparel. |
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| Our last concert in Victoria. |
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| Kim Richmond playing his beautiful arrangement of "Seascape". |
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| Live at the Magnolia. |
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| Playing to great fans at the Magnolia. |
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| Playing to a great crowd at the beautiful new theater in Victoria, Texas. |
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| "The Hang" after the last concert in Victoria, TX. Carl Saunders, Roy
Wiegand, Glenn Hooker, George Terry, Dave Umemoto, and Faye Rice. |
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| Dan Fava, Carl Saunder's back, Dick Lannen, Roy Wiegand, Glenn Hooker, and
George Terry. |
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| Airport, leaving Houston, TX. Scott Petersen, Evie & Bob Florence, Faye Rice,
D. Huffsteter, Kim Richmond, Kenny Shroyer, & Alex Murzyn. |
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| Toulouse-Lautrec? No, Carl Saunders. Evie has brought Carl to his knees
again! |
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| Saying good-bye to D. and Steve Huffsteter. Kim, Faye, Scott & Carl. |
