Cornet Conspiracy 2006

Tentative Schedule

Update: 04/27/08

SUNDAY, JUNE 4th

6 - 9  "Meet and Greet"     South of the Border restaurant.  Buy your own food/beverage (full service bar)


MONDAY, JUNE 5th

9-12  Brass Band
12-1  Lunch (provided)
1-3  Presentations
6:30-10  Reception/Dinner at DeCarlis Home (Map)
 

TUESDAY, JUNE 6th

9-12  Cornet Displays
12-1 Lunch (provided)
1-2 Swap Shop: buy-sell-trade instruments, accessories, etc. You are encouraged to bring instruments, accessories, Ephemera, or CD's   (especially your own).  We will try to set some ground rules for this so it isn't too crazy.  Items may be for sale only, sale or trade, or trade only.  For instance, most of us own cornets that we would never sell.  But, if presented with an equally rare/desirable cornet in trade, we might consider it, since the focus of our collections often change over time.  Looking at it this way will prevent the swap shop from being only junkers we would all like to unload --- but also some choice things that would only be swapped for equally choice items.
2-3 Presentations
6-10  Cocktail Hour/Dinner/Jazz Jam Session No. 1    Hilton, buy your own food/beverage


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7th

9:30-12 Brass Band (Kanapaha Botanical Gardens)
12-1  Catered BBQ Lunch/Beer/Wine (provided)
1-3 Presentations
6-10:30  Cocktails/Dinner/Jazz Jam Session "In Memory of Bobby Hackett," on the 30th Anniversary of his death.  Leonardo's 706, buy your own food/beverage


THURSDAY, JUNE 8th

9-12 Brass Band
12-1 Lunch (provided)
1-3  Presentations
5:30-7  Dinner (location to be determined)
7:30 Local Musician Trumpet Recital, students of William Dishman


Presentations will include:

Dave Rogers -- "Look Ma, No Hands!"  Clinic by top NYC professional trumpeter

Steve Sparks -- "Mutes and Mouthpieces: How many are TOO many?"   trumpet accessories/evolution of technology

Rick Schwartz  African-American cornetists prior to Buddy Bolden's Generation

Kelsey Hines:  "So, you think your homeowner's insurance covers these things, huh?"  Insuring your Vintage Instruments

Scott Krueger, Attorney:  “I’m dead...  so now what happens?”  estates/trusts

Robb Stewart -- “Trumpet Schmumpet”   What differentiates a cornet from a trumpet?

Nick DeCarlis --  "I'm not a photographer, but I play one on TV."  Digital Photography of Instruments for the non-photographer

Will Scarlett -- handy shop tips
 

Plus "Book Reports" -- short presentations on specific manufacturers and new information about them

Brass Band
As you can see, this year there will be a lot less driving and more time playing.  "Brass Band" will be when most of us play 19th century period music together as we did to good effect in Elkhart.  Even I will attempt to read music, and play an alto horn if I must!  "Brass Band" will also include time to perform not one, but TWO new compositions by our own Professor Rick Schwartz.

I have purposely scheduled "down time" in the late afternoons to unwind, or to visit local attractions.  For instance, the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, and the Florida Museum of Natural History are just 5 minutes from your hotel.

- Nick