Dirty Dozen Plays the Square

It was unseasonably cold for YLC’s Wednesday at the Square featuring the legendary Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Even in my knit cap and many layers, I envied the people who thought to wear gloves. Louisiana Spice was onstage playing fun covers of popular radio tunes when I arrived but the first thing I noticed was the new jumbo-screen broadcasting images to the furthest corners of Lafayette Square.

Way behind on Wednesday at the Square

It was another great week in Lafayette Square benefitting the Youth Leadership Council.

http://www.wednesdayatthesquare.com/

The crowd mostly stayed seated for a pop rock band called Happy Jack Frequency. Though the band is local, the music wasn’t traditional and the crowd was mostly there to hear a good ole brass band doing New Orleans tunes we all know the words to, but everyone had fun, just seated fun.

Jazz Fest 101

Finally made it to my first ever Jazz Fest. The festival was something I’d heard about my whole life, something I missed every year as it conflicted with “pilot season” in L.A., the time of year when most new television shows are cast – those that will make it onto the air and those who will only shoot a “pilot” episode (a first episode, often a test episode to show the networks) and disappear forever. I can now say with authority that Jazz Fest may not lead to a career in television, but it’s WAY more fun.