They support what we re doing. We get invited back to play places, and that s one of the validations for us. Although the band knows a variety of music, including jazz, contemporary, and traditional tunes, they do enjoy whistlin Dixie. Other songs they performed were the Maple Leaf Rag, I Can t Give You Anything But Love, and the Livery Stable Blues. We play at the mall during Christmas, when kids come to see Santa, says Mike Griffith, tuba player for the band.
Kids jump up and down, dancing about when they hear our music.
In the summer, playing outside for the Downtown Partnership, they re literally dancing in the streets, or at least tapping their feet. The band is one of the few local groups invited to perform in the Spokane Dixieland Jazz Festival, which takes place in early June. The group also plays annually at the Sentimental Journey fund-raiser for Post Falls High School, at the Good Samaritan Care Center, and company parties at Spokane s Agilent Technologies. The Spokane Art School brought drawings of quilts for kids to color during the free concert. Support for the art projects was provided by Spokane Federal Credit Union.