Today we lost a great friend, piano player and band leader,  JOE CAVALLARO.  Joe came from Elmira NY and entertained many of us who attended Alexandria Bay Jazz Festival and who also help run the Twin Tiers Jazz Festival in Elmira NY.  He had a wonderful personality, a lot of thoughtfulness and kindness that we will never forget.  RIP JOE  LOVE  DINNY & DO

He treated us Canadians as if we were gold when we came to Elmira.  His hospitality was beyond anything you could imagine.  His band members were also wonderful to all of us.

For some unknown reason, he took a special shine to my Dinny.  Why I don’t know!!!!!!!  They joked around all the time and Joe would call Dinny and say ( I just had to call you, you’re driving me crazy if I don’t.)  He called just  a few weeks ago to say that the band had their passports and would be able to come to Kitchener to play for us.  Wayne and Nancy and all of us were so excited that this would happen in the new year.  Unfortunately, the Lord had other plans for Joe, which we are not too happy about.

His spirit and smile will live on in our hearts and remember the good times.  Our sympathy goes out to his dear friend Karen and his devoted band members.

Sincerely

Dinny & Do

 Local jazz music legend Joe Cavallaro dies

Well done Dinny

THANK YOU
We are all very proud of Dinny and his hard work and efforts that he puts into his music, bands and the wonderful musicians that he perform with him. As usual Dinny was emotional but not speechless about receiving this award. It was completely unknown to any of us.

This was presented at the Sunday Gospel Service May 24th that is held at the end of the festival.

Dinny received a special award
for the Preservation of Traditional Jazz at the festival:

THE PEL & BETTY BELL-SMITH

"RAGTIME BOB" DARCH MEMORIAL AWARD

PRESENTED IN THEIR HONOUR TO BRIAN "DINNY" DINSDALE

For His Continuing Contribution

To The Preservation Of Traditional Jazz and Ragtime Music

THE GRAND INTERNATIONAL RAGTIME-JASSTIME FOUNDATION

The Bonnie Castle Resort & Marina

Alexandria Bay New York - May 24, 2015

2012 Alexandria Bay International Ragtime Jasstime Festival

25th - 27th May 2012- Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The Alexandria Bay International Ragtime Jasstime Festival
at The Bonnie Castle Resort. Book now directly with the hotel. Passes for the weekend can be purchased through Wayne and Nancy Pauli.

This is a great event and we are really looking forward to seeing everyone.  This year's line up :

Gabriel Bourque
Ivory & Gold
Jeff Barnhart
Jon Seiger
Professor Don Burns
Ragtime Rick
The Chefs of Dixieland
The Magnolia Rhythm Kings
The Morgan Street Stompers

ALEXANDRIA BAY RAGTIME JASSTIME FESTIVAL

MAY 27, 28, 29 2011
ALEXANDRIA BAY RAGTIME JASSTIME FESTIVAL AT THE BONNIE CASTLE RESORT

Just wanted to remind you of this great festival that happens every year do the very hard work of Wayne & Nancy Pauli. It is so much fun and the bands and entertainers are second to none. They do this for just room and board.

It is held at The Bonnie Castle Resort on the St. Lawrence River. The sights are unbelievable. Now this is not a 4 or 5 star hotel but it is a darn good 3 star resort. The rooms are clean and comfortable, food delicious, service very good, scenery great, nice pool indoor and out door, and grounds are great. You get to see The Bolt Castle right from the diningroom windows along with the view of the river. There have been some bad reviews written in the different review columns on their website but this is not true. If you want a 4 or 5 star resorts then you need to go to the Royal York, or the Westin downtown. You know not even those expensive hotels get that kind of rating. This is a nice comfortable place for a lot of fun, music and dancing on this particular weekend. The hotel feeds you well and the waitresses are very friendly. So get thinking about this great event and pay no attention to those stupid reviews. BE SURE TO PASS THE WORD AROUND.

I would not miss going there for anything or anyone. Book early as it fills up quickly.
You need to book right through the hotel not through Wayne & Nancy. They sell you your weekend pass. Go into The Lancaster Jazz Club website and read all about this great festival.

Alexandria Bay Ragtime Jass Festival - was a blast

Once again Alexandria Bay Ragtime Jass festival was well attended and well organized. The musical styles complemented each other, the sense of fun and passion for jazz was evident and really inspiring. Bonnie Castle, beside the St Lawrence River, was the event venue. Live bands in the bar and the dining room gave us a chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery as we wandered between the stages. The great atmosphere and enthusiastic audience made the drive from Toronto all worth while. The weekend also gave us a chance to catch up with old friends and make new friends which makes this festival one of our favorites.

We even got our photo (Dinny and the All Stars, Toronto play for a crowd .....) in the local newspaper - Watertown Daily Times - article - Alex Bay host ragtime, jazz fest  -  photo. 

Alexandria Bay Ragtime Jass Festival - here we come

Another big gig for Dinny.  He has been asked to put together a band for The Alexandria Bay Ragtime Jazz Festival (New York).  The festival runs from the 22nd to the 24th May 2009 so Dinny had a lot of ringing around to gather together the band members at such short notice.

Dinny has played the festival in  previous years, so he had a good idea of what would be required from the band and how much fun the festival is.  It is a great coming together of very talented musicians in a very beautiful location and we're really pleased to have been asked to participate.  

After working hard at making it happen I'm glad to be able to say Alexandria Bay here we come.