Saturday, July 15, 2006

Yeah, it's the weekend....

Very nice comments from the crowd at the William S. Thomson Golf Scramble dinner about In It For the Money, who provided some great blues and rock during the cocktail hour and clever intro music during the awards portion.

Program aims to keep musicians in Big Easy By Doug Simpson, AP (New Orleans)- Dan Oestreicher is a 23-year-old saxophone player, not long out of college, who has lived with friends since Hurricane Katrina's floodwater drove him from his apartment. A new housing program aims to turn him into a homeowner. Oestreicher is one of dozens of New Orleans residents who have signed up to help build the so-called Musicians' Village, a collection of houses in a section of the Ninth Ward flooded after the storm, in exchange for a bargain price on a brand new house. He said he liked the idea of living near fellow musicians. He also likes the idea of paying $500 a month to own a brand new, three-bedroom house worth about $90,000. - complete article