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French Quarter - 1812: March Through Musical History
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Free. Free and open to the publicLocation: LAT/LONG: 29.954800, -90.064754
National Park Service French Quarter visitor center - 419 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130. (Near the statue of Bienville.)
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3:00 to 4:00 pm Central Time
Description
The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
and the
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve
present a live performance of
Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters
In Commemoration of the Battle of New Orleans
Thursday, January 8 at 3:00 pm
At the National Park Service French Quarter Visitor Center
419 Decatur St, New Orleans
The Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters present "1812—A March Through Musical History." This program will highlight the musical form of the military march, its relevance to the War of 1812, and its roots in earlier 18th-century French and Spanish marches and their later development in Latin America and the United States. It will also explore how the march became part of ballroom and social dance culture up to the turn of the 20th century, blending new ideas from African American music and culminating in a traditional jazz classic from New Orleans.
The Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters are Jack Craft, Darryl Durham, Steven Glenn, Rebeckah Gordon-Kirk, Patrick Mackey and Anuraag Pendyal.
This program is free and open to the public.
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