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Concert Schedule
2007
January 27th….Lester Engagement Party…Saturday 6-9pm Trio…….Capital City Country Club
February 9th& 10th “Apalachicola Mardi Gras Festival” “five piece”
Dixie Theatre….Apalachicola Florida… February 14th.…”CCC Valentines Party”… Don, Bob and Dan
Trio…..6-9pm….Capital City Country Club
March 4th ….. “Chefs Sampler-Childrens Home Society” …”Mayor Marks” will be hosting. Leon County Civic Center …“Exhibit Hall” Sunday”trio”…
5:45--9:30pm
March 23rd…….”Hilton Inn One Year Anniversary Party”….Quartet. Hilton Garden Inn Tallahassee Central-
March 31..……..”Shriner’s Potentate Ball”……”Governor Crist” will be guest of honor. Sat. 1-3pm and 7-10pm…Ramada Inn N…”Quartet”. April 14th………”Carol Kenney Wedding”…duo Don and Bob McClay Gardens State Park…12:15-12;30 and 1-3pm
May 19th……….”Rush Birthday Party”……trio...7-10pm
Capital City Country Club…..Don, Charles and Dan
May 26th………”Maclay Gardens Todd Wedding ..“Don” Ceremony . 4:30pm Don, Charles and Dan “Reception”..6-8pm Gardeners Cottage
June 16th……….Parks and Recreation Lewis Park…..Quartet… “Outside Live Recording”.. “Summer Concert Series”
June 23rd………”Engagement Party”……..Quartet…4:30-8:00 PM
Climax, Georgia…..Johnson Farm……outdoors
July 20th......"Don Juan" jam's with the "Steve Sternberg Band"
8 PM till 11 PM "Warehouse".
August 4……….Dale’s B-day Party………all of us……. At Dales house
Sept 22………..”American Heart Association” “Heart Walk”….Quartet Early morning…8AM to Noon…..PA provided by Tallahassee Parks and Rec.
November 2nd……”I play with “Blue Chameleon”….5:30-9PM…”just me”.
Doak Campbell Stadium…Wine Tasting Party….
November 3rd…….”Kids Incorporated Benefit”…Noon till 3Pm “freeby”. Whole band. At Residence Inn Marriott…”Outside” in front of Hotel.
November 4t…. “Benefit for Bonnie Standley” ….at Hudson Park…11AM till 3PM Downtown Crawfordville….whole band……..”freeby”.
November 18th….”Tom Godwin’s Funeral” just me on trumpet and flute..
Pensacola Florida……Pensacola Garden Center…”benefit”.
December 1st……Festival of Lights…….City of Tallahassee…whole band…
Ponce de Leon Park "on the Sand Dollar....4:10 PM till 4:50PM 2008
January 19th….Johnson Farm Engagement Party…Saturday…
full band…..From 6PM-10PM…..Georgia February 2nd”.. “Apalachicola Mardi Gras Festival” Saturday PM......Dixie Theatre…Apalachicola Florida...7Pm-till
February 25rd Capital City Chamber of Commerce Party
trio”.5:30-8:30…Monday evening….Tallahassee Airport March 2, 2008….Chefs Sampler…”four piece”……6:30-9PM Civic Center……Sunday
April 13th………RailRoad Square Peace Party………
At Railroad Square….”freeby”…..block party….Sunday.
April 17th……..State Museum…..trio… 5-7 PM background music
May 3rd………Bat Mitzvah Party………..7:30-10:30PM
Whole band-with Charles Ferguson…Tallahassee Garden Center
May 10th……Synderian Day Celebration Party…….at Don’s place from noon till midnight.
June 8th …….”Disabled Veterans “Golden Eagle Country Club”….5:30-8:30
June 22nd……..”Engagement Party Johnson Farm”…..full band…..4 PM
July 10th………Tallahassee Realtors Party……….$500 full band
Barrington Park Condominiums Clubhouse……5-7 PM
July 16th……Don Jams with “Patty Go Easy”….5-8 PM
Chez Pierre…….”freeby”…….
July 26th…………Summer Sizzles Concert……….paid…full band
Lewis Park….…6 PM till 8 PM………$350.
Aug. 14th …….TNMC Opperman Music Hall Concert….8PM till 10 PM
Don solo trumpet.
Oct. 11th ……Jefferson County Library “freeby” cancelled" 11:30-2:30pm.
Oct. 23rd....…”TNMC Big Band” Boys and Girls Club Concert….just Don…..
6-7PM Thursday…..at the University Center
Oct. 25th…....Cohen House Warming…….7 PM till 10 PM
Dec. 13th ……TNMC Evening Gig………..details pending.
Dec. 21…..…Nery Ruano Wedding Party…….
At the restaurant “Little Italy” time pending
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PAST 2006 Events:
February 11, 2006
If you feel like taking a little drive to the coast to support a good cause, The Third Annual Franklin County "Habitat for Humanity" Mardi Gras Festival will be held on Saturday evening, February 11, in beautiful downtown Apalachicola, at the famous Dixie Theatre. There will be plenty of food, fun and entertainment at this third annual fundraiser. The Don Juan Jazz Ensemble will be headlining this affair and backing other performers throughout the evening. The lineup includes: the FSU Brass Quintet, the Wakulla Band with Walter & Susan Solburg & friends, Candida Robertson and Sammy Tedder & John Mazzanovich. The reception begins at 6:30pm, the Musical Revue at 7:30pm and the Mardi Gras Carnival and Dance at 9pm. Tickets are $75 and available at Gulf State Community Bank, 653-3113 or Superior Bank, 653-9828.
May 5th, 2006 ....."Arts in the Park.........Port St. Joe.......7-9pm.
May 6th, 2006 ....."Panacea Blue Crab Festival"....Panacea..6-7pm.
May 11th, 2006 ...."Penny Rawlston Retirement Party...University Center
July 4th, 2006....."July 4th-Northwoods Firewroks Celbration..
3762 Captal circle...7-8pm
July 15th, 2006 .....Ashlee Hicks Wedding.......Double Tree Hotel..7-11pm.
July 29th…..”Thomasena Keith Retirement Party.. Silver Slipper..Saturday..6-10pm
August 6th…”Mr. Dee’s 70th B-day Party”…..2-4pm Silver Slipper-“four piece"
August 26th ...“Kimberly Wiley Wedding…Saturday
“Don” plays Wedding (Maclay Gardens)..3-4pm “Band” plays Reception (Kim’s House).....4-8pm. The "Don Juan Duo" featuring Charles Ferguson and Don Juan
will be playing smooth jazz and popular music at the
Harbor House Restaurant in Panacea every Sunday from
8pm till 11pm starting this Sunday July 23rd and continuing through August 27th. for 6 weeks.
Located right on beautiful "Dickerson Bay" in Panacea Florida.
July 23, -Don Juan Duo--Harbor House--Panacea--7pm 10pm.
July 30, -Don Juan Duo--Harbor House--Panacea--7pm 10pm.
Aug. 6, -Don Juan Duo--Harbor House--Panacea--.7pm 10pm.
Aug. 13, -Don Juan Duo--Harbor House--Panacea--7pm 10pm.
Aug. 20, -Don Juan Duo--Harbor House--Panacea--7pm 10pm.
Aug. 27, -Don Juan Duo--Harbor House--Panacea--7pm 10pm.
Hope to see you there!
Don Juan
September 23rd…”Delicious Delights”…7-11pm Cairo, Georgia..(Horn, Piano, Bass and Drums)
September 29th... “Kleman Sizzles Concert” .. Friday..7-9pm
the “whole band" October 6th……"Chez Pierre -Friday on the Lawn”..6-10pm The “whole band”.
October 28th….”Don Ashley BBQ Campaign” 4-8pm…
Lanark Village, Carrabelle, Fl … .. … .. … .. … .. … .. |
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 Yesterday I went looking for Charlie Turner..........and I found him!
Charlie died in 2006.
Yesterday on a business trip for the FSU Music Library, me and Mark (my immediate boss) went to Bunnell, Florida to interview Charlie Turner's surviving mother. (she's 90).
Charlie Turner was Frank Sinatra's lead trumpet player and friend from about 1973 to 1981. Charlie was a trumpet star and hobnobbed with all the Hollywood and Las Vegas bigwigs and surrounding people in the "rat pack circle"....and beyond and he traveled and played trumpet all over the world.
Anyway we interviewed Mrs. Norma Turner for 5 hours and brought back many great things that she donated to the FSU College of Music Library including one of his trumpets, a handmade Benge silver pocket trumpet.
Anyway it was a great look into Sinatra's inner circle and into the life of a great trumpet player who traveled the world "living his dream".
Besides all the great souvenirs and music charts and "the trumpet" Mrs. Turner donated to the FSU Music Library...........
"independent".....from the FSU donation............
I bought Charlie's.....awesome rose bell Yamaha Flugelhorn ($300) from Mrs. Turner and she also "gave me" his "black jacket" that he wore when he played for Reagan's presidential inauguration. It has "Charlie" on it, the "Presidential Seal "and a "Sinatra patch" on the sleeve. I also came away with two of his mouthpieces. The flugelhorn has the serial number of 000041 which I found out (later) from Yamaha means that this was a "proto-type" trumpet and the only one like it in the world.
It plays like a dream.
Charlie Turner is listed in Wikepedia here at.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Turner_(musician)
Anyway it was an awesome trip
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 Question from Charles
Location: Arizona
I was wondering where Don came to have such a unique blue trumpet?
Answer from Don Juan
Location: Tallahassee, FL, USA
Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 3:34 am Post subject: Re: Don's Trumpet
Charles-
I love my blue and gold trumpet. It really is a work of art. It is a custom made "Martin Committee" Trumpet made by G. LaBlanc Corporation in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This is the same exact type of trumpet that Miles Davis played up until his death in 1991. These horns come in blue, red and black. I like the blue ones. The blue is anodized electroplating and is as hard as a saphire. Mine has custom engraving by Howie Hartnell with "Don Juan" engraved on it. After the anodizing and engraving, gold plating is added. Howie, as everyone calls him has been the one and only trumpet engraver for Martins for forty years. He personally did the engraving on all Miles' horns as well as the one I ordered in 2003.
Since he is the only master engraver, there is quite a backlog, and it took me six months to recieve mine after I had paid for it. These trumpets are famous jazz horns that have a seamless interior and have a very dark and fluid sound.
Yours in music,
Don Juan
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