From left: Sid Townsend, Mike Evans, John Skillman, Christian Döring, Larry Nusser, Charlie Bornemann, Stan Mulder

The CanAmGer Jazz Band

Location: Florida, Europe

The name CanAmGer is derived from the locations of the members of the band: CAnada, AMerica & GERmany).

Personnel:
Mike Evans: Banjo/Leader
Christian Döring: Trumpet
John Skillman: Clarinet
Gordon Moore: Trombone
Sid Townsend: Bass
Vinnie Armstrong: Piano
Stan Mulder: Drums

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Schedule

2012

SATURDAY MARCH 3, 2012: 
	Peridia Country Club, 6:30 to 9:30
	4950 Peridia Boulevard East
	Bradenton, FL 34203-4052. 
	Phone (941) 753-0147. 
	Ticket sales open to public about 1 week before concert

SUNDAY March 4 2012
	Presbyterian Church in Englewood, FL 3 - 5:30
	Community Presbyterian Church
	405 South McCall Rd
	Englewood FL 34223
	Ph: 941 474-9579 for reservations. 
	Tickets may be paid for at the door.
	Admission $10.
	Capacity: 200

Tuesday 6 March 2012
	2-4:30
	Concert and Ice Cream Social
	South Shore Resort
	7337 State Road 60 E
	Lake Wales, FL 33853
	963-696-2674
	Ice cream, of course!
	Performance is outside (weather permitting) - 
	bring folding chairs if you desire. Free 
	admission (pass the hat). 

Friday 9 March 2012
	Al's Place
	6-8pm
	Lake Wales, FL

SATURDAY March 10 6:30 - 9:30
	Bayshore on the Lake Condominiums
	3519 Lake Bayshore Drive
	Bradenton, FL 34205
	Call Joy for tickets: 941-751-4440 

SUNDAY March 11  3-5:30
	Braden River Presbyterian Church, Bradenton 
	5150 Peridia Boulevard East. Bradenton, FL 34203-3430, 
	(941) 739-0202. Tickets $15. 
	For tickets and information, call Wilda at 941 704-7858. 
	Tickets available at the door.

FRIDAY March 16 2-4 pm
	Jazz Club of Sarasota
	330 S Pineapple Ave # 111
	Sarasota, FL 34236-7040
	(941) 366-1552

JUNE 19 - JULY 2 2012
	Tour Of GERMANY (Jazz Fans Join Us!)
	June 2012
 
	We fly into Leipzig Germany. The Focus of the tour is the 
	CanAmGer JB playing at the Quedlinburg Jazz Festival in 
	Quedlinburg Germany.  Just prior to the Festival, we stop 
	two nights at nearby Magdeburg Germany for a few gigs before 
	the festival, which will include a concert on a river boat 
	on the Elbe River. Quedlinburg and Magdeburg are in the 
	North/Central part of Germany.  After the Jazz festival,
	we travel south, past Leipzig Germany (possible gig there) 
	to an area in the south of Germany, near Munich. Here we 
	play together with our german trumpet player's Charivari 
	Jazz Band in a rather old bavarian restaurant in village 
	of Unterbrunn close to Munich. We hope to play on a small 
	cruise ship in Stamberg Lake the next day. We shall also 
	visit another location still farther south, at Markt 
	Schoenberg Germany not far from the Czeck border, and 
	play a couple of concerts there.  We fly back to USA from 
	Munich Germany.  We will all travel together, within 
	Germany, in a 50 passenger bus.

	* tue., june 19th, dep. from USA
	* wed., june 20th, arrive  at airport Leipzig, transfer to 
	  city of Magdeburg (+/- 60 mi from Leipzig). Arrive propably 
	  later in the morning. Stay at PLAZA-hotel, Magdeburg day off, 
	  perhaps short rehearsel
	* thu, june 21st, rehearsel in the morning, 6 pm gig in Plaza 
	  Hotel
	* fri., june 22nd, day off, gig: 6pm - 9pm cruise on the river 
	  Elbe with band playing, probably together with local musicians.
	  Bus-transfer to Quedlinburg (40 mi), Hotel in Quedlinburg
	* sat., june 23rd, Quedlinburg:
		gig 1.30pm - 2.30pm
		gig 9pm - 01am 
	* sun., june24th, Quedlinburg: gig 2pm - 2.30pm
	  stay another night in Quedlinburg
	* mon., june 25th: leave Quedlinburg
	  tentative: go to Leipzig (on the way to Munich)
	  Perhaps stay at Marriott hotel /Leipzig
	  Concert in the evening
	* tue., june 26th
	  Go on directly to Munich, or via "Rothenburg ob der Tauber"
	* wed. june 27th, Munich area, no concert
	* thu.,  june 28th: gig in Unterbrunn/Munich together with 
	  Christian's Charivari-Jazzband from 8pm until midnight
	* fri., june 29th: gig still tentative,
	  perhaps together with Charivari-Jazzband
	* sat., june 30th: bus-transfer Munich - Markt Schönberg (
	  75 mi )
	  Gig in Markt Schönberg from 8pm - midnight
	  Charivari-Jazzband plays a gig at the same time in Markt Schönberg.
	  (the bavarian village celebrates it's 750. birthday!!!!)
	* sun., july 1st. Concert/Brunch in Markt Schönberg.
	  Go back to Munich. Farewell party.
	* tues., July 3rd leave from Munich for USA

	You experience:
	* north an south of Germany
	* former communiste Germany / former West Germany
	* Quedlinburg, a very old city, with houses of age between 200 and 
	  600 years old
	* Leipzig, in former Eastern Germany. Now THE growing, modern, 
	  cultural city. Birth-place of J.S. Bach. Home of the famous 
	  and old Gewandhaus Orchestra, home of composers like 
	  Mendelsohn, Schumann, Wagner etc. A lot of history in a 
	  modern city.
	* Rothenburg, famous city of the middle-ages
	* Munich in Bavaria, home of the Oktoberfest, a lot to see
	* see the bavarian alps and lakes
	* taste the real bavarian beer.....
	* enjoy the rather small Markt Schönberg. Only 4000 inhabitants,
	  celebrating it's 750. birthday
	* enjoy band and fans travelling  together in a big and 
	  comfortable bus

PREVIOUS CONCERTS
  • Munich, November 2004
  • USA Tour 2006: Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, Florida (Ocala, Bradenton, Venice, Lake Wales)
  • Florida, February 2007: Bradenton (3 locations), St. Petersburg, Melbourne, Lake Wales
  • Germany, May 2007: International Dixieland Festival, Dresden. Concerts in: Augsburg, Gauting, Seeshaupt, Seehausen/Murnau
  • Florida, March 2008: Bradenton (3 locations), Lake Wales, Melbourne, Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Society, St. Petersburg
  • Florida, March 2009: Sarasota Jazz Festival, Bradenton (4 locations), Lake Wales (2 locations), Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Society, St. Petersburg. Peridia Country Club, Bradenton.
  • Saturday March 6, 2010: 7 - 9:30 p.m. Bayshore Gardens Condominium Unit #1.
  • Sunday March 7, 2010: 3:00 - 5:30 p.m. Braden River Presbyterian Church. Bradenton, FL.
  • Wednesday March 10, 2010: 2-4:30 p.m. South Shore Resort, Lake Wales, FL.
  • Al's Restaurant, 1530 N Scenic Hwy, Lake Wales, FL.
  • Sunday, March 14, 2010. New York, New York restaurant. Sarasota, FL.

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