Thursday Jazz Club

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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM

Sponsored by the Georgia Straight Jazz Society, the Thursday Jazz Club is in its fifth year of providing great live jazz featuring musicians from all parts of Vancouver Island. During the past year, audiences have enjoyed over twenty different bands from trios to 17 piece big bands, with well over 200 individual musicians from 13 to 80 years of age taking to the stage.

For a listing of coming host bands, visit www.georgiastraightjazz.com/events.html

Location - Elks' Home, 231 6th Street, Courtenay B.C.
Time - 7:30 pm
No cover charge; donations welcome

The evening events are frequently used to support local charities or recognize community involvement.

The non-profit Georgia Straight Jazz Society, centered in the Comox Valley has a mandate to:
~ increase public awareness of and to nurture an appreciation for all forms of jazz
~ present performances by a wide variety of musicians representing all forms of jazz
~ stimulate the local jazz communities by producing events and activities in which artists can interact creatively
~ provide opportunities for school aged musicians to create jazz for a public audience
~ augment the educational instruction of school aged musicians in jazz performance, improvisation, and composition
~ provide a bursary to a student pursuing music in post-secondary education
~ establish and strengthen the jazz music community on Vancouver Island.

In addition to the Jazz Club, the Society presents a series of ticketed jazz concerts. For more information visit www.georgiastraightjazz.com or email jazz@georgiastraightjazz.com.