<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Sadly I mentioned Wheel Session 99, a small live Jazz event, on the BGs Zoom after it happened.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Over the course of the pandemic I've gotten out of the habit of getting together with people IRL (In Real Life for you oldsters ;-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Here is advance notice of the next session.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Unfortunately I will not be able to attend as I expect be traveling with my family.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Hopefully I'll see some of you at Session 101!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Charles H. Baker<br><font color="#000000">864.990.1297</font><div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">“Don’t be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn’t do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today.” </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">— Malcolm X</span></div></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Kevin Korschgen</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:kmkorschgen@gmail.com">kmkorschgen@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 8:51 PM<br>Subject: Wheel Session 100<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Jazz Friends,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again to all of you who attended the Etienne Charles performance. Photographer/videographer Kevin Anderson captured one of the highlights of the evening,<span> </span><b>Pay me the Rent!</b><i>... check it out:</i></div><div><br></div><a href="https://share.icloud.com/photos/0f0nff6Qm5bS25Oz-GGqLf_7g" target="_blank">https://share.icloud.com/photos/0f0nff6Qm5bS25Oz-GGqLf_7g</a><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><div><br></div><div>The next Wheel Session celebrates our Centennial Concert, Whew, Whew! ... I can't say thank you enough to each of you, and to each of the musicians who have graced our stage; you've all played a valuable part in reaching this milestone.</div><div><br></div><div>Session 100 will feature a collective of the Upstate's finest jazz musicians, each of whom has been "featured" at a previous Wheel Session. All of these gentlemen have made significant contributions to the jazz scene in South Carolina, and each is an excellent ambassador for the creative arts.</div><div><br></div><div>T<i>hey are: alto sax- Tom Wright, ten sax - Peter Dimery, trp - Mark Rapp, trb - Brad Jepson, piano - Phillip Howe, bass - Shannon Hoover, and myself on drums.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><div id="m_-1333602108910655632m_-1892865589893854011m_420445637675126758m_-1282424454231912066gmail-:29p" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="m_-1333602108910655632m_-1892865589893854011m_420445637675126758m_-1282424454231912066gmail-:29q" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.5;overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div><h1 style="font-size:small;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(139,0,0)"><font size="4">Wheel Session 100</font></span></span></span></h1><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Thursday, May 18, 202</span><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">3</span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(139,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The Wheel Allstars</span></span></span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Private Studio - 7:30 pm</span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">1801 Rutherford Rd</span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:base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</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">June 8 ... Phillip Howe Trio - Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg, 7:30 pm</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">Thursday, July 20 ... Judith Porter Quartet - WS 101</font></li></ul></div></div><div><h1 style="border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:17px"><span style="font-weight:normal">-----------------------------------------------------</span></h1><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-style:italic"><font face="arial, sans-serif">"It has really been the music and the people who are responsible for The Wheel Sessions’ success; that has not changed!”</font></span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thank you, </font></div><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Kevin Korschgen</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:kmkorschgen@gmail.com" target="_blank">kmkorschgen@gmail.com</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">(312) 520-2760</font></div><div><font size="1"><img src="cid:ii_kqfx13b62" alt="image.png" width="216" height="67" style="margin-right:0px"></font><br></div></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font color="#888888"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi3jsmx8OfvAhVGZN8KHde4AjoQFjAAegQICBAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wheelsessions.com%2F&usg=AOvVaw0Z6lWuvi_HSh-WcRoY3NYg" style="color:rgb(102,0,153);text-decoration:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><div style="display:inline-block;padding-bottom:2px;padding-top:1px"><cite style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-style:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:1.3;padding-top:1px">https://www.wheelsessions.com</cite></div></a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To Unsubscribe: send an email to <a href="mailto:kmkorschgen@gmail.com" target="_blank">kmkorschgen@gmail.com</a>, type<i> unsubscribe </i>in the subject line, and your name will be removed from the WS contacts.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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