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(2009
J.O.T.B Press Release)
“Jazz on the Bayou”
17th
ANNUAL JAZZ ON THE BAYOU
TO BENEFIT EASTER SEALS LOUISIANA & STARC, ST
TAMMANY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS
SCHEDULED FOR 3 PM until 7 PM
Saturday MARCH 28th and Sunday March 29th, 2009
 The
17th annual Jazz on the Bayou fundraiser – benefiting STARC,
Easter Seals Louisiana and the ARTS in St. Tammany Parish
– Jazz will be held Saturday, March 28th and Sunday,
March 29th, 2009, from 3-7 PM at Chateau Kole on
Bayou Liberty near Slidell. Hosts for the event are Ronnie and
Gardner Kole who are co-chairs along with Jack and Brenda
Stroupe.
 Since
its creation by the Kole’s in 1993, Jazz on the Bayou has
raised nearly $1,000,000 to support Easter Seals and STARC
programs in New Orleans and the Northshore. Tenet’s Northshore
Regional Medical Center is the presenting sponsor of this
year’s Jazz, and past Corporate Sponsors’ are AT&T,
Charter Communications, Ronnie and JoAnn Kole, Jr, and Slidell Memorial Hospital.. Patron Sponsor’s are St. Joe Brick Works, The St. Tammany
News, and the Rotary Clubs of Slidell. Family Sponsors’ are
Pete and Elizabeth Schneider, Chris and Sharon Schneider, Pat
and Gloria Miramon, Richard and Wilma Dickey, Gardner and Ronnie
Kole…
Here is a list of the restaurants, chefs,
bands and suppliers that have donated their time, food and
product for this year’s event.
Chefs Paul
Prudhomme, and Paul Miller of K-Paul’s Louisiana
Kitchen, John Besh’s La Provence and Restaurant Lüke, Young’s
Steak House-Slidell, Chef
Michael of Michael’s, Andrea Apuzzo of Andrea’s,
Susan Spicer of Bayona, Frank and Tommy Wong
of Trey Yuen, Friends, Amis, Nathan’s,
La Rossetta, Assunta,
LA Pines, Café Lynn, Pinewood Country Club, Christiano’s, the Original Italian Pie, Copeland’s, Starbuck’s
and WOW’s Café and
Wingery…
All
the pastries for Saturday will once again be donated by the Royal
Sonesta Hotel, and on Sunday by A Family Affair Catering…Champagne
and Red and White wines and will be provided by Republic
Beverage, and Budweiser Beer products by Champagne Beverage…
Music will be
provided by the Storyville Stompers, Bobby Ohler and the Harbor Band,
and The Ronnie Kole Trio…
Jazz on the
Bayou includes dancing on the tent-enclosed veranda at the
Kole’s home on Bayou Liberty. Auction items are hotel stays at
the Hilton Washington (DC) Hotel; Marriott’s Grand Hotel and
Resort, Point Clear, AL; The Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown, NY;
and a stay in at the Hilton New York, and many New Orleans
hotels are among the extensive auction items that also include
Celebrity wine dinners, fashion accessories by local designers
and one-of-a-kind jewelry. Also being auctioned are sports items
and tickets, original art and lunches or dinners at more than 30
local restaurants and hotels...
The live
auction we'll auction two round trip tickets on
Air Tran, Southwest Airlines, Saints, Hornets, and Sugar Bowl items,
fine trips to Napa, Vegas, Paris, London, Banff/Lake Louise
Canada, plus many other items including an spectacular evening
hosted by Gardner and Ronnie Kole
at their home, Chateau Kole…It’ll include Chef John
Besh preparing a Gourmet Dinner
for eight featuring fine French wines from the Kole’s wine
cellar, and music by Bobby Ohler, plus an after dinner concert
by Ronnie Kole. …
Ticket
prices are $100 per person, and $80.00 is tax deductable…For
reservations and additional information call Gardner or
Ronnie Kole at 504-524-5716, or order online at: www.JazzontheBayou.com/
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