Satchmo 2009

By all accounts, Satchmo Fest was a big success, but boy oh boy, I bet the drink stands did a hell of a business.

I went before they actually started on Saturday, and it was already sweltering, y’all- in the hour or so I was there, I saw the medics come tend to no fewer than 4 people having problems with the heat.

As great as the music was, the even better news was that they’d opened the old U.S. Mint for the occasion. It’s been generally closed because of Katrina damage, opening only for brief, special occasions. Not only was it blessedly cool inside, it looked fantastic so hopefully it’ll reopen soon.

There were several rooms dedicated to teaching the next generation about Louis Armstrong, including a kids’ movie room, which was showing this really cute video from 1936(link):

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