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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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Aug 07, 1976

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Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival Lights LeClaire Park

Davenport hosts the fifth annual festival honoring Davenport native Bix Beiderbecke with ten bands and nearly 20 000 spectators over July 30 to August 1. crowds picnicked, danced, and enjoyed a friendly, Woodstock like ambiance as Gene Mays Dixieland Rhythm Kings and Smokey Stover Memorial Jazz Band performed.

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Davenport LeClaire Park Bix Beiderbecke Leon Bismark Bix” Beiderbecke Don O'Dette Beiderbecke Memorial Society Gene Mays Dixieland Rhythm Kings le Claire Park Gordon Krause Smokey Stover Sons of Bix Easy Street Detroit
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Davenport hosts fifth annual Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Fest

A Davenport jazz festival honors Bix Beiderbecke with 27 boats by the levee and multiple bands. The event, growing since 1970, drew national attention and a $40 000 budget for the fifth iteration featuring the Smokey Stover Memorial Jazz Band and others.

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Bix Beiderbecke Davenport Pete George
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Still Village Might Be Moved In Brunei

Brunei plans to relocate about 30 000 residents from Kampong Ayer the largest water village in Southeast Asia to dry land. The aging stilt homes crowd under Bandar Seri Begawan's mosque with 3 000 people in 300 houses. Some favor land ownership for farming others cite costs and privacy concerns. Kampong Ayer draws tourists but may take years to disappear. Bicentennial note marks SC history with Gen. Lee supplies and recruits.

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Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Southeast Asia Kampong Ayer Borneo Brunei River
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