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I its successful second season quality performances being fea- here in our own backyard that brating their 60th anniversary of The Jazz Room just received ti last weekend by fomializing tured in the renovated perform- helped theseason sink. running the uptown landmark, $20.0“) giant from the K-W (Lom a new partnership with the ance space in uptown Waterloo. "With BOMISG ear also noted the different type of munity Foundation to launch a UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival 'But the second yearwas a lot bet- , y audience and clientele it brought new project in time for its third and presenting late night shows ter in a lot ofways.” maple are hill/171530771? into the historic establishment. season this fall that will support that complemented one of the Most importantly, the audience familiarity wit the ”We saw everyone from seniors jam appreciation clinics The pub city’s biggest summer festivals came out consistently during the different ran 9 and to students." said the family matri- lic will be able to meet the artists in It was a nice bookmd for a sea» entire season, and there was no g arch Sonia Adlys 'It really brought a workshop-type setting before son that once again featured more drop off in January like they had types 0: leSlC, and a different crowd to the core.” their shows. There will also be 4 than 80 inn acts beating a path to their inaugural year. that wellfor our The diversity of the audience chance for emerging artists to gt't the club located at the historic “There was a lot of curiosity staying WWII” was something that also impressed instruction and feedback on [not lluether Hotel and fronted by the nght at the start of year one." said Preece. a professor a Wilfrid lauri- forming and playing. (irand River Jazz Society. Preece, about comparing the first -5Wm er University Who started the proi- The Jazz Room also rt-t t‘th‘tl Stephen Preece. president of and second season. 'Once that lev- ImideanmndRiwr/auariery ect out of a love for the music. He simificant support in the past year the society. said they wondered eled out it son ofsettled. ‘Word of mouth is definitely was particularly excited to see a from the (Iity of Waterloo and the how they would top the inaugural ”Year two was up by 13 people a helping,” said Preece. who also growing student audience this sea- federal Ministry of Heritage to help season when naysayers were night from January to June. so we credited a regular feature high- son that added to the jazz affi- found the largely volunteer effort telling them they would never find were doing well." said Preece. “Our lighting upcoming acts that cionados that the club originally to bring good music and the iau an audience for their ambitious overall audience numbers was appeared weekly in the Waterloo attracted. vibe to roam schedule of international. national 6.500 for the year, so it was kind of Chronicle in helpingdnrm up sup< 'We continue to experiment. rhat has l’reece looking for and local acts. neat to see it continue' port. 'The audience is getting a lit and we learned a lot of things from Wilfll to season number three that But he said the great lineup l’rcece hopes that means that tle more sophisticated, and they the first year,” he said. 'One of the WI” feature touring acts from New they booked in their first season lhe Jazz Room is now becoming now know what they're coming to neat things is that there is an York ( ity to Amsterdam, 'We're on helped build up the typcofwon‘l of part of the cultural mosaic that see, whereas the first season almost unlimited supply of talent the map for some incredible tour mouth they were looking for in Waterloo has to offer. which nobody had familiarity with the even in this region. mg atts.’ he said, “It will he a pret season number two. so they an" Includes other successful groups names and the acts. 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