News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
They were treated to more than three days of top-notch jazz.
"Artistically, this was the best festival we've ever put on," said festival president Ray Buselli.
Buselli said visitors raved about the quality of the bands, and the musicians themselves had a wonderful experience.
"The bands really enjoyed themselves," he said. "The bands really love to come here."
Buselli noted that musicians say one of the reasons they like Sisters is "this festival has the friendliest people and the most helpful volunteers of any festival."
Eleven bands rotated through four venues: a tent at the Village Green, a tent on Main Avenue, one at Coyote Creek and a pavilion at Mountain Shadows RV Park.
Big crowds also turned out at the middle/high school for a tribute to great jazz singers on Saturday afternoon, September 14, and again for Igor's Jazz Cowboys' gospel performance the following morning.
The event ran smoothly and Sisters Police noted that, with the venues spread around town, pedestrian and vehicle traffic was light and easily managed.
Buselli said the festival is still figuring out the finances of this year's event. He said that ticket pre-sales were very strong and that on-site sales were about the same as last year's.
Buselli believes that, as the festival's popularity grows, more people are ordering tickets early.
But there are at least a few jazz aficionados who didn't know about the festival -- until the weekend, anyway.
"We were just passing through town," one woman said. "We had no idea this was going on. My husband is a big jazz fan and he thinks he's died and gone to heaven."
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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