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Take The Chill<br />
Challenge!<br />
Take an active role in demonstrating<br />
that you care about Cape May by making<br />
some energetic energy choices!<br />
• Buy locally and invest in and use your own reusable grocery bags<br />
• Invest in and use a reusable water bottle and coffee mug<br />
• Use cloth towels instead of paper<br />
• Conserve water in many ways – turn off completely when not in use<br />
like when cleaning your teeth<br />
• Cut your shower time and use cooler water<br />
• Rinse and Recycle all that you can<br />
• When you can, ride a bike or walk<br />
• Be respectful of our trees<br />
• Find local farmers markets and shop there – it’s fresh and fun<br />
• Carry litter from the beach and use containers provided<br />
• Dry towels and clothing on a clothes line when possible<br />
• STOP idling your car<br />
• Turn off lights when not in use/needed<br />
• Use LED light bulbs and unplug electronics when not in use<br />
• Grow your flower or vegetable garden with plants that attract bees<br />
and butterflies, and require less water<br />
• Tread lightly – explore local nature centers and trails<br />
• Build responsibly – Support Green Energy!<br />
ACT PERSONALLY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE<br />
CAPE MAY COMMUNITY WE ALL LOVE!<br />
Environmental Commission meets fourth Tuesday each month at<br />
11am in City Hall. All are welcome. Get involved! THANK YOU!<br />
to the next festival.<br />
For this fall’s event, tell us about the acts that will appeal to music<br />
fans who are NOT jazz aficionados. You mean, who should YOU go<br />
see?!<br />
Ha-ha, you got me. Okay, who should I see? The War and Treaty<br />
will absolutely blow people away. I’m so glad we got them on the way up.<br />
And John Oates in Cape May Convention Hall — I have to grin at that<br />
one. I like that. And if you can’t have fun at a brass band show or dancing<br />
to Phillybloco or Cintron, you got to check your heart for a beat. You<br />
are seriously miscombobulated if you can’t have fun at this fest. Yep,<br />
miscombobulated. That’s a word.<br />
If you say so. The thing about the fest is, there is enough jazz to<br />
satisfy the palate of the jazzers, and there is enough of a blend of other<br />
musics to bring the festive into the fest. I’ll never get tired of people<br />
walking up to me and remarking that they didn’t think they were jazz<br />
fans, but they sure did have fun. That’s cool. It’s why we do this.<br />
What kind of feedback do you get from local business people<br />
about how the festival has contributed to the economy and the vibe<br />
of the town in spring and fall? Overwhelmingly positive. The hotels,<br />
restaurants, bars, pizza shops, coffee shops, retail — they see not only<br />
great business but the audience is so diverse in so many ways. The festival<br />
brings a celebratory vibe to the town that is palpable.<br />
Give us an example. You know, there is a business owner in town<br />
who has been in the festival’s corner for a lot of years, and he said something<br />
to me — more than once — that was so heartfelt and I hold close.<br />
He said, “What you do puts Thanksgiving on the table and Christmas<br />
under the tree for a lot of my staff. And I can’t thank you enough for that<br />
because we would not be open this time of year if the festival weren’t<br />
in town.” That’s deep.<br />
Tell us a little more about the Havana Jazz Festival. How did that<br />
work out last year and what can we tell people about the 2020 event?<br />
Oh man, Havana is so heartbreakingly beautiful in its contradictions. As<br />
soon as I stepped off the plane it felt like going back to New Orleans —<br />
just some cities that have a vibe with the people, the food, the mystery<br />
streets — that just wraps its arms around you and invites you in for a<br />
drink. Old Havana is just beautiful and there is a rhythm to it that works<br />
its way into everything. We had about 30 people who went last year and<br />
everyone had the time of their lives. The Havana Jazz Festival is set up<br />
a lot like Exit Zero Jazz — two main stages and music in really creative<br />
spaces throughout the town. They go a lot later, though... people are<br />
not sleeping in Havana at midnight. If you like food, if you like music,<br />
(and the rum and cigars aren’t bad, either) Havana is a town you have to<br />
visit. The group does not stay in government hotels or eat in government<br />
restaurants. There is a subculture of incredibly creative people who are<br />
making things work. The restaurant scene is incredible — had maybe the<br />
best meal of my life at Ivan Chef Justo and can’t wait to go back! Dates<br />
are January 14-20, 2020.<br />
What’s your own favorite festival to attend in the world, or where<br />
would you like to go hear music that you haven’t been yet? For lots<br />
of different reasons, there are a few festivals always draw me in. New<br />
Orleans cause it’s a festival of food, music, colors, rhythms. Montreal<br />
for its incredible performance spaces. Havana Jazz Festival, North Sea<br />
Jazz, London Jazz, Bonnaroo, Newport Jazz Festival for its beauty that<br />
is not unlike Cape May, the TIM Jazz Festival in Rio de Janeiro and Sao<br />
Paulo, Barcelona Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz… man, I’ve been to some<br />
great festivals.<br />
And finally, describe your perfect fall day in Cape May for us. Outside<br />
on the deck with a glass of Havana Club and the Eagles and Saints<br />
are winning and the 76’ers are just gearing up and Simmons’ jump shot<br />
looks great. And I got Mingus on the radio and the world’s alright.<br />
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