“Jazz on the Bayou”
2012 Jazz on the Bayou Press Release # 1 – December 2011
20th ANNUAL
JAZZ ON THE BAYOU
To Benefit
EASTER SEALS LOUISIANA
STARC
and
THE ARTS…
Saturday March 31st
Sunday April 1st, 2012
3 PM until 7 PM Each Day
The 20th annual Jazz on the Bayou fundraiser – benefiting STARC, Easter Seals Louisiana, The Kidney Foundation and the ARTS in St. Tammany Parish. Jazz will be held Saturday, March 31st and Sunday, April 1st, 2012, from 3-7 PM at Chateau Kole on Bayou Liberty near Slidell. Hosts for the event are Ronnie and Gardner Kole, Chairs, and co-chairs Jack and Brenda Stroupe.
Jazz on the Bayou includes dancing on the tent-enclosed veranda at the Kole’s home on Beautiful Bayou Liberty. “Jazz” is very unique as it is not held in a hotel or convention center, but at the Kole’s house on Bayou Liberty, outside of Slidell…Tents galore, music, auction items, wines, etc, plus assigned seating at tables with white tablecloths…Each night after the event formally closes, many stay around for a “private” concert by Ronnie Kole on his 1940 Steinway Concert Grand Piano in his living room…Now you know a little bit about the personal side of Jazz on the Bayou, and Gardner and Ronnie Kole’s love affair for what they’ve been doing for 19 years…
Since its creation by the Kole’s in 1993, Jazz on the Bayou has raised over $1,000,000 to support Easter Seals and STARC programs in New Orleans and the Northshore. Medical Center North Shore and Slidell Memorial Hospitalare the lead sponsors of this year’s Jazz...Our Corporate Sponsors are AT&T, Charter Communications, Site Rental and Supply, CLECO, St Joe Brick Works, Summerfield Retirement Community, The Silver Slipper Casino, Lakeshore Louisiana, Northshore’s Slidell Guide and The Monroe Foundation.
Here is a list of the restaurants, chefs, bands and suppliers that have donated their time, food and products in past years, and have been asked to once again be with us for this year’s event.
Chefs Paul Prudhomme, and Paul Miller of K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen, John Besh’s La Provence and Restaurant Lüke, Commander’s Palace, Chef Michael of Michael’s, Andrea Apuzzo of Andrea’s, Frank and Tommy Wong of Trey Yuen, Assunta’s, LA Pines, Café Lynn, Pinewood Country Club, the Original Italian Pie, Copeland’s, Starbuck’s, WOW’s Café and Wingery, Abita Springs Café, Calypso Patio Bar and Grill, Southside Grill, Sal & Judy’s, Chateau Blue, Nuvolari's, Cafe de Bon Temps and The Silver Slipper Casino…
All the pastries for Saturday will once again be donated by the Royal Sonesta Hotel, and on Sunday by A Family Affair Catering…Champagne and Red and White wines and will be provided by Republic National Distributing Company, and Budweiser Beer products by Champagne Beverage.
Music will be provided by the Storyville Stompers, Bobby Ohler and the Harbor Band, and The Ronnie Kole Trio.
Auction items are hotel stays at the Hilton Washington (DC) Hotel; Marriott’s Grand Hotel and Resort, Point Clear , AL ; The Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown , NY; the Hilton New York, and many New Orleans hotels are among the extensive auction items that also include Celebrity wine dinners, fashion accessories by local designers and one-of-a-kind jewelry. Also being auctioned are sports items and tickets, original art and lunches or dinners at more than 30 local restaurants and hotels...
Ticket prices are $100 per person, and $80.00 is tax deductible. For reservations and additional information call Gardner or Ronnie Kole at 504-524-5716, or order online at:www.JazzontheBayou.com.
