[jja-announce] IAJE -- make reservations and press requests now

[Jazzmandel at aol.com]

Dear friends and JJA associates -- this is a courtesy heads up, not a paid ad 
or anything like that:

the 31st Annual Internation Conference of the International Association for 
Jazz Education is being held Jan 21 - 24, 2004, at the NY Hilton and Sheraton 
Hotels. It continues to be the single greatest concentration of jazz in all its 
forms -- educational, commercial, media -- that we have in the US. There are 
dozens of workshops, clinics, performances, and panels; as previously noted, 
the JJA is producing Critics' Clinics and a panel on "Racial Considerations in 
Jazz Journalism." There are lots of great stories to be written coming out of 
the conference, great photos to capture, interesting broadcast opportunities. 
. . 

If you want press credentials for this event, you must contact Don Lucoff, 
press officer for the conference, at dondlmedia at covad.net. You need to have some 
sort of assignment, but Don can talk to you about that. Registration for the 
conference is offered at an "early bird" rate until Nov. 28 for $215 USD, 
spouse $165, student (with id) for $90; onsite registration goes up to $250, $195, 
and $110, respectively. If you're going to register in advance, go to 
www.iaje.org, or call 785-755-8744 from 8 am to 5 p.m. CST Mon-Fri. There are also 
mail and fax options, but you have to use a form in the conference brochure, 
which was mailed out last week. . .

PLEASE DON'T try to register through me -- I have nothing to do with it. I 
just thought you all ought to know. . . .

best, Pres. Howard