A Record Show You Will Like…

Since 1986, the hottest music has shattered the coldest temperatures in Indiana every January, and this year will be no different, darn it! There will be merriment, music, and more records than you can shake a stick at! So please,

make your plans right now to happily emerge from your wintertime solitude, because:

THE INDY RECORD BASH IS COMING TO INDIANAPOLIS FOR ITS 32nd YEAR! When: Held at the Waterfront Clarion Hotel, the next Bash will occur on January 12th and 13th, 2018. Our

contract starts on the 11th for those wishing to arrive early to set up and/or say warm hellos to good friends. Check-in on Thursday starts at 3PM and checkout on Sunday is 11AM.

Where: The Waterfront Clarion Hotel and Conference Center: (317) 299-8400. 2930 Waterfront Parkway W.

Dr. Indianapolis, IN 46214. See driving directions! Rooms are $72 each (double or single) plus tax per night. Bring pals, share a room, and save some money! Our block of rooms will be reserved until Christmas, but our room rate will still be available! Be sure to mention you will be attending the Bash to get your discount!

What: In its customary grand style, the 2018 Indy Record Bash will feature the sale of everything money can buy

including records, CD’s, books, posters, sheet music, instruments, photographs, phonographs, audio equipment, and even perhaps some T-shirts cooked up for the event! The agenda will be loose and free-flowing with healthy allowances of film viewings, record and trivia quizzes (there will be some lucky prize-winners!), and hot jam sessions to keep us warm in the wintertime chill. We will also be blessed once again with the presence of a record cutting lathe that will be used to record parts of the Bash, yielding some great souvenirs! To top off everyone’s fun, there will be late-night record spinning sessions held until the last person is awake!

-- The IAJRC will convene on Saturday morning, too! --

It is in the memory of great friends and fellow music enthusiasts that we meet, “like boats against the current,

borne back ceaselessly into the past,” as Fitzgerald wrote. To quote Bash founder Duncan Schiedt, “People might relish a weekend of warm fellowship, with music and camaraderie dispelling the doldrums that usually occur [in January].” This will be my second time hosting the Indy Bash after a very successful event last year! I trust that there will continue to be an influx of new faces during the event and that it will continue to grow and flourish! Many thanks are due to Phil Oldham and Pospychala for appointing me to put on this wonderful event!

Directions: The Waterfront Clarion is located just off of Indiana 136, see the driving directions on the next page,

and don’t be afraid to reach out and ask if you need help getting there! After getting off the highway, follow the signs for 136 West towards Clermont and turn north at the Waterfront Parkway stoplight. You can’t miss it! We certainly hope you can’t, anyway! Be sure to check out a map as needed!

Due to pesky changes with the hotel fees, we will be asking a $5 fee of vendors to set up, and we will be passing the hat a few times

during the Bash for donations. We raised enough money to cover expenses last year, which was fantastic! Thank you for your cooperation in keeping this great event alive for years to come.

-Thank you-

Your Hosts:

Jackson Garrison: (574) 767-0937 Phil Oldham: (317) 888-0861 garrisonja427@gmail.com philoldham02@att.net

DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS Clarion Waterfront Plaza Hotel

2930 Waterfront Parkway, West Drive Indianapolis, IN 46214

(317) 299-8400 The hotel is on the north side of Crawfordsville Road just west of the I-465 bypass, Exit 16-A, Speedway-Clermont. You know, just type the address in your phone! --From Chicago, I-65 S to I-465 S, Exit 16-A --From Detroit-Ann Arbor, I-69 S to I-465 W, Exit 16-A --From Dayton, I-70 W to I-465 S, Exit 16-A --From Cincinnati, I-74 West to I-465 S, Exit 16-A --From Louisville, I-65 N to I-465 W, Exit 16-A --From St Louis, I-70 E to I-465 N, Exit 16-A --From Champaign-Urbana, I-74 E to Exit 73, Indiana 136 W The Indy Record Bash will be taking place primarily in the Royal Ballroom (a.k.a. Superior Room). There’ll be a sign at the door, not in neon but highly visible nonetheless! When you check in and/or make your reservation, mention “Indy Record Bash” to get a discounted room rate ($72 single or double; includes breakfast).

TENTATIVE AGENDA

THURSDAY 1/11 6PM-ish Set-up commences in the Ballroom (don’t party too hard!) FRIDAY 1/12 10AM-12PM Doors officially open; record sales, browsing, FUN, etc. 12-1:30PM Lunch (no official closing, but sellers will be in and out) 1:30-3:30PM Open jam session (bring your instrument or dancing feet) 4-4:45PM Record Quiz (Mark McDaniel): Who Dat - Ain’t She Sweet? 4:45-5:30 Record presentation (Jack Garrison): Tributes to Bix: The Stars’ Salutes to Their Friend 5:30-7:30PM Dinner break. (Try to return for the start of the films!) 7:30-9PM Jazz films (Joe Busam): Hot Dance on Film 1927-’35 Pt. I 9PM-?AM Late night record listening – hop till we drop!!!

SATURDAY 1/13 8:30-11AM IAJRC meets in boardroom. 11AM-12PM Ballroom doors open (YAWN!) 12-1:30PM Lunch (no official closing, but sellers will be in and out) 1:30-3:30PM Open jam session (bring your instrument or dancing feet) 4-5PM Record Quiz (Phil Pospychala) Prizes will include records cut from our jam sessions! 5-7PM Dinner hour. (Try to return for the start of the films!) 7-9PM Jazz films (Joe Busam): Hot Dance on Film 1927-’35 Pt. II 9PM-??AM Late night record listening – save the BEST for LAST!