Dear Sir/Madam This letter is an introduction for Mr. Glen Fisher who is serving as Performance Coordinator for you Blues In The Schools (BITS) program. He is also an active BLUSD member volunteer who has helped evolve the BITS presentations, and one of our great BITS Band Members. BITS is a program fostered by the national organization, The Blues Foundation headquartered in Memphis. They run the annual International Blues Competition (IBC), the Keeping the Blues Alive Awards (KBA), and the Handy…
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Something strange must me seeping into the drinking water way out west in San Diego. No one's sure if it's animal, vegetable, mineral, or chemical, is a world-class bassist, totally burning on both acoustic and electric bass Beyond that, all bets are off. Glen Fisher claims to be a close personal friend of an entity called Gomango, whom he describes as a "very old and wise soul from the tropics." After and initial introduction to Gomango and the Gomango people at a beach party in 1979, Glen…
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Greetings mainlanders Fish here just to let you know what's up. I've led some incredible music programs at Fletcher Hills, Carson, and about half of the 40 schools that we visit with our Blues In The Schools program. I am now recruiting and training 40 or so musical soldiers that will eventually help Gomango take over the city(Today San Diego ...tommorrow the world!) Paradise Point Resort loves Gomango: I will be at the Barefoot Bar all summer (every Sun 1-5 with the 7 piece Gomango Invasion…
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Dear Glen I am pleased to learn of your incredible support of jazz education in the Point Loma Schools, and Jazz at Lincoln Center is humbly grateful for your partnership with us in bringing the Jazz for Young People Curriculum to its elementary and middle schools. I had the distinct pleasure to meet with music and education leaders on June 17, 2002 at the San Diego City Schools headquarters. We had the even greater pleasure of meeting you there and further discussing a partnership with the Point…
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