9-07-10 Noel Rockmore Project - Gypsy Lou has a home! :<)

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Greetings!
 
There have been some exciting happenings in the Noel Rockmore Project that have us quite optimistic about things to come. We are in the process of being interviewed by a major writer for a well known publication with a circulation of 250,000+. An extensive article could appear this winter if all goes well. This would be the largest audience ever to hear about Noel Rockmore and his family in any publication to date. We have also begun discussions with important curators across the US on the possibility of museum exhibitions and tours. Last but not least, we have begun pitching books, a documentary and screenplay concepts to folks that might be able to guide us or even help make things happen. If you know someone or have any ideas of someone who might have helpful advice, please let us know.
 
There are some major Rockmore jazz works coming up at auction this weekend at Neal Auction as well as The Mardi Gras Street Scene will be offered again by New Orleans Auction Galleries at a reduced reserve. There is one special item up for auction and that is of Melvin (the porter) at Johnny White's who was a French Quarter fixture for many years and loved by all, especially Rockmore. It has been a tough time in the art auction world and in the financial world for everyone as we all know by this point. The good news is there are plenty of deals to be found before Rockmore breaks on the national scene and the economy recovers. The bad news is who wants to spend precious resources in this economic time when most of us are struggling to keep our heads above water. We are optimistic that these times they are a changing.
 
The really Great News is that Gypsy Lou Webb (friend and confidant of Noel Rockmore) has found a home in Slidell Louisiana. Special thanks to all that participated in helping Lou get settled. It was certainly a long stressful process complicated by many variables most notably the need for Lou to be verifiably poor and complete paperwork for various agencies. She found an angel named Bonnie (pictured below) who worked at the homeless shelter and took Lou into her own home as a renter and then helped her get her paperwork completed. Now, thanks to Bonnie, COAST and the Florida Parish Services, Lou's rent is covered for the next 5 years! She loved all the cards and for those of you that enclosed $ she was most appreciative and she hopes she responded to all by mail. We visited her in early August and she was doing great and back to her old routines at the COAST Senior Center.
Her address is as follows:Gypsy Lou Webb - PO Box 583 - Slidell, LA, 70458 - So send her a card today!
 
On the personal front, Sherm (our golden) is in cancer remission and we enjoy each and every day with him. Tee is hard at work on the new You Tube Video which will be a 10 minute overview of Rockmore for the throngs that will come to the website after the article. Hats off to Tee for her website redesign. Rich is ready to engage FaceBook and will be contacting the FaceBookers soon with breaking updates on The Noel Rockmore Facebook Fan Page. We are also hoping to provide a snail mail newsletter for all our non electronic friends as well. 
 
Shirley is fully recovered from her early summer illness and has loved the Summer of Perseverance and looks forward to returning to Louisiana in the fall. She would like an opportunity to see all her friends upon her return and of course so would Gypsy Lou Webb. To this end, we are working towards having a Gypsy Lou & Shirley Birthdays in October Celebration on Saturday October 9th from 1-6PM. We are not sure where just yet but will let you know if we can pull this off on no budget. There would be time to visit with them as we update folks in person on the Rockmore Project and we celebrate with these two French Quarter icons (FYI -It's not their official birthdays so no gifts are needed - just you).
 
No storms, no oil spills, no economic downturns can take away our getting together in the French Quarter to celebrate with each other. This is who we are and what we are all about!
We leave you with this great Vince Vance music video I am New Orleans
 
We will keep you posted on the Saturday October 9th Party idea as we make it happen!
 
Tee-Shirley-Gypsy Lou-Bonnie
Tee Shirley Lou Bonnie 2
Gypsy Lou Webb & Shirley Marvin
Gypsy Lou Webb & Shirley Marvin
 
 
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Rich & Tee and Shirley Marvin 
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Upcoming Auctions this weekend Sept. 11-12 NOAG & Neal

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Neal Auction Sept. 11-12 
Lot 934 Sylvester Handy Bassist
Lot 934 Sylvester Handy Bassist
Lot 935 Dolly Adams Pianist
Lot 935 Dolly Adams pianist
 
Lot 938 Ernie Cagnallotti & John Handy
Lot 938 Ernie Joseph Cagnolatti and John Handy
 
Lot 947 Johnny White's Melvin
Lot 947 Johnny White's Melvin
Lot 958 Midday McGlades Saloon
Lot 958 Midday, McGlades Saloon, NYC
 

Melvin (in red) in Johnny White's Portriat This is not up for Auction - sorry!
 
78 - Johnny Whites

New Orleans Auction Gallery Sept. 11-12

Lot 717 Mardi Gras Street Scene
927 New Orleans Street Scene

Auction Results for July 17 & 18 NOAG & Neal

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800 Bill Russell, Composer and Jazz Music Historian with Shadow
801 Joe Watkins, Drummer
802 Oscar Joseph 'Chicken' Henry, Trombone Player
 
803 Alpine John893 27304-005 The Scribe894 27304-002 Yellow Girls - Old Kingdom 895 27300-005 Nude in Red Stockings
896 27300-010 Pandora  897 27300-004 Mardi Gras Indians at Festival
 
898 27300-008 Mardi Gras Horses899 27300-007 Split Level Grid
  900 - 27300-009 Ganesha with Observer  901 -27300-006 Alien, Female Nude and the King of Clubs
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