Austin, Texas - February 9th & 10th, 2006




Austin is very musical city. Even the airport construction signs had musical themes.



Whole Foods near our hotel. The chain started in Austin.



Texas-sized Putumayo Records display in the same store.



Did I mention that Austin was a very musical city? Here's a traffic sign on 6th Street, which had a stretch of several blocks that was pretty much non-stop nightclubs. We would walk down it to get from our hotel to the Hilton, where the conference was.



Jill Brooksbank making breakfast in our 'suite' at the Extended Stay Inn [which wasn't really a suite at all].



Texas-sized beer.



Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan showcasing at the Hilton.



Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble at one of their three official showcases.



Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble.



Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble.



Lache Cercel.



Sublime honkytonk and western swing from Cindy Cashdollar and Redd Volkaert. Redd's t-shirt read "I Beat Anorexia".



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