Columnist Joe Delaney: Tracing the origins of Old Time Reunion

Joe Delaney

Thursday, Oct. 19, 2000 | 10:05 a.m.

Joe Delaney's column appears on Thursdays and Fridays. Reach him at 259-4066 or joe@lasvegassun.com.

The Fifth Annual Old Time Reunion Party, formerly known as the 30-30 Dinner, takes place Sunday in the Stardust Convention Center with cocktails at 6 and dinner at 7 p.m.

There will be dancing and entertainment again this year ... Bob Anderson, Peter Anthony and Rip Taylor are scheduled to perform and Wayne Newton might come by to say "Hello."

The late Jack Kogan, a radio and television personality here for more than 30 years, was having breakfast at Bagelmania with Davey and Lou Pearl, Abe Fox, Ken Johann and the late Paul Endy when it was decided to have a get-together for Las Vegans who had lived here 30 years or more.

The 30-year requirement still exists but is not enforced too strictly ... It is a great opportunity for old timers to visit on an occasion that is strictly for fun ... It has been sold out every year ... Call Ken Johann Realty at 382-6336, there may be a $35 ticket or two left.

Advance notice

Top trombonists from all over the country will perform a week from Sunday at 2 p.m. in the 16th annual 76 Trombones + 4 Concert in UNLV's Artemus Ham Hall ... The massed choir of approximately 100 trombones will treat the audience to a program of light classics and jazz standards ... World-class musicians Carl Fontana and Jim Fitzgerald will be featured.

Fitzgerald will solo on "Slide Frog, Slide," written by early Louis Armstrong drummer Paul Barbarin for Freddie Assunto of the original Dukes of Dixieland ... Fontana will have the closing segment plus the traditional ending with the Bill Rogers' arrangement of "76 Trombones."

Proceeds go to the Abe Nole Scholarship Fund, established in 1985 in memory of one of LV's finest and best-respected players ... Advance tickets are a tax-deductible $10, $12 at the door, $7 for seniors, students and military ... Both of the above Sunday events deserve your support.

Star-policy rundown

It's Dr. John (Blue Note); Jerry Vale, Friday and Saturday (Boulder Station); Patsy Cline Tribute (Gold Coast); Clint Holmes, plus Mac King (Harrah's); Tim Conway & Harvey Korman plus Louise DuArt (LV Hilton); Bill Acosta (Luxor); Tom Junes, plus Rita Rudner, plus Tommy Tune starring in "EFX" (MGM Grand); Siegfried & Roy in their theatre, Danny Gans in his (Mirage).

Plus Lance Burton (Monte Carlo); Neil Sedaka (Orleans); Pete Barbutti (Plaza); David Cassidy-Sheena Easton (Rio); Wayne Newton (Stardust); Phyllis Diller (Suncoast); and Melinda, First Lady of Magic (Venetian).

Michael Flatley's "Lord of the Dance" continues its 3 p.m. Saturday matinees through Dec. 9 ... Multitalented pianist-arranger Larry White plays the Aladdin's London Club on Mondays; White and his band are at the Center Lounge, Paris Las Vegas, 2-5:45 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

Weekend specials

Sarah Brightman's "La Luna" tour arrives in the MGM Grand Garden Arena Friday at 8 p.m. ... "La Luna" is Brightman's current CD release featuring her vocals in five different languages ... Pearl Jam will be in concert Sunday at 7:30 p.m., also in the MGM Grand Garden Arena ... "Vienna in Venice," an Opera Gala, featuring the Nevada Opera Theatre Artists and Chorus, 7 p.m. Saturday, in the Venetian's Palazzo Ballroom.

"As Bees In Honey Drown" concludes this Sunday in UNLV's Black Box Theatre ... The Nevada Theatre Company has a new home at the Lakes and is celebrating with a Play Day at the Lakes, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday (873-0191).

Friday's jazz is at Pogo's, Sundays, 2-5 p.m.; it's the World's Smallest Jazz Band at Swede's Corner and Mondays, it's at the Riviera ... Best jazz listening: Joe Lano Trio, evenings, Napoleon Bar (Paris Las Vegas) ... Join the LV Jazz Society and support jazz everywhere.

Variety Club news

The Lance Burton 25th annual Variety Club Golf Classic tees off at 8 a.m. Monday, Dragon Ridge Golf Club ... Burton will be joined by Danny Gans and a number of other celebrities in a fund raiser for Variety Club, the children's charity, benefiting 33 local non-profit organizations aiding children with special needs ... The Joseph Bernard Acting Studio's "Hugged, Mugged and Lugged," a series of comedy vignettes is free, Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. (Winchester Center) ... See you Friday.