570News - Gary Doyle

The Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival ranks up there with my favorite “free” weekends. The weather looks like it will clear in time tonight for the headliner, the amazing Molly Johnson. She will be on the show with me this afternoon to talk about her music and festivals in general. If you’ve never experienced a live jazz festival, come on down! I’ll be the one in the loud shirt and the big grin. I started attending these years ago and this is the first one in three years that my son hasn’t performed. He was part of the Bluevale Jazz Choir. He has graduated (thankfully), and the driving force behind the program at Bluevale, Nancy Kidd, has retired. I still can’t imagine that dynamo sitting still for long. What a gift she has and our kids are better for spending time with her. If you can’t make it tonight, come back tomorrow for another group I like, Manteca. I’ll the one in the other loud shirt.