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Medicare Records, 1968-2001

Collection Overview

Title: Medicare Records, 1968-2001

ID: 48/3/4

Creator: Medicare 7, 8 or 9 (1969-2000)

Extent: 3.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: chronological

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Records of the Medicare 7, 8,or 9 Dixieland Jazz Band (c. 1970-1999) contain correspondence, performance itineraries, financial records, promotional materials, and newspaper clippings concerning the activities of Medicare, an arts organization founded by Dean of Student Programs and Services Dan Perrino in 1968. This series contains the files of business manager Stan Rahn (1974-2001) and the files of director Dan Perrino (1968-1979).

Boxes 1, 2, and a portion of Box 3 contain the files of Stan Rahn, business manager. The remaining contents of Box 3 and Box 4 contain the files of Dan Perrino, director

Biographical Note

The Medicare 7, 8, or 9 Dixieland Cooperative Band was formed by Dan Perrino during a period of unprecedented student unrest at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (UIUC) in 1969. Perrino, then Dean of Student Programs and Services and a former professor of music at UIUC, gathered together a group of faculty to play jazz in the student union to help ease the tensions between the campus' students and faculty. Perrino chose to have the band perform its first concert in the University's Illini Union South Lounge, a gathering place for activist-minded students, in order to provide a common music experience that the faculty and students alike could enjoy. Eventually the band was named Medicare 7, 8, or 9 as a humorous reference to the wide range of its membership's ages and the diverse number of performers that frequently played for each concert. For over thirty years the band was recognized as a beloved community institution that played for alumni and campus events, community organizations throughout Illinois, Illinois governors, and nationally-televised football games.

Administrative Information

Accruals: 1/26/01; 6/2003

Related Materials:

48/03/005 - Medicare 7, 8, or 9 Dixieland Cooperative Band Records, 1966-2000

12/05/034 - John O'Connor papers

For more information please see http://www.library.illinois.edu/sousa.

Other Note: 2 Pages

Other URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/4803004.pdf