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By Melissa Martinez, Ruth Ann Jones, Diane Hickey, Noah Lenstra, Hannah Jellen, and Katie Nichols
Collection Overview
Title: Medicare 7, 8, or 9 Dixieland Cooperative Band Records, 1966-2000
ID: 48/3/5
Primary Creator: Medicare 7, 8 or 9 (1969-2000)
Other Creators: Perrino, Daniel J.
Extent: 20.2 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in seven series: Series 1, Administrative correspondence, 1972-2003; Series 2, Promotional Materials, c. 1970-1990; Series 3, Concert Planning Notes, Contracts, and Financial Records, ca. 1970-1995; Series 4, Sheet Music, ca. 1902-2009; Series 5: Band Photographs, Audio Recordings, and Visual Recordings, ca. 1960-2005, which is organized into three subseries: 1) Photographs, Slides, and Negatives 2) Audio Recordings, and 3) Film Recordings; and Series 6 Dan Perrino Faculty and Personal Papers, ca. 1977-2000. Each series arranged chronologically.
Date Acquired: 06/16/2009. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Bands, Faculty Social Life, Jazz, Medicare 7, 8 or 9, Race Relations
Formats/Genres: Financial Records, Newspaper Clippings, Papers, Photographs, Sheet music, Sound Recordings
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection contains correspondence, business records, band member rosters and travel itineraries, press releases and newspaper clippings, original music scores and parts, reel-to-reel and cassette sound recordings, photographs, concert programs and liner notes, ephemera, and Dan Perrino's Rolodex. The records and artifacts document the band's early formation and performances between 1966 and 2000 when Dan Perrino stepped down as the band's manager and director. Of particular interest are the records documenting the band's performances at the 1982 Liberty Bowl and 1984 Rose Bowl.
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.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals:
8.0 cubic feet of material added on 9 May 2014.
Acquisition Source:
Dan Perrino
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Related Materials:
John O'Connor Papers, 1968-1997 - 12/05/034
Medicare Records, 1968-2001 - 48/03/004
For more information please see
http://www.library.illinois.edu/archives/archon/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=314&q=medicare.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Administrative correspondence, 1972-2003],
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Series 2: Promotional material, ca. 1970-1990],
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Series 3: Concert planning notes, contracts and financial records, 1970-1995],
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Series 4: Sheet music, ca. 1902-2009],
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Series 5: Band Photographs, Audio Recordings, and Visual Recordings, ca. 1960-2005],
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Series 6: Dan Perrino faculty and personal papers, 1977-2000],
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All]
- Series 1: Administrative correspondence, 1972-2003
- The series is comprised of Medicare administrative correspondence, primarily from and to Dan Perrino on behalf of the band. Includes letters to coordinate the logistics of the band's performances, concerts, and tours; performance notes; business memos; thank you letters; annual reports; contracts and flyers. Much of the correspondence is labeled in the upper-right hand corner, indicating the date and location of the performance to which the correspondence refers. Arranged chronologically or reverse chronologically, as received from the donor.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Administrative correspondence, September 1972-June 1974
- Folder 2: Administrative correspondence (1 of 2), July 1974-June 1975
- Folder 3: Administrative Correspondence (2 of 2), July 1974-June 1975
- Folder 4: Administrative correspondence, July 1975-June 1976
- Folder 5: Administrative correspondence, June 1976 - June 1977
- Folder 6: Administrative correspondence, January-December 1977
- Folder 7: Alumni tour / Southwest tour, September 1977-February 1978
- Folder 8: Administrative correspondence, January-June 1978
- Folder 9: Peoria Downtown Development Council correspondence, April - June 1978
- Folder 10: Administrative correspondence, June-August 1978
- Folder 11: Administrative correspondence, September-December 1978
- Folder 12: Second Medicare album related correspondence and drafts, 1978-1979
- Folder 13: Sixth annual Star Course concert correspondence, 1978-1979
- Folder 14: East-Southeast alumni tour correspondence, February-April 1979
- Folder 15: Administrative correspondence, January-June 1979
- Folder 16: Administrative correspondence, July-September 1979
- Folder 17: Tenth birthday party correspondence, October-November 1979
- Folder 18: Administrative correspondence, October-December 1979
- Box 2
- Folder 1: 7th Annual Medicare Concert - Krannert, October 1979-February 1980
- Folder 2: Administrative Correspondence, January-June 1980
- Folder 3: Administrative correspondence, July 1980-October 1980
- Folder 4: Administrative correspondence, November 1980-June 1981
- Folder 5: Performance at Quincy College MusicFest, February 1981
- Folder 6: Administrative correspondence, July 1981-December 1981
- Folder 7: Administrative correspondence, January 1982-April 1982
- Folder 8: Administrative correspondence, May 1982-June 1982
- Folder 9: Administrative correspondence, July 1982-December 1982
- Folder 10: Annual Medicare Concert - Krannert, September 1982
- Folder 11: Administrative correspondence, January 1983-July 1983
- Includes sub-file on performance for WILL television in May 1983.
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Administrative correspondence, January-December 1984
- Folder 2: Stanford Trip, Alumni, September 1984
- Folder 3: Thank you letters and other correspondence, 1985
- Folder 4: Administrative correspondence, January-December 1985
- Folder 5: Administrative correspondence, January-July 1986
- Folder 6: Thank you letters and other correspondence, July 1986-February 1987
- Folder 7: Administrative correspondence, June-December 1986
- Folder 8: Administrative correspondence, January-June 1987
- Folder 9: Administrative correspondence, July-December 1987
- Folder 10: Lincoln Trail College order of Medicare tapes, December 1987
- Folder 11: Thank you letters, bbills and other correspondence, January-December 1987
- Folder 12: Texas Tour, March-April 1988
- Box 4
- Folder 1: California/West Coast Tour, 1989
- Folder 2: Administrative correspondence, January-December 1988
- Folder 3: Administrative correspondence, January-December 1989
- Folder 4: Administrative correspondence, July-December 1989
- Folder 5: Florida tour, 1990
- Folder 6: Arizona tour, 1990
- Folder 7: Administrative correspondence (1 of 2), January-July 1990
- Folder 8: Administrative correspondence (2 of 2), January-July 1990
- Folder 9: Administrative correspondence (1 of 2), July-December 1990
- Folder 10: Administrative correspondence, July-December 1990
- Folder 11: Recording concert WILL, November-December 1990
- Folder 12: East Coast/Alumni Tour, April 1991
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Administrative correspondence, January-July 1991
- Folder 2: Administrative correspondence (1 of 2), July-December 1991
- Folder 3: Administrative correspondence, July-December 1991
- Folder 4: Administrative correspondence, January-July 1992
- Folder 5: Administrative correspondence, July-December 1992
- Folder 6: Medicare tour - Illinois/Wisconsin, July-September 1992
- Folder 7: Administrative correspondence, January-July 1993
- Folder 8: Administrative correspondence, August-December 1993
- Folder 9: Florida tour, February 1993
- Folder 10: Regional Midwest tour, September 1993
- Folder 11: Medinah Temple, October 2003
- Folder 12: Green Bay, Door County tour, June 1993
- Folder 13: Administrative correspondence, January-July 1994
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Administrative correspondence, August-December 1994
- Folder 2: Arizona tour, March 1994
- Folder 3: Midwest tour, September 1994
- Folder 4: Liberty bowl tour, December 1994-January 1995
- Folder 5: Administrative correspondence, January-December 1995
- Folder 6: Texas/New Orleans tour, March 1995
- Folder 7: Midwest tour, Memphis Little Rock Springfield St. Louis, September 1995
- Folder 8: DuPage performance, April-May 1995
- Folder 9: Children's Concert, November 1994
- Folder 10: Administrative correspondence, January-May 1996
- Folder 11: Administrative correspondence, June-December 1996
- Folder 12: Medicare tape and CD orders, March-May 1996
- Folder 13: Medicare tour of Florida, February 1996
- Folder 14: Administrative correspondence, January-August 1997
- Folder 15: Administrative correspondence, September-December 1997
- Folder 16: International Association for Jazz Education Conference, January 1997
- Folder 17: Administrative correspondence, January-December 1998
- Folder 18: West Coast tour, March 1998
- Folder 19: Krannert Concert, November 7 and 8, 1998
- Folder 20: Administrative correspondence, 1999
- Folder 21: Administrative correspondence, February 2000-September 2001
- Box 22
- Folder 1: Administrative correspondence, 2001-2002
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Administrative correspondence, 1972-2003],
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Series 2: Promotional material, ca. 1970-1990],
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Series 3: Concert planning notes, contracts and financial records, 1970-1995],
[
Series 4: Sheet music, ca. 1902-2009],
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Series 5: Band Photographs, Audio Recordings, and Visual Recordings, ca. 1960-2005],
[
Series 6: Dan Perrino faculty and personal papers, 1977-2000],
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All]
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