Finding Aid for Medicare 7, 8, or 9 Dixieland Cooperative Band Records, 1966-2000 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Melissa Martinez, Ruth Ann Jones, Diane Hickey, Noah Lenstra, Hannah Jellen, and Katie Nichols

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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)

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, Photographs, Race Relations

Formats/Genres: Financial Records, Newspaper Clippings, Papers, 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

Bands
Faculty Social Life
Jazz
Medicare 7, 8 or 9
Photographs
Race Relations

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],
[Series 2: Promotional material, ca. 1970-1990],
[Series 3: Concert planning notes, contracts and financial records, 1970-1995],
[Series 4: Sheet music, ca. 1902-2009],
[Series 5: Band Photographs, Audio Recordings, and Visual Recordings, ca. 1960-2005],
[Series 6: Dan Perrino faculty and personal papers, 1977-2000],
[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