News12-Gerri Hord Jazz Club

Hey Pat,

Thanks, Well I am really into historic preservation and particularly of African American buildings. This particular building was built in 1921 by a group of Black Women who called themselves the Women's Working Band. This group was a church group who were interested in community work: raising money for the needy and all. They had this building constructed for an " Old Folks Home" during segregation. During the depression, it was a Child Care Center and at the end of WWII, 1948, the women donated the building to the Black returning Vets for an American Legion Post. The Deed requires that the Vets will continue to serve the community's needs, and indeed it was the building used during segregation for many community parties and gatherings. Folks our age have great "coming-of-age" memories involving the building.

If you go to My Space.com and type in B Sharp's Jazz Cafe, you will see a slide show of the renovation with my Husband's composition in the background. He is the jazz Musician, and for the past 28 years I have traveled with him to many jazz clubs around the world. Our club brings the best of all those clubs to one room: great acoustics, warm interior, very jazz community oriented, simple food and good wines and beers, great bathrooms ( Don't Laugh).

We are having a great time bringing the best Jazz we can find to Tallahassee and working with the students of both universities: Florida A&M University and Florida State University.

Maybe one day the class of '66 will travel to Tallahassee for their picnic. You might not ever return to PA!

Gerri