Dear Jane Pauley,

You’ve written a book at being over 50 and changing things.  Here’s one very important thing I hope you can change.  There is much living going on after 50 – but we’re being ignored by the media, especially television, except for Betty White.

She seems to be the only example of old age on TV.  Many of us from 70 to 90+ are having a ball dancing and listening to great Jazz every week – but you won’t see that in the media.

This picture was taken January 4^th, 2014 at the Acton Jazz Café, in Acton MA.  It was 10 degrees outside, but plenty HOT inside,  listening to the Seacoast Stompers.

Acton Jazz Cafe, January 4, 2014

Marce at work

I’m 78 ½ and created this web site nejazz.com over ten years ago to let people know where they can find our kind of Jazz.  (Note – it has just been re-styled by Erik Kahler so younger people can read it on their phones.)

I listen, take notes and pictures, and write ‘reviews’.

Here are some of them: List of Previous Reviews

I’ve been waiting for a long time for the Boomer women, who are now 65+,  to realize that the media wants no part of us ‘old’ people.  (I have another issue about the media making all women want to look younger, as if being OLD was a bad thing!)

Most of us are on Social Security so we don’t spend much money – so the media ignores us.  I hope you can make changes, and that your book gets through to the ‘powers that be’ that growing old isn’t a bad thing, it can be lots of fun!

Good luck!

Marce Enright
www.nejazz.com