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The Big Bang Jazz Band, playing Emperor Norden's Hunch, got together for a reunion at this jazz festival. They began 15 years ago as a high school band in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The band is led by Bria Skonberg (http://www.briaskonberg.com) who had moved to New York to further her music career. The band for this number included Bria on trumpet; Evan Arntzen, saxophone; Colin Farquhar, clarinet; Josh Roberts, banjo; Vashti Fairbairn, piano, Lukas Matheson, trombone; Sam Rocha, sousaphone, & Benji Bohannon, drums. We visited the festival as part of our Jazz-N-Aweigh tour (http://www.jazznaweigh.com). Video by Bill Schneider