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Instead of going out to dinner for our anniversary we went to a Jazz game in New Orleans. We wanted to take Josiah & Jacque. Josiah has fell in love with b-ball {just like mom & dad} and wants to be a b-ball player when he grows up. It was also a great opportunity to do something fun with them, without the twins getting all the attention.

I really love how the New Orleans Arena has beehive light fixtures! They also have Hugo the Hornet. {Jacque just called it -the bug- even though we told her it was a hornet} The dancers were the Honeybees. And instead of yelling {defense} you said {BEE-FENCE}.

Paul is a die-hard Jazz fan for life. Regardless of where he lives. He was very cautious and didn't wear any of his Jazz paraphernalia or cheer for the rival team. Josiah couldn't be convinced of why he needed to root for Utah, so he is a Hornets fan. So we {not dad} cheered and yelled for the Hornets. They actually did really well, the Jazz were 20 down and got within 6 points during the game, but ended up loosing. {sorry Paul}. But we had so much fun!

(my camera's batteries died before we could get a group shot inside)

You know me, always interested in the history of things and sharing them. I noticed the New Orleans Hornets have colors very close to the mardi gras colors of "green, purple, & gold". Over the years Utah Jazz has transitioned away from the original over to blues. I found these pics of the NEW ORLEANS JAZZ. LOVE the poster!!!

Growing up in Utah, loving the Jazz, I always wondered, what is Jazz? I have since learned this very shortly after moving to New Orleans what happened.....

The team was originally the New Orleans Jazz. In 1974 the Jazz franchise began in New Orleans. After five losing seasons in New Orleans, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1979.

Although the team nickname was not fitting for Salt Lake City at the time, with Utah not being known for its jazz culture like New Orleans was, the franchise decided to keep it. One fan quipped that "This is interesting, Utah has the Jazz and New Orleans has the Saints," referring to the city's NFL team. "Saints" due to the large population from The LDS Church, in Utah.

Unlike franchise relocations today, there was little local effort to keep the Jazz in New Orleans, nor was there a public campaign to bring a team to Utah. When asked why the team did not change its nickname, one-time Jazz head coach Frank Layden quipped that nobody thought the team was going to last long enough to bother with a name change.

info from: WIKIPEDIA