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The Decline of a New Orleans Institution

 | ACT 4 New Traditions
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Scene 1
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A potential boycott never materialized; however, many
unhappy regulars return less frequently and with less enthusiasm. |
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Scene 2
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Galatoire’s experiences a record summer business as
old and new customers flock to see what all the fuzz was about. |
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Scene 3
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Galatoire’s staff field dozens of Gilberto questions
daily to the point of exhaustion. |
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Scene 4
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The Bombay Club, three blocks from Galatoire’s, hires
Gilberto in late August 2002. As word of his new employment spreads, fans
begin to call The Bombay Club for reservations. |
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 | ACT 5 A Jazz Funeral For Galatoire's? |
It was a long hot miserable summer. New Orleanians
suffered through the heat, the humidity, the West Nile virus, closed brake tag
stations, and a Galatoire’s without Gilberto. All this and no chipped ice would
challenge even Job. Will it ever end?

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