Jazz in the Pass emanates the historic musical legacies as put forth by Capt. John Handy, saxophone; Joe B. Jackson, pianist; and the Watson Brothers' Band, who were all from this community. The festival has grown with each year, with the potential of becoming a major event. Capt. John Handy, a Black man with roots in Pass Christian, became internationally famous for his performances with his alto sax. At his funeral in 1970, Harold DeJean, head of the Olympia Brass Band, echoed out, "We come to lay him down right " The ritual is a tradition for New Orleans old musicians that seldom varies....

"Bay St. Louis Discovered" - by Dan Ellis The cover features the wooden-framed Hancock County Courthouse as constructed in 1874 and later renovated. The county seat was moved a couple of times before it was established in Shieldsboro, now Bay St. Louis. When Hancock County was first established - it included land between the Pearl River on the West and Biloxi Bay on the East. It was later reduced in several stages to create three new counties - Harrison, Stone and Pearl River. Sun-Herald book reviewer Nan Patton Ehrbright describes the book as including "chapters on Bay St. Louis, Old Town,...