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July 21, 2005 | |||||||||
Countdown to New York Panorama 2005
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A good friend of mine once told me it is not nice to pick on "people who
are not able." If they lack the ability to do better and everybody
knows it - why bother picking on them? That was all cool- until last
evening.
So what? What does this have to with steelband
business you may ask? Absolutely nothing!! Except one of the
When Steel Talks
crew attended the event and was given a
program. As a matter of fact all the attendees (9,000
[nine thousand] plus)
were given a program. For free! The program is a 64 page Bandshell
booklet that gave in-depth info and promotional material on the
performing artists, sponsors and upcoming shows. And this
happens for at least the first two or three weeks. That's an
outlay of at least 18,000 or 27,000 programs.
Every
week the production crew comes in on Monday morning and puts the whole
stage together for the evening event. And then breaks everything down and
neatly packs the entire ensemble away sometimes as early as Tuesday morning. We just have to mention this, in addition to the issue of the program. The Wingate concert series is the project of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. And he also hosted the show for the most part. What was laudable was his knowledge about the acts - their respective histories, accomplishments, and iconic status etc. Markowitz was versed and articulate during breaks in performances - a sign of respect for the audience - and the artists themselves.
Would it be asking too much if the same was to be
done at the New York Panorama? Instead of sometimes off-color
and off-subject humor, and more usually, woefully distorted musical
din from less than caring DJs/sound people, why not share with all
present, facts about the participating bands, and the steelband art
form in general? Is that asking too much?
Ooops - did we mention that the concerts are free?
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