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Subject: Can't Please Everybody OR Short Memories From: Ebbie Date: 16 Mar 02 - 04:44 PM Some Juneauites are complaining that all the Alaska Folk Festival board books is Irish music. Look at this list- do you see a preponderance of Irish? I don't. But then one friend tells me that Oldtime, bluegrass and folk all hark to Irish roots. Is that so? Looking at the guest artists list from the beginning of the festival, do you have any suggestions for what the next logical genre should be? They're requesting suggestions for the year 2003.
'77- Merle Travis- Travis picking Frankly, I think they've been making pretty good choices, all in all. Any comments and suggestions appreciated! Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: Help: Can't Please Everybody OR Short Memories From: gnu Date: 16 Mar 02 - 04:49 PM I'm moving waaay up, to Alaska ! Some pretty good tunes and times there, I'd say. BTW, I heard that Alaska is the only state in the union to allow the growing of hemp for personal use. You know, making clothes and rope and such. Is that true or is it a ruse to get people to visit/settle in the frozen north ? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Can't Please Everybody OR Short Memories From: Ebbie Date: 16 Mar 02 - 05:00 PM Haven't checked, gnu, but I don't think it's true anymore. Until the early '90s, it was legal to grow your own, (the hallucigenic (sp) kind); the penalties are still pretty light but they do go on your record. (As Bill Maher says, Until marijuana can be proven to kill, it will be illegal) Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: Help: Can't Please Everybody OR Short Memories From: Gypsy Date: 16 Mar 02 - 11:32 PM Well, yeah, oldtime, etc, definitely have european roots. But alot of what people think of as Irish, or Scottish, is actually Breton, and in some cases French. Do these naysayers have any bright alternatives? I think your list looks pretty comprehensive, and wouldn't worry about it much. Just looked at the list a second time: i would not concern myself AT ALL. :>) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Can't Please Everybody OR Short Memories From: CarolC Date: 17 Mar 02 - 01:14 AM Looks like a pretty good selection to me. But since you asked for suggestions, I would like to recommend some Finnish music. I don't have the names of any groups who perform it, but I think it would be well worth the effort to find some. It's amazing music. Other kinds of Scandinavian music are pretty cool, too, but I think Finnish is the best. (Just my opinion, of course.) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Can't Please Everybody OR Short Memories From: RichM Date: 17 Mar 02 - 01:39 AM Looks like a very nice variety of Folk music. Don't know why anyone would fuss about the selection.
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Subject: RE: Help: Can't Please Everybody OR Short Memories From: Terry K Date: 17 Mar 02 - 04:05 AM Sam Pirt does some amazing Scandinavian stuff - you should try to entice him over! Cheers, Terry |
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Subject: RE: Help: Can't Please Everybody OR Short Memories From: Ebbie Date: 17 Mar 02 - 02:37 PM We're a pretty bare bones kind of festival. It costs about $46,000 to put it on each year and it's funded primarily by memberships. Keep in mind that the population of all Alaska is under 600,000! Think of the tiny proportion of people that support the festival. We also sell t-shirts and mugs and posters and buttons and stickers, etc, at the festival itself. There's not a huge margin of profit in it because, well, because we're CHEAP! And during the year, the board brings in some concert performers to add money to the festival funds, people like Greg Brown, Bill Staines, Townes Van Zandt... The guest artists are historically put up in a hotel that donates the space each year. (If you want to jam all night during the festival, go to the Alaskan Hotel and you'll find all the action you could want. If any other patrons complain next morning about the noise, the establishment refunds their money, no questions asked) All this, as a preamble to saying that it's not likely they (we) will in the foreseeable future be able to bring in someone from a great distance. We've had various guest artists from Canada and that's about it. But wouldn't it be a kick to get Sam Pirt! Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: Help: Can't Please Everybody OR Short Memories From: GUEST,mgarvey@pacifier.com Date: 17 Mar 02 - 05:49 PM how about some Russian music? mg |
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Subject: RE: Help: Can't Please Everybody OR Short Memories From: InOBU Date: 17 Mar 02 - 05:59 PM Gee, I gave it a lot of thought, went through all my CDs Records and Tapes... and well... how bout this band called Sorcha Dorcha? Cheers, Larry |
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