raise your hand if you know the REAL reason
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Robert Taylor wrote: > Weird reason given for not awarding him isn't it? > > -----Original Message----- > From: placid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 4:47 PM > To: Robert Taylor; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) May & Saunderson Win Awards > > > But no juan.... that's f*&^%d up > > p > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 September 2004 18:46 > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: (313) May & Saunderson Win Awards > > > Saw this on LD: > Governor recognizes Mich. contributors to cultural history > August 30, 2004 > > BY FRANK PROVENZANO > FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER > > Two pioneers of what was once considered underground music will receive > the state's highest recognition for artistic success from Gov. Jennifer > Granholm. > > Today, Detroiters Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, who as DJs and music > producers helped propel techno into a worldwide phenomenon, will be > named recipients of the International Achievement Award as part of this > year's Governor's Awards for Arts & Culture. > > While techno has been embraced by the European masses since the late > '80s, it's only been in the past five years that the men who most people > credit as the godfathers of the music have won broad acclaim in their > hometown. > > > First, there was the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, which brought > hundreds of thousands of music lovers to Hart Plaza for Memorial Day > weekend dance music. Then there was "Techno: Detroit's Gift to the > World," an 18-month-long exhibit that ended this month at the Detroit > Historical Museum, which illuminated their role in putting techno on the > international music map. Then came May and Saunderson's prominent roles > in shaping Movement, the techno music festival in Detroit's Hart Plaza > that replaced DEMF. > > > The pair joins a Who's Who of Michigan cultural history who have > received the award, including Aretha Franklin, Lily Tomlin, James Earl > Jones, the Four Tops, Elmore Leonard, Arthur Miller and Smokey Robinson. > > > > "Earlier in my career, I would've thought that being part of a tradition > would mean that I was giving up some independence and control, but now, > I see it as part of our legacy," said Saunderson, 39, preparing to leave > Detroit for a concert tour of Holland, Belgium and Germany. > > > "Everywhere we go around the world, people realize the scene wouldn't be > what it is if it wasn't for our ambition," he said. > > > In discussing the history of Detroit techno, Juan Atkins is typically > cited along with May and Saunderson as the most important > groundbreakers. Officials say that Atkins was not included because he no > longer lives in Michigan, though other winners had moved before their > awards. > > > The governor's awards also include patrons Maxine and Stuart Frankel of > Bloomfield Hills for donating $10 million to the University of Michigan > Museum of Art; Dr. C. Robert Maxfield, superintendent of Farmington > Public Schools, for pushing the arts as part of core curriculum classes, > and former Detroit Symphony Orchestra artist-in-residence Michael > Daugherty, who has composed a homage to the city titled "MotorCity > Triptych." > > > The 19th annual Governor's Awards for Arts & Culture event is > coordinated by ArtServe Michigan, a statewide nonprofit arts advocacy > agency aiming to increase public arts funding and recognition for the > state's artists.. This year's ceremony will be Nov. 18 at the Henry Ford > in Dearborn. Tickets are $50-$300, with proceeds going to ArtServe, > which typically grosses $300,000 at the event. > > > A call for nominations went out in May. In mid August, a selection > committee sifted through 250 nominations. The final decision was based > on the impact and contributions that the nominees made to a community. > > > "These choices signify the size, breadth and diversity of our cultural > umbrella," said ArtServe President Barbara Kratchman. "Michigan artists > are on the level of those in New York, Chicago, L.A. and anyplace else. > We need to recognize what we have here." > > > Like past years, the recipients are from around Michigan. Among the > winners are Latin pop singer Liliana Rokita of Saginaw as Emerging > Artist of the Year; while the award for Cultural Organization of the > Year is shared among Blissfest Music of Petoskey, Grand Rapids Ballet > and the city of Marquette's arts department. > > > For Rokita, 32, who recently recorded her first CD and often steps from > the stage to dance with fans, the award means immediate credibility. > > > "Now, when people hear I've won this award, they will stop and say, > 'Let's see why,' " said Rokita, who 11 years ago emigrated from Toluca, > Mexico.. "The attention is so important when you live outside large > Hispanic cities, and want to reach the non-Spanish population, too." > > > With a modest $160,000 budget for arts programming, the city of > Marquette coordinates and provides seed money for a regional symphony, > summer theater company, annual arts show and a mid-winter dog sled race. > > > > "We don't have large corporations up here, so we have to rely on > volunteers and individual donations," said Reatha Tweedie, director of > Marquette's arts department. "People here see the immediate impact of > giving their time and money to the arts, so they tend to give more > readily." > > > Last year, after cutting arts grants from nearly $23 million to $11.8 > million, Granholm addressed those at the awards ceremony and talked > about the vital role of the arts. This year, appeals from arts advocates > for increased funding will be met with a counter appeal from Granholm, > said spokeswoman Mary Dettloff. > > > "We need perspective," said Dettloff, who noted that there are $1.3 > billion in Granholm's proposed cuts of a $8.7-billion budget, none > including arts funding. > > > "There are many in the legislature who want to do away with arts funding > altogether because they don't think it's a necessity, and only something > to fund in prosperous times." > > > Yet there's a growing desperation among arts advocates that the time is > at hand to begin fighting. > > > "If we see the arts as an integral part of the fundamental education > experience, then it's inherently unfair to think only those districts > that can afford the arts should teach the arts," said Farmington > superintendent Maxfield, recipient of the Arts in Education award. > > > "Getting this award carries a responsibility to be an evangelist for the > arts." > ######################################################################## > ############# > Note: > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent > those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. > This email > and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the > use of the > individual or entity to which they are addressed. 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