On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, marc christensen wrote: > Indeed, though *most* of what you've said is correct, the first point > -- that the name is inconsequential -- is the only one under real > question. > > let's not forget that the other big 3-day festival (jazz, you know, > during whichever one of those labor day/memorial day weekends isn't > in may and is in september, right?) built an *enormous* international > reputation, and generated almost as much foreign tourism to detroit, > and almost as many festival attendees, as the DEMF did in its first > year.
The Montreaux Detroit Jazz Festival. Used to be that I would even miss my own professional conference for it. The best jazz festival in north america by my estimation. Perfect comparison. > and what is that festival called now? i can't remember anymore, now > that it's not montreaux. i mean, i'm serious -- no one knows what > the name is. but ask anyone connected to detroit's rather limited > tourism industry (with the exception of the boileau dude, right?) and > they'll tell you that the lack of the name hurt international tourism > for the jazz fest. at least for the first two years. The Ford International Jazz Festival is the new name i THINK. And what is interesting with this festival is that FOR THE MOST PART it has maintained its integrity. No Kenny G. highliners...all straight ahead jazz or old school fusion. But this may be because jazz has a longer history than techno...and more people who are very very aware of what jazz "is." If someone bought out the DEMF would this happen? Could be...but one argument is that it would be easier to transform the DEMF into some sort of festival that the heads wouldn't recognize, with techno's version of Kenny G. being the highliner. peace lks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
