Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 26 No. 34 August 21, 2015
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n Lightning strikes over Mt. Ida during Oysterband’s performance at the Main Stage during the Roots and Blues Festival on Friday, Aug. 14.
Roots & Blues gets electric start By Barb Brouwer
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An air of optimism followed Friday night’s electric start to the 23rd annual Roots and Blues Festival. This, despite the fact attendance was down by 2,000. Roots and Blues numbers were 6,500 people Friday night, 7,400 on Saturday and 6,900 Sunday for a total attendance of 21,000.
Salmon Arm Folk Music Society chair Lody Kieken said Friday’s thunderstorm is believed to be a big factor in the drop in overall sales. Kieken said his initial gut reaction to Friday night’s smaller audience was, “this is a disaster.” But he had a quick word with himself and acknowledged that in light of what goes on in the world in terms of real disasters like fires and floods, this was not a disaster.
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As Kieken and many others who attended Friday night sensed, the electric energy went far beyond lightning, with performers and festivalgoers bent on having fun regardless. “I thought Oysterband should have been given an award for carrying on despite the rain, wind and a half-empty field,” he said. “They gave an outstanding performance.” He concurs with office manager
Cindy Diotte, who believes people who usually attend Friday night and buy three-day passes gave this Friday night a miss along with the extended passes. As to the financial outcome, Kieken said that would come later. “I think it might be a break-even year,” he said. “We were really agSee Performers on page A3
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