Community sacrifice a small price for annual concert

[The Ledger Independent]

By WENDY MITCHELL Staff Writer
While showcasing what some call one of the most unique festivals in the state, Maysville businesses will be enduring a few days of vehicular inconvenience, beginning today.





http://maysville-online.com/articles/2006/09/26/local_news/3626festival.txt

[MSE boss]

Sacrafices minimal? doesnt really affect me But does it benefit what it was started for I havent seen anything done on the Russell Theatre since the first year.

[chevy]

Sacrafices minimal? doesnt really affect me But does it benefit what it was started for I havent seen anything done on the Russell Theatre since the first year.

My thoughts exactly. I've heard that no money has actually gone towards the Russell Theatre since Rosemary herself held this event.

[kdown]

I fear that Rosemary's name, and the Russell Theatre, is being used to raise money for various reasons other than to restore the theatre. Year after year no one seems to mind.

[dpolley]

It's all for personal gain. Nothing is being done to the Theatre. As far as promoting Maysville, I guess it does to a certain extent. That being said, how many new manufacturing facilities or major corporations have relocated to Maysville due to this annual party? It has strayed far away from what the original intent was.

[tkcomer]

A lot of people were sacrificed when they did away with court days for the festival. Several local organizations made money selling food. A lot more people enjoyed that event than the Clooney feast.

[kybikertrash]

So True. I used to go to the festival. Now I just think it is better to give a donation to the Russell. That's what people should do if they want to help the theater. None of the money from this event helps the Russell.

[kdown]

Heres where and how anyone can help !!!

We ordered cards today


http://www.rosemaryclooney.com/russell/cards.htm

[tkcomer]

I never was against the festival. Anything to bring people downtown. But to sacrifice court days because a few individuals thought it made the town look trashy was just wrong. A lot of good organizations lost several days at making money at court days. Money that got plowed back into the community to help the poor and downtrodden.

[kybikertrash]

Thanks, Kdown! Those are nice. I didn't know they sold those. I'll have to get some.

[ponto]

Sept. 29th
Street Party FREE PERFORMANCE Friday Evening 7pm to 8:30 pm Main Stage Market & Third Streets

THE NEW RASCALS
featuring
Gene Cornish & Dino Danelli
Members of
THE ROCK N' ROLL HALL OF FAME

The Rascals (initially the Young Rascals) were paragons of "blue-eyed soul" - that is, soul music played and sung by white performers. Other well-known purveyors of blue-eyed soul include the Righteous Brothers and such British singers as Steve Winwood, Van Morrison and Joe Cocker. However, no one had more commercial clout in the Sixties than the Rascals who could belt it out with the best of them. The Rascals were masters of the three-minute single: sustained bursts of highly energized pop-soul made to be blasted over transistor radios or danced to at parties and discotheques. Three of the four members had apprenticed with Joey Dee and the Starliters (of "Peppermint Twist" fame), and all could legitimately claim backgrounds in R&B. The Rascals came together in New York City when Felix Cavaliere, Gene Cornish and Eddie Brigati left Dee and recruited drummer Dino Danelli.

Manager Sid Bernstein (who, as a promoter, brought the Beatles to Shea Stadium) got them signed to Atlantic Records. Their first single, "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore," climbed the Hot Hundred and its follow-up, a breathlessly up tempo version of the Olympics' "Good Lovin'," went to #1. Several more quintessential blue-eyed soul singles followed, including "You Better Run" and "I've Been Lonely Too Long". At this point, the Rascals underwent a radical shift in direction. Inspired by the sweeping changes wrought by the Sixties counterculture, they took a markedly more mellow approach to their music. Once again they hit the jackpot when "Groovin'," a soulful reverie about "groovin' on a sunny afternoon," shot to #1 in the spring of 1967. By the end of the year, the Rascals had gone full-tilt psychedelic with songs like "It's Wonderful".

The Rascals' biggest hit, "People Got to Be Free," is an impassioned response to the assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. It topped the charts for five weeks in 1968 and inspired a follow-up single, "A Ray of Hope," written for and about Teddy Kennedy. At this juncture, the Rascals began focusing on albums instead of singles, as was typical of the time. Their more experimental, elongated approach resulted in records like Freedom Suite, a double album from 1969. By the early Seventies, the Rascals had mutated into an impressionistic jazz-rock outfit and moved from Atlantic to Columbia Records. It marked a continuing process of evolution for the band. With Many Hit Singles & Hit Albums, The Rascals have earned their place in Music History!

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