Although I don’t have time or energy to help with this, I
sent an email to bowerbird, the organization in Philly that does many of the shows
at the Rotunda, to pique their interest. http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/.
The Rotunda would be a great space for the fest, but there are other venues. I’m
really just beginning to tune into all that is happening there, since I’m
30 minutes and a world away in Wilmngton..
Philly’s scene is VERY active now.
Hal Dean
From: Tony K
[mailto:bigtonyk@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:07 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: East Coast Festival of some level
Philly seems to have a pretty
decent ambient scene, so there may be a decent venue to hold an east coast
adventure.
http://www.therotunda.org/foundation.html
those guys host all kinds of art/music shows. Might be worth checking
into.
Tony
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com> wrote:
I'm always excited by this kind of brainstorming, but the
venue thing is a big issue. Even if we could get a place in NYC, where would
people stay? it's not like there are a lot of cheap motels within 1/2 mile (as
in Santa Cruz).
Princeton (or any school that can be talked into providing a venue for free or
cheap) sounds like a decent bet - small community, college audience might
provide more attendees from the community than in some other areas, etc.) It's
1-1/4 hours from nyc by car. (plus, I could stay with my cousins in Philly and
be closer than I am now, which is about 2 hours away)
There's some possibility that I could get the Warwick Community Center at a
discount, in Warwick, NY, but I have my doubts as to whether our idyllic little
community would be convenient enough to get to. I could put up a couple of
people, but that's about it.
Mike has talked about wanting to do something in western PA, i believe, which i
don't really think is tenable. But Philly might be a good bet - lots of hip
people, but much, much lower-key and cheaper than ny. I could talk to my
cousins there and see if they have any ideas about venues if there's more
interest.
