There's Hope for Us Yet!
Dog-walk about 7:00 this morning. When approaching the river forks, we heard the unmistakeable sounds of hot-air balloons being filled up.
But this can't be - this is the first Civic Holiday weekend since London cancelled its annual Balloon Fest.
Yet, as we got closer, there it was - three hot-air balloons being inflated and going up within seconds of each other.
I don't mind giving a plug - they were all from ReMax - the real-estate people showing that it is possible to be good Corporate citizens.
I don't know if they didn't get the memo about City Hall cancelling the Balloon Fest this year or if they simply thought - "WhattheFuk? Let's do it anyway!"
Or maybe they were just Rogue Balloons.
Anyway, kudoes to them.
You know, before it turned into just another crappy fast-food/crafts festival, the Balloon Fest was one of the only summer festivals to have an authentic charm to it.
Why it couldn't turn a profit and why City Hall didn't subsidize it better is a question for minds greater than mine. But to let such a thing slip out of our fingers is something that could only happen here in Hicksville, Ohio.
Word on the street has it that the Home County Folk Festival will be the next one to go. I haven't attended in two decades. And will probably wait another two before trying again.
My worst suspicions were confirmed last week when I heard an advance promo interview on the radio for this years' edition in downtown's Victoria Park. They had doubled the number of arts&crap booths from last year.
And the person responsible for the bookings (who also happens to own a Richmond Row Arts and Crap store right across the street from the park,) actually said, "Oh, it's not so much a folk festival anymore as it is an Arts Festival."
Now, that's been true for years - but this was the first time I ever heard anyone in authority not only publicly admit it, but BRAG about it!
Of course for me, any summer festival is all about the music. Even the limited bit that you might happen to hear of it at Home County.
And maybe after it does get cancelled, some rougue folkies will show up the following year at Victoria Park and put on a show anyway.
In the meantime, to quote David Whatsizname from Cracker - "What the world needs now - is a new folk-singer/Like I need a hole in my head."
But this can't be - this is the first Civic Holiday weekend since London cancelled its annual Balloon Fest.
Yet, as we got closer, there it was - three hot-air balloons being inflated and going up within seconds of each other.
I don't mind giving a plug - they were all from ReMax - the real-estate people showing that it is possible to be good Corporate citizens.
I don't know if they didn't get the memo about City Hall cancelling the Balloon Fest this year or if they simply thought - "WhattheFuk? Let's do it anyway!"
Or maybe they were just Rogue Balloons.
Anyway, kudoes to them.
You know, before it turned into just another crappy fast-food/crafts festival, the Balloon Fest was one of the only summer festivals to have an authentic charm to it.
Why it couldn't turn a profit and why City Hall didn't subsidize it better is a question for minds greater than mine. But to let such a thing slip out of our fingers is something that could only happen here in Hicksville, Ohio.
Word on the street has it that the Home County Folk Festival will be the next one to go. I haven't attended in two decades. And will probably wait another two before trying again.
My worst suspicions were confirmed last week when I heard an advance promo interview on the radio for this years' edition in downtown's Victoria Park. They had doubled the number of arts&crap booths from last year.
And the person responsible for the bookings (who also happens to own a Richmond Row Arts and Crap store right across the street from the park,) actually said, "Oh, it's not so much a folk festival anymore as it is an Arts Festival."
Now, that's been true for years - but this was the first time I ever heard anyone in authority not only publicly admit it, but BRAG about it!
Of course for me, any summer festival is all about the music. Even the limited bit that you might happen to hear of it at Home County.
And maybe after it does get cancelled, some rougue folkies will show up the following year at Victoria Park and put on a show anyway.
In the meantime, to quote David Whatsizname from Cracker - "What the world needs now - is a new folk-singer/Like I need a hole in my head."
posted by Sonny Drysdale at 6:18 AM
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