{"id":26809,"date":"2020-06-18T19:23:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T23:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=26809"},"modified":"2020-06-18T19:23:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T23:23:39","slug":"concerts-in-the-park-organizers-aim-to-launch-physically-distant-music-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/concerts-in-the-park-organizers-aim-to-launch-physically-distant-music-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerts in the Park organizers aim to launch physically-distant music series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s not 100 per cent clear how, but the show will go on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the word from organizers of Aurora\u2019s popular\nConcerts in the Park summer music series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A summer staple in Aurora\u2019s social calendar, hundreds\ntypically fill Town Park each Wednesday night for an evening of live music and\ncultural performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While COVID-19 cast doubt on the future of Concerts in\nthe Park for 2020, organizers promise that music will continue to ring out \u2013\nalbeit in a new way with a new timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur plan is to do five concerts \u2013 a concert every\nWednesday in August and the first Wednesday in September,\u201d says Shelley Ware,\nSpecial Events Coordinator for the Town of Aurora, noting that until they have\nsome clarity closer to the date from the Provincial Government on what physical\ndistancing measures will be in place, a number of options are being considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt may start off as Concerts in the Chambers whereby we\nwould have a band in Council Chambers playing and we would livestream it. Based\non whatever gathering sizes are at that time, we would be issuing free\nwristbands based on that gathering size [until we reached capacity]. If it is\n25 people, 50 people, we would have them properly spaced out in the Chambers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf our gatherings are over 100 people, we are strongly\nconsidering moving into Town Park with a gated entry and we would still operate\nwithin our wristband scenario, but we would be chalking rectangles onto the\ngrass which would give \u2018pods\u2019 for families to sit as they watch the\nperformance. For those unable to get a wristband, we would be broadcasting the\nconcert through Facebook Live so that there is still a virtual component as\nwell as an in-person component.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this time of year, the full roster of Concerts in the\nPark talent is typically finalized and the schedule set. Of course, this year\nis a year like no other and organizers are starting from scratch programming\nthis reconfigured performance series.
\nWhat is certain is that if Concerts in the Park can return to its traditional\ngreenspace in Aurora\u2019s historic downtown core, there will be no intermission.\nConcerts typically run two hours with an intermission between sets. Concerts\nthis year, if they proceed, will run 90 minutes straight through with no\nintermission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIntermissions cause gatherings,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cOur\nchalked rectangular squares will comfortably hold four people and we will\ncascade the squares so everyone will be spaced out, but with no intermission\nyour focus and objective there is to enjoy the live music being performed.\nWe\u2019re going to see as the industry rejuvenates itself, subtle changes like that\ntype of programming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less subtle changes are also being considered to make\nsure the Movies in the Park experience, a rotating screening of blockbuster\nfilms that rotate through three Aurora parks near the end of the summer,\ncontinue \u2013 this time as drive-in movies. And Ms. Ware says the Town has secured\nthe radio frequency required to make this a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is all providing guidelines are available and we\ncan operate legally,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cThis drive-in movie experience would take\nplace towards the middle to late August and will take place in a variety of our\nrec centre parking lots. They would involve a 50-foot screen and then we\u2019ll\nhave cars within the spots with a space between each car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose plans are underway. It is just a waiting period right now until the drive-in movie theatres get their licensing and the ability to operate. Once that happens, we will be able to offer this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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