{"id":3623,"date":"2013-08-21T16:15:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T20:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=3623"},"modified":"2013-08-21T16:15:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T20:15:27","slug":"council-blew-it-on-music-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/council-blew-it-on-music-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Council \u201cblew it\u201d on music fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>(Re: Newmarket welcomed St. Kitts for Festival, August 14, 2013)<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nI just had to endorse the sentiments of P.C. Smith last week with respect to the Newmarket jazz+ Festival.<br \/>\nGeorge and Sher St. Kitts provided just the right blend of both local and international talent for this show to make it an outstanding event. I will venture to say the best event in York Region this year, including all of the celebratory events that have been put on by the Town of Aurora to promote their big anniversary this year.<br \/>\nWhat a wonderful experience to enjoy such talent at our doorstep.<br \/>\nThe venue was easy to move around in, and seating was great. I attended the Saturday evening and night show and was blown away.<br \/>\nA big thank you to the Town of Newmarket and their Town Council for showing how to support local talent and showing them the respect and encouragement that they deserve.<br \/>\nWe are truly blessed to have such a professional and capable organization as St. Kitts\u2019 Music within our midst to entertain us in such a wonderful fashion. My only complaint is that the admittance fare was far too low. I would have been willing to pay three times the amount and would still have considered it to be underpriced.<br \/>\nKudos Sher, fabulous job as usual.<br \/>\nOh, and by the way, Town of Aurora Council, hang your head in shame. Small town minds, small town prejudices obviously still plague our council.  You really blew it this time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nora McNellis<br \/>\nAurora<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3623&amp;t=Council%20%E2%80%9Cblew%20it%E2%80%9D%20on%20music%20fest&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3623&amp;p[images][0]=&amp;p[title]=Council%20%E2%80%9Cblew%20it%E2%80%9D%20on%20music%20fest\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3623&amp;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Council%20%E2%80%9Cblew%20it%E2%80%9D%20on%20music%20fest&amp;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3623\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Re: Newmarket welcomed St. Kitts for Festival, August 14, 2013) I just had to endorse the sentiments of P.C. 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