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TO: Parks & Recreation Committee FROM: Kim Stephan DATE: February 25, 2010 SUBJECT: Music in the Parks Regarding Music in the Parks I received the following email correspondence from Ms. Kathi LaValle. She is unable to attend this meeting, but I said I would bring the request to the committee for discussion. Does Centerville plan to offer music in the park again this year? 1 play with the Centennial Community Band which is 35 member concert band in Circle Pines and they have asked me to contact you about performing a concert. Would this be a possibility? The Centennial Community Band plays classical concert music. I am not sure about how they would fit. The leader asked me to check with you. They usually play parks for about $300 to be donated to the fund that goes for buying additional percussion instruments, or music. We've played at Blaine City Hall Park a couple of times for that amount. (But 1 think they would play for less) It's really a very good band Maybe they would have to set up in the parking lot? It may not work Let me know what you think...I can ask the band leader. Also correspondence from Mr. Tom Lee regarding Musk in the Parks: BRETHREN would be willing to perform some classic rock covers, but we'd want to play at least for a few hours, just too much gear to move around for a couple short sets. Ideally, it'd be dark out, so we could bring our light show. And in place of payment, we'd want P &R to host another BBQ or how about an Ice Cream Social? My friend's blues band might be interested, depends on the schedule, but they'd want to get paid probably like $400. There are a couple of teen bands that I think are decent, which are ALWAYS looking for a place to let them play and since there won't be a Battle of the Bands for them this year this could be an option. And I might be willing to do another solo thing (for free), if I'm needed to fill out the schedule, but again, P &R would have to do something with the money they would have paid me. My vision for Music in the Parks would be to present a different musical genre (rock soul, country, blues, metal, swing bluegrass, pop and classical) every week all summer long.