Quality and variety make festival a success
Last year’s Flatwater Festival
was reminiscent of a tattered
black-and-white foreign legion
film I once saw on late night televi
sion. As reflections of last summer’s
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heat waved off the pavement, I
stumbled from iced tea vendor to iced
tea vendor in search of the golden
life-saving liquid that would sustain
my trek through the desert-like 108
degree heat.
The quantity of refreshments
needed to survive the “summer of
’88" heat wave put quite a dent in my
small stash of spending money. But if
a cool beverage was the necessary
ingredient to keep me winding
through the mind-boggling variety of
festival activities, then it was worth
the money spent.
Unfortunately, last year’s heat not
only reflected off the pavement but
also in the total attendance figures.
Attendance was down approximately
25 percent to about 60,000 visitors
according to Marilyn While, Lin
colnfest Inc. president.
The heat wave may have lowered
last year’s attendance, but the quality
and variety of the festival activities
remained high and look to be so again
this year.
The KFMQ Haymarket Street
Dance will return this year. Last
summer’s was a success with an un
expected 8,000 spectators swinging
to a luring Louisiana Cajun jazz/rock
beat throughout the sultry New Or
leans-like night.
This year’s crowd can expect to
stomp along to the Texas-rock
rhythm of the LeRoi Brothers from
Austin, Texas.
Construction in the Haymarket
has moved the action around the cor
ner to between /in ami oui
under the 0 Street viaduct. Partici
pants must be at least 21 years old
since beer again will be sold at the
dance. IDs will be checked.
Overall, this year’s musical enter
tainment will offer more variety,
White said.
“Years past have predominantly
offered blues and jazz,” White said.
But more blucgrass, swing and folk
headline the entertainment on the
Main Stage this year, she said.
With about 90 artists, 20 are re
turning from last year according to
White, giving festival-goers who
combed last year’s offerings a new
variety of original art to browse
art will be photography, stained
glass, paintings, pottery, sculpture,
jewelry and hand-crafted musical
instruments.
A quick editor’s note - take it
from an obsessive shopper, this is an
opportunity to choose wonderful
hand-crafted gifts at very modest
prices for upcoming birthdays or
even the holidays.
And finally, just when I thought
nothing could top last year’s entire
weekend of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd
and Daffy Duck, along comes the all
time flying heroes of Rocky the
flying squirrel and his hai-rackcd
sidekick, Bullwinkle J. Moose.
Unfortunately, I must admit I’m
the only one on our staff old enough
to remember the original days of
Rocky and Bullwinkle, but the
praises I’ve sung over these two car
toon creations the last two weeks
have convinced my colleagues this
will be the highlight of their festival
visit.
With all street activities free and a
$2 festival button the only other form
of required admission, 1 plan on
spending this year’s entire Flatwatcr
Festival weekend again winding my
way through festival activities. This
time, though. I’ll have plenty of
money for iced tea ... just in case.
Connie Sheehan is a senior news-editorial
major and feature/photo editor for the Daily
Nebraskan.
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