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Re: Black Dyke at Carnegie Hall....


I would like to clarify the facts on this one.

Carnegie Hall did not want to use the name because of the American
connotation and implication of the word "dyke." This was just on their
marquee and general listing. They did end up using the name after Black Dyke
refused to change it.
Carnegie Hall does not advertise their events. The promoter does the
advertising and in this case it was Boosey.

There was absolutely no advertising done because Boosey dropped the ball.
Boosey was the sponsor and provided no money or staff to get behind it.  The
local Boosey Rep didn't have a clue or even understand (or care) who Black
Dyke was.

There were 600 hundred people in the audience, 300 hundred of which were
given tickets free of charge mainly by me. I gave tickets to bands and
schools to draw some kind of crowd at the last minute.  Carnegie hall seats
3,000 people so
you can imagine how empty it looked.  The band still played great.  It was a
wonderful concert.

New York City is not a great place to hold a brass band concert because
there is so much going on and minimal advertising will just get lost in the
shuffle.  There is also no brass band audience in New York City.

Last March Black Dyke performed in the state of New Jersey about 100 miles
south of New York City in a 1,000 seat auditorium. It was attended by
about 900 people.

Grimethorpe is scheduled to appear at Carnegie Hall on April 16th, 2003.  It
should be interesting to see what happens.  A professional booking agency is
handling it this time.

Mark Freeh
(New York City)


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