HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.3 Summer Concert Series CITY OF DUBLIN
HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
AGENDA STATEMENT
MEETING DATE: December 8, 2005
SUBJECT: Summer Concert Series
ATTACHMENTS: None
RECOMMENDATION: Receive report and provide direction to Staff
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:: None
DESCRIPTION: The City is sponsoring Dublin's 10th Annual Summer Concert Series
this summer. Five free concerts will be held on Friday evenings, beginning July 7th and ending August
4th, 2006. The concerts are held from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. outdoors at the Dublin Civic Center in the plaza
area and are free to the public.
Staff is beginning the process of selection of artists for this summer's series and would like to obtain some
direction from the Commission on the different types of music they would like to see performed.
Typically, the summer series features a variety of musical styles including country-western, rhythm &
blues,Motown, classic rock and popular music from the past four decades.
Besides the general categories listed above, some other types of musical genera to consider are; Motown,
Modern Rock, Modern Folk Rock, Top 40, Hot Funk, Rock & Blues, Classical, Folk, Swing/Big Band,
Dixieland Jazz, Show-Tunes, Classic Oldies, Orchestral, Reggae, Mariachi, Afro-Cuban,_and Tribute
Bands. In many situations, bands often play a combination of two or three different styles of music to
provide a greater variety of sounds and appeal to a larger audience.
For the Commission's review, Staff has compiled a list of bands that have performed at the summer
concerts over the past four years, with attendance figures in parenthesis. Each band has been listed under a
general category of musical style:
Country Rock&Roll (60's-90's) Contemporary Jazz
Cow Bop (175) Dave Martin's House Party(200) Frankye Kelly(225)
La Deana(200) Don's Neighbors (200) Downtown Allstars (220)
Sky K Band (350) The Back Pages (250) Pamela Rose (250)
Double Funk Crunch(400)
Infinity(250)
Rhythm&Blues Caribbean/Latin Soul/Cajun
Busta Groove(450) Broken English (250) Zydeco Flames (325)
Alta Rockers (300) Rolando Morales (300) Soul Sauce (200)
Hurricane Sam (400) The Parrotheads (500)
COPIES TO:
ITEM NO. 8.3
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Last summer, the Commission directed Staff to provide a diverse mix of musical styles that might include
Latin, Latin-Salsa, Afro-Cuban, a rock tribute band, Caribbean, a Beach Boys tribute band(Summer Beach Party),
Tango, R&B, or Swing. The Commission also asked if the JazzMasters participants could do a short performance
prior to one of the concerts. Based on the Commission's input, the following bands were contracted to provide
entertainment for the Summer 2005 Concert Series:
• Dave Martin's House Party(attendance 200)—Rock&Roll/Beach Party.
• Broken English (attendance 250)—Caribbean/Salza.
• Frankye Kelly(attendance 225)—Jazz/Rhythm &Blues.
• Rolando Morales (attendance 300)—Latin/Afro-Cuban.
• Cow Bop (attendance 175)—Country/Swing. JazzMasters performance before concert.
Based on the Commission's input on styles of music desired, Staff will attempt to contract with individual
music groups for the summer series, taking into consideration availability and budget limitations. Staff
will also consider summer concert offerings in surrounding cities such as San Ramon, Pleasanton, and
Danville, in order to avoid duplicating bookings of the same bands.
RECOMMENDATION: It is the recommendation of Staff that the Commission receive the
report and provide direction to Staff.
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