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AGENDA STATEMENT
HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
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MEETING DATE: November 9, 2006
SUBJECT: Summer Concert Series
Prepared by John Hartnett, Heritage & Cultural Arts Supervisor
ATTACHMENTS: None
RECOMMENDATION: Receive report and provide input to Staff
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: The City is sponsoring Dublin's 11th Annual Summer Concert Series
this summer. Five free concerts will be held on Friday evenings, beginning July 6th and ending August
3rd, 2007. The concerts are held from 7:00 to 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 the 2007 summer series and would like some input
from the Commission on the different types of music that would be preferred. Typically, the summer
series features a variety of musical styles including; Rhythm & Blues, Cajun/Zydeco, Motown, Classic
Rock, Country Western and popular music from the past four decades. Besides the general categories
listed above, some other types of musical genera to consider are; Modern Rock, Top 40, Rock & Blues,
Classical, Folk, Swing/Big Band, Dixieland Jazz, Show-Tunes, Classic Oldies, Symphonic,
Calypso/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 that 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)
The Back Pages (250) Pamela Rose (250)
Stone Soup (275)
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Rhythm&Blues Caribbean/Latin Soul/Cajun
Busta Groove (450) Broken English (250) Zydeco Flames (325)
Alta Rockers (300) Rolando Morales (300) The Parrotheads (500)
Aja Vu (325) Soca Sisters (250) Tom Rigney&Flambeau(375)
East Bay Mud (350)
Last summer, the Commission suggested a mix of music styles similar to the 2005 Series with genera
such as Reggae, Jazz, Beach Boy Summer Music, R&B, Rock & Roll and Country. Based on the
Commission's input, the following bands were contracted to provide entertainment for the Summer 2006
Concert Series:
• Aja Vu (attendance 325)—Rhythm &Blues
• Soca Sisters (attendance 250)—Calypso/Reggae
• Stone Soup (attendance 275)—Rock &Roll
• Tom Rigney&Flambeau(attendance 375)—Soul/Cajun
• East Bay Mudd (attendance 350)—Rhythm &Blues-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 duplicate bookings of the same bands.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission
receive the report and provide input to Staff.
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