The City that Fun Forgot
And quel surprise! Dish is talking about Ottawa. In a move reminiscent of Footloose (or, if you prefer, Foot Louis), the National Capital Commission, the body that organizes Ottawa’s Winterlude, has decided to cancel all of the outdoor concerts associated with the festival this year. Next they will be banning rock music and dancing completely!The supposed reason for the concert cancellation? Apparently, the generator used to heat the stage causes too large of a carbon footprint and the NCC is trying to plan an environmentally friendly Winterlude.
Now, Dish is all about environmental-friendliness, but there is such a thing as going too far. We live in CANADA people! Dish hates to state the obvious, but sometimes it is necessary to run a generator to provide heat in a climate this cold. Dish suspects this is more about money than it is about the environment.
The only question remaining? Where is Kevin Bacon when you need him.
posted by Dish @ 6:15 PM
4 Comments:
He's busy being footloose or playing in his band. So sad to hear thta for a few days the city of Ottawa can't buck up and spend a few $$ to keep some people warm.
And they weren't even providing heat for the crowd. The crowd is expected to suck it up and stand in the cold. The heat is just for the artists so that there fingers aren't so frozen that they can't play their instruments. Ottawa disappoints me once again.
I believe this is why those mitts that leave your fingers exposed were created!
Likely the City of Ottawa did not even give the musicians the opportunity to volunteer to wear such mittens! If this were all about environmental friendliness, then that would have been an option and they wouldn't have also cancelled the Tulip Fest concert series, which does not require providing heating for the musicians. I vote Palmer for mayor to bring back the fun!
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