The News Review:
- rigin of Dragon Boat Festival
- Longer festival in 2010 to cash in on World Cup
- Bar owner defends festival
- Sweet home Chicago Blues Festival
rigin of Dragon Boat Festival
央è§åé – Jun 3, 2008
cn 06-03-2008 16:27 The Dragon Boat Festival the 5th day of the 5th lunar month has had a history of more than 2000 years. It is usually in June in the Gregorian calendar.
Longer festival in 2010 to cash in on World Cup
Dispatch nline – Jun 3, 2008
getElementById(“imgGalleryNav”). Tony Lankester the festival’s chief executive officer said they were planning to extend the 10-day festival by a week and had already informally approached their four main sponsors. They hope to have formalised arrangements by September. “This is basically our long-term plan and we have disclosed our plans to the sponsors. In principal our sponsors agree that this is something that needs to be done but we still need to calculate the costs before any formal agreement can be made.
Bar owner defends festival
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… – Jun 3, 2008
Schmidt has been around about a year longer than RiverSplash which survived a troublesome 19th edition one marred by fights and a shooting over the weekend. Looking back at what went wrong and what went right Schmidt was adamant Tuesday that changes will be made to ensure the festival celebrates its 20th anniversary. “We shouldn’t stop serving the city with festivals and outdoor activities and promoting the downtown because of an incident that we can prevent” said Schmidt who owns three restaurants in the Water St.
Sweet home Chicago Blues Festival
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Jun 3, 2008
htm –>Sweet home Chicago Blues Festival6. 08Thursday June 05 2008By Jim White Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThe 25th anniversary of the Chicago Blues Festival happens this weekend and starting today BlueNotes will be there to enjoy the sounds. I know I know — it’s a tough job etc. While I was looking up festival information on the Web I came across.