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From Conn.post.com
Concert weekend given tentative OK
AARON LEO
aleo@ctpost.comArticle Launched:10/16/2006 04:43:06 AM EDT
BRIDGEPORT — After six years, good vibrations could return to Seaside Park next summer after the Board of Park Commissioners gave tentative approval last Tuesday for another "Gathering of the Vibes" weekend concert.
The board\'s unanimous approval allows the concert\'s sponsor, Terrapin Presents of Danbury, to proceed with ironing out details, such as bonding and security, for the four-day event proposed for Aug. 9-12 in the seafront park.
"I\'m thrilled. I really am," said Kenneth Hays, the Terrapin president. "Seaside Park is absolutely spectacular."
Board member Banjed Labrador sounded a similar note. "I really want to see this happen," he said.
The promoter last staged a Vibes concert in 2000 in Seaside Park. Although it was successful, attracting thousands of people to camp and listen to musical acts for the whole weekend, park maintenance projects kept the show out for the next three years.
Hays then moved it to New York.
In 2003, slow ticket sales forced Hays to cancel a planned blues show and other concert
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planned in the park.
"We wanted to come back in 2003, but it wasn\'t meant to be," he said.
Then he unsuccessfully tried to reschedule it in 2004.
Tickets to the latest proposed show would be discounted for city residents, Hays said.
The "Vibes" concerts — there have been 12 in all, Hays said — have featured musicians such as the Allman Brothers, James Brown, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Bruce Hornsby, Arlo Guthrie, Bonnie Raitt and Carlos Santana.
"It\'s been a great ride, but I want to come home," Hays said of his desire to stage a show in Seaside Park again.
If his proposed concert succeeds, Hays said he wants the city to give him exclusive rights to hold concerts there for the next several years.
He wanted a five-year commitment, but said he would settle for three years.
"I don\'t want someone else coming in here, a big promoter, saying, \'You\'re out, Ken,\' " he said.
Labrador tried to reassure him.
"I don\'t think you\'re going to get the short end of the stick," he said.
To launch his proposal, Hays must tackle issues such as providing bond for performance and property damage, and meeting any conditions set by city Parks Manager Andrew Valeri.
He must also meet with Police Chief Bryan T. Norwood regarding security, although Terrapin uses private security to patrol the campground area, Hays said.
Hays will meet with a committee of the parks board to tour the proposed concert area.
Aaron Leo, who covers regional issues, can be reached at 330-6222
