Re: LIVE INTERNATIONAL LOOPING DAY in Santa Cruz, California

[Dan Soltzberg <d.ans@verizon.net>]

Title: Re: LIVE INTERNATIONAL LOOPING DAY in Santa Cruz, California

I just love all the whereases in the Mayoral proclamation.


I used to live in Santa Cruz-- a unique and wonderful place. When I got back into the US in Feb/ March 2001, after 4.5 years in Japan, I went to SC to visit some friends, and there on the marquee of the Rio theater saw the words "Bass Looping Festival."  How sad I was to have missed it, but how jazzed to see that something like that had taken place.

Anyway, it's cool to now be on the list and be watching from afar (Boston) the continuing events in Santa Cruz.

d

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on 1/14/03 8:24 AM, Rick Walker/Loop.pooL at GLOBAL@cruzio.com wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
> I'm very excited to announce that our new Mayor, Emily Reilly
> has declared
>
> Saturday, January 25th
>
> to be
>
> "International Live Looping Day" in the City of Santa Cruz!!!!
>
>
>
>
> CITY OF SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA
>     MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION
>
> WHEREAS
>
> THERE HAVE BEEN 21 FESTIVALS OF LIVE DIGITAL
> LOOPING IN, OR PRODUCED FROM, THE CITY OF
> SANTA CRUZ IN THE LAST THREE YEARS and
>
> WHEREAS
>
> THOSE LOOPING FESTIVALS HAVE INSPIRED MANY
> OTHER CITIES AROUND THE NATION AND AROUND
> THE WORLD TO HOST THEIR OWN LIVE LOOPING
> FESTIVALS; and
>
> WHEREAS
>
> SANTA CRUZ HAS BEEN CALLED "THE LOOPING
> CAPITOL OF THE UNIVERSE" BY FAMED U.K.
> LOOPER AND SOLO BASSIST, STEVE LAWSON; and
>
> WHEREAS
>
> SANTA CRUZ WAS THE SITE OF THE LARGEST
> GATHERING OF LIVE LOOPING ARTISTS IN HISTORY,
> WHERE 48 LOOPING ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER
> THE COUNTRY AND STATE PARTICIPATED IN 22
> HOURS OF CONTINUOUS LOOPING FOR TWO DAYS
> ON TWO STAGES AT THE Y2K2 LOOPFEST; and
>
> WHEREAS
>
> THERE ARE 17 LIVE LOOPING ARTISTS IN THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ WHICH IS THE
> LARGEST PER CAPITA GROUP OF LIVE LOOPING ARTISTS OF ANY CITY ON EARTH; and
> WHEREAS SOME OF THOSE LOOPING ARTISTS ARE CONSIDERED
> TO BE AMONGST THE MOST RESPECTED LOOPING ARTISTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL LIVE
> LOOPING MOVEMENT TODAY; and
>
> WHEREAS
>
> ON JANUARY 25, 2003, THE CAYUGA VAULT WILL BE HOSTING THE LOOPING TRIO TOUR,
> COMPOSED OF SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTED LIVE LOOPING ARTISTS IN THE
> INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING SCENE TODAY, ANDRE LaFOSSE (FROM LOS ANGELES) AND
> STEVE LAWSON (FROM LONDON) ALONG WITH TWO SANTA CRUZ LOOPERS, RICK AND BILL
> WALKER:
>
> NOW, THEREFORE
>
>
> I, EMILY REILLY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ,
> DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2003
> AS "INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING DAY" IN THE CITY
> OF SANTA CRUZ AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT
> THE LIVE LOOPING ARTISTS OF SANTA CRUZ FOR THEIR
> TIRELESS WORK TO FURTHER THE CAUSE OF THIS
> IMPORTANT EMERGING MUSICAL ARTFORM.