Wednesday, August 13, 2008

You get what you pay for

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The inaugural concert in the Sun Valley Pavilion left me pining for the good old days. The big tent provided something for everyone: preferred seating for patrons, sufficient chairs for other serious music lovers and plenty of space on the grass, some of it shaded, for casual listeners. The new facility is indeed fabulous, but only for those fortunate enough to see the performers. A sunken stage, combined with the elevated and flat lawn behind it, precludes many concertgoers from any view of the orchestra or any respite from the sun.

The Summer Symphony's talent and the generosity of its many benefactors deserve our appreciation. But the amphitheater's design may have inadvertently left the largest free-admission music festival in America an event for which "you get what you pay for." On Sunday evening, it was relatively little for us who saw only a white canopy while surrounded by crying toddlers, dogs frightened of cannon blasts and incessant talkers who at times couldn't determine that the program was still in progress.

Grading the lawn to create a longer approach on a gentler slope would accommodate more attendees, make the pavilion better suited for other events and benefit Sun Valley during future seasons.

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