FOH online: The wildlands fire that charred 180,000 acres including parts of Yosemite National Park also forced the cancellation of the Strawberry Music Festival that had been set for Aug. 29-Sept. 2. Now in its 32nd year, the Strawberry event, which focuses on acoustic genres including Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk, swing, rock, Cajun, Celtic and gospel, normally takes place twice each year, over Memorial and Labor Day weekends.
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It is sad to see how Yosemite had to cancel 32nd Strawberry Music Festival. Whenever I see wildlands fire happening in CA, it is very lamentable because when I lived in CA, the biggest natural disaster always comes from fire in California. Hearing how 180,000 acres including parts of Yosemite National Park had been charred, i feel this is very depressing how great natural landscape that has been admired by so many people over hundreds years through efforts of many people has been partially destroyed helplessly. Although very sad, I agree with cancellation of the festival since this is not the right time to celebrate. I hope that people will come up with some solutions to protect Yosemite in more effective ways in case of natural disaster.
While the cancellation of this event is sad, I believe that they made the right choice in doing so. With such safety risks there must be some precautions taken in order to ensure the safety of those who enjoy attending this festival. Also there must be time taken to ensure that no more harm is done to this beautiful area. I think that perhaps after this whole event passes by they could possibly reschedule the festival to a later date.
Nobody is ever happy when they need to cancel their production. However, the right choice was made in this situation. In our industry safety is one factor that should trump anything. If a performance is not safe for its audience or staff then its just not worth the risk of sacrificing human life in order to see the show go on. As an overhire lighting electrician I have walked away from a task assigned to me because I knew it was not safe. I informed my crew head( the Master Electrician) that I did not feel what I was doing was safe and she was completely understanding and we were able to workout how the project could be completed in a much safer manner. Its nice to see that we still value safety over cancellation of an event.
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