The CITY is not spending any money to renovate the Princess. That's what these fundraisers are about. So you need to go back to all these people and let them know you were lying.

The Princess project is being paid for by private funds and whatever grants we can get.

If you have a beef with the city for not building a pool, show up at council or call you council people and let them know.

I bet you spent more at Ruby's last night than one ticket would have cost and didn't benefit anyone but yourself.

There will be a variety of entertainment available to pursue. I'm sure if enough interest is shown, rap, hip-hop, rock or whatever will have an opportunity.
But wait, you'd rather watch grown men fight (hockey) than seeing our city have something that could benefit all taste and pursuits.

Nobody has made any plans that preclude a specific form of artistic expression or entertainment.

Apparently you or somebody has been sadly misinformed: This is not money coming from taxpayer dollars that reside in the city treasury. To be more blunt: the city ain't paying fer it. So those comments don't have much meaning relative to the facts of the matter.

I think an issue that would be seriously considered before planning an event would be the potential for return on investment. So in deciding whether or not to put a rap concert in the Princess versus a bluegrass concert the decision process would be rightly weighted toward getting an idea of how many people would be likely to attend either one in the Princess.

One thing that always got big attendance locally was when there would be a rock concert during a street fair in Harriman. A stage would be set up and various groups would come and perform. Crowds were generally quite large for those events - and probably would be again.

Same probably holds true for bluegrass. If enough people would be likely to attend for a rap concert, I don't know of anybody that would try to forbid it. You know anybody that would come to such a concert?

Roane Conuty is not a monilithic entity when it comes to taste in music; there are numbers of folks who appreciate a wide variety of types of entertainment. We are a heterogeneous aggregation, not a homogenous group of clones. And that's probably good!

RB

Bill Landry IS still with the Heartland Series. The WBIR management said that as of a certain date (I forget) they will SUSPEND production of new episodes. The old ones will STILL be aired and sold. When the times improve they will RESUMS production of new episodes.

Bill Landry is teaching, with Michael Golebiewski, a course on media production at RSCC. He has taught at RSCC before, and has appropriate degrees to teach at college level. The course they are doing is geared toward production of the show this thread is supposed to be about. They are going on the shoots for the interviews, involved with putting the show at RSCC together. It will be a multimedia show.

Folks need to check out the Princess Theatre blog that is talked about and has multiple links on this forum here. The Chickadees ARE still together and will perform at this show.

It will be a multimedia show - some will be on film/video, some live, etc.

The show at RSCC is to both promote the Princess project and to raise funds for it.

RB

So what do you suggest?

Thank You.

Roane Furniture and, I believe,the smaller building next to it has been sold to Mike Brown. I've heard that he plans on putting a bunch of antique cars he has restored in it for show during the Cruisin's this summer.

"yet a building that has more than 200K dollars invested and remodeled has been cited or condemmed"

What building would that be?

they are not stupid when it comes to bizz.. They realized they had stepped into a pile of poop so they passed it on to Harriman.

How about starting a new thread. Call it "Slamming Harriman" or whatever other idea you disagree with and leave this one as it was originally intended... Promoting and informing people about the status of the Princess Theater project.

But I must be forgiven for not being able to hear your tone of voice, see your grin, or in some other way read between the lines of what appeared to be a serious post on your part. People can't read jokes into words like you wrote unless you give some indication it's a joke. If I should take your posts as jokes, then say the word, and that's what I'll do.

It's nice that you're revealing that your purpose is to make fun of peole and their ideas. That will make it MUCH easier for folks to want to engage in meaningful dialog with you.

I don't think you ever saw me type that the Princess would bring Harriman to its glory days. Bringing BACK the old Harriman "glory days" has never been the goal of the Princess project. Those days are gone never to return. What this project is and always has been about is to bring a new vitality and rejuvenation that will last in today's world, but simply using one of the basic items of the infrastructure (the Princess) as a vehicle. The project isn't about showing Gene Autry movies at the Princess, although that could be done and is planned as a PART of the project. It isn't about bringing back the mill/factory days that you joked about. Again - if you think that's what it is, you have not been paying attention.

And, since we're talking fools, you are one again for assuming I have never been in business in Harriman. I have - and right on Roane Street. So don't be assuming stuff that makes you smarter than everybody else and everybody else dumber than you are. THAT'S a pretty good definition of a fool.

Muse and his money.. hmm. you don't know about some of his family's extraordinary medical expenses, do you? I thought not. Acting doesn't necessarily mean one has no money issues.

I'm not the only one Chris Mason talks to. Did you leave him a message? Were you polite when you did so? Or were you calling him names? Have you given him reason to avoid you in the way you treat him? I haven't. Could it be your attitude is part of the situation?

Well, it's your choice if you choose no to support it. That's your right. I'm not at all sure why you think it would be BAD for Harriman. Seems to me that if it even COULD be good, and not necessarily bad, then it would be worth supporting.

But if you don't believe it's good for Harriman, then that's more than your right, it's your ignorance and prejudice hanging out. And, for the record, places in worse shape than Harriman have successfully revitalized their towns in spite of all the negative, narrow minded people who KNEW it couldn't be done. The REAL ignorance is in being so cock-sure it can't happen.

BTW- I'm with you - and have been for a long time - on metro government. If you can restrain yourself from calling me a fool, we might discuss that intelligently on another thread. Actually I've seen a lot that you post that I think is good.

RB

envision it, however with money being generated just for the theater and not any of the other buildings before long its going to be the only one standing, and where the signs were put up in front of condemed building and no business around for at least a block away and those building are a major fire hazard and need to be torn down that woudl be in the 500 block of roane st.

is closed for that part of the Emory from Kingston.

... my hand is up...

I'm confused. You had to suffer going through town and being harassed to goo to Riverfront Park? If that's an issue, there's at least 2 ways to get to that park that don't involve going through the town proper.

I do like your idea about supporting each others community's fundraisers tho. We're all in the thing together.

RB