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Continued from page 1 the area while trying to maintain community interâ€" est in the series. Unfortunately, â€" interest waned with the shift to a more communifyâ€"oriented festival, and the numbers of attendees steadily declined over the past two years as hundreds, instead of the thousands who used to attend â€" the Sounds of Summer â€" Music â€" Festival, turned out for the revamped music series. City pulls plug on music festival Detzler said that compeâ€" tition _ eliminated the Waterloo Park music series, with too many other similar theme festivals in other parts of Ontario, killing interest in a local festival. "There‘s several festivals going on at the same time, and other similar festivals going on during the summer months," he said. "So we saw an opportunity to partner with the Uptown â€" Jazz Festival and work with them with some of the resources we‘ve had for the Sounds of Summer festivals." Spend some quality family time together. Worship at the church of your choice. 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That partnership would have been a "turnâ€"theâ€"key" operation where the concert promoter would pay the city a rental fee for the park while underwriting all of the costs of the music portion of the festival, including advertisâ€" ing and security. â€"It would have also drawn some of Canada‘s biggest acts back to the city for the "There‘s several festivals going on at the same time, and other similar festivals going on during the summer months." â€"Brian Detzler recreation and leisure director 8:00 am Holy Communion (BCP) 10:00 am Sunday School and Family Eucharist (BAS) ST. ANDREW‘S MEMORIAL <7», â€" ANGLICAN CHURCH "dbether A growing community church aimed at strengthening your faith and renewing your hope. You will always be welcome! "Friends, Faith and Fellowship" WATERLOO MB CHURCH 245 Lexington Rd. 885â€"5330 SUNDAY SERVICES 575 Mill Street, Kitchener annual series, and could have made Waterloo a destiâ€" nation on the summer tourâ€" ing schedule of acts like Blue Rodeo, who broke into the business with help from the annual local festival. The city would have been off the hook for its annual grant for the festival, and the reworked event would have been a revenue generator for both the city and the uptown business community. But staff decided to go in another direction, with the focus on community acts, which did little to peak the interest of local music fans. So it was only the sounds of silence that greeted music fans during the annual festiâ€" val‘s run that traditionally falls on the third weekend in Detzler said he didn‘t think the move to a more communityâ€"oriented festiâ€" val versus a commercial fesâ€" tival killed music in Waterloo Park. _ He said it was just a lack fflv(eres( and competiâ€" tion that faded it out. "I think it was just more of flooding the market with these types of activities," he said. "I don‘t think it was because of the decision made awhile ago (in 1999). "I do believe it was due more to the competition in the area with other festivals that are going on â€" not speâ€" cific to the weekend, but to the numbers of festivals going on." That‘s why the city decidâ€" ed to throw its support behind the Uptown Jazz Festival, being held July 12â€" 14. "It‘s a bit of a unique festiâ€" val and has certainly created a niche," said Detzler. "It‘s enjoying really solid attenâ€" dance. 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