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By Kent Larsen
Trade Center Attack Scuttles New York Sea Trek Gala
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- This past week's terrorist attack on New York
City has led the Sea Trek Foundation to significantly scale back the
events surrounding the arrival of its three tall ships from Europe.
Out of respect for the victims of the attack, the foundation has
cancelled both the "Rock the Dock" celebration planned for New York
and the Saints on the Seas Musical Tribute planned for a theater in
Madison Square Garden. In their place, an alternate program will
focus on patriotic themes.
The change is disappointing for both the foundation and local
members, given the crowds that the events attracted in European
ports. The change is in-line with other major New York City events in
the next month that have been cancelled or scaled back in the wake of
the attacks, including a major American Cancer Society event that was
cancelled, and the New York Philharmonic's opening gala, which was
significantly changed.
The foundation now plans a 25 minute program of patriotic music built
on the theme "An Odyssey of Freedom and Faith" that will be performed
on the docks near the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum. The other events
available at European ports, including tours of the ships, an
Ancestral Research Exhibit, and video presentations will still be
available.
The cancelled activities included performances by a variety of
musical groups in genres from pop, rock, jazz and R&B, to folk
dancers and sea shanty singers, a fireworks display, and the
performance of LDS composer Kurt Bestor's "Saints on the Seas"
Oratorio.
Source:
Kent Larsen 14Sep01 A4
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