Update you calendar: Inlet summer pops concert moving to earlier in July
Jerry Dupuis, on behalf of the Fulton Chain of Lakes Performing Arts Council, Inc. has announced that the organization has reached an agreement with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for a repeat appearance at Inlet’s Pops Concert this coming summer.
Dupuis reported that the negotiations with the RPO were made somewhat more difficult than in the prior year due to the fact that the RPO’s management had decided to cut three weeks from the orchestra’s summer 2013 schedule.
Eliminated were the last weeks of June and July, and the first week in August, he said.
Given that the FCLPAC has, for 14 years, always sponsored a symphonic performance on the last Friday in July, a new date had to be selected.
The RPO advised that it had only one open date in July, and that was to be Saturday, July 6, 2013.
The board of directors of the Performing Arts Council debated the matter extensively, taking into consideration the myriad of events that are held annually on the 4th of July weekend, including family reunions over the four-day holiday period.
Having no alternative date to consider, the FLPAC Board decided to accept the date offered by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, trusting in the possibility that its audience from the past 14 years will adjust their planning accordingly.
The venue will not change, and will remain “Under the Tent” at Arrowhead Park in Inlet.
The free children’s concert will take place between 3 and 4 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, and the full concert orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday evening.
Tickets will become available in mid-May.
