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Drugs go against spirit of the band |
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Written by Sean
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Tuesday, 03 April 2007 |
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from the Adirondack Daily Enterprise By REBECCA STEFFAN, Enterprise Staff Writer
Posted on: Friday, March 30, 2007
LAKE PLACID — Last weekend’s Snoe.down music festival attracted almost 4,000 fans, 22 of which were arrested, mostly for illegal drug possession. The number of arrests prompted a quick backlash from several leaders of the community, and moe., the band that founded Snoe.down, is now in the position of having to defend its reputation.
Jim Walsh, moe.’s publicist, has been with the band for 12 of its 16 years and said they’re a family-oriented band that brings a spirit of volunteerism and community when their shows come to any town.
Two dollars from every Snoe.down ticket sold went to benefit local organizations, most notably the Wilmington fire and rescue service, North Country Life Flight and the Kelberman Center in Utica, an organization for people with autism and related challenges. At almost 4,000 tickets sold, that’s almost an $8,000 donation. moe. also helped raise approximately $75,000 for victims of the 2005 tsunami in Southeast Asia, an amount that was matched by the Dave Matthews Band. Walsh speculated that moe. has contributed almost $300,000 to charities in the last couple of years.
Walsh insists that the band are family men who have their wives and kids, not drugs, backstage with them at shows.
“We don’t condone illegal activity, and moe. goes to great lengths to protect their fans and the people who perform with them,” Walsh said.
moe. also brings in independent medical and security teams to their concerts to augment the local patrols.
“It’s not imposed on us to do that; we just know from experience it’s a good idea to be overprepared,” Walsh said.
Walsh said some of moe.’s fans also come into the community and do outreach projects. One such group, called In the moe.ment, has volunteered and visited at the Uihlein nursing home in Lake Placid.
As for the number of arrests, Walsh said he considers 22 a high number.
“Our gestalt is to bring in healthy-minded people; for the most part, people are good to their neighbors,” he said.
As for Snoe.down returning to Lake Placid, Walsh said moe. members really enjoy the area but only “want to be in a community that welcomes” them.
Lake Placid Mayor Jamie Rogers said moe. brought a diversified group to the community and that that was positive. Earlier this week, Rogers said he was “nervous” that the Snoe.down arrests would give people a negative image of Lake Placid.
“I’m not saying, ‘Don’t come back at all,’ but what I’m hoping is that, if this continues in the future, we can address some of the issues we had,” Rogers said. He added that it was a positive thing that many of the visitors might return to Lake Placid after coming to the village for the first time for Snoe.down.
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Written by Sean
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Wednesday, 28 March 2007 |
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From the Press Republican By KIM SMITH DEDAM
Staff Writer
March 28, 2007
LAKE PLACID — moe. is defending its snoe.down.
In a phone interview, moe. Manager Jon Topper expressed the band’s appreciation for the Adirondacks, and Lake Placid in particular, saying they wanted to build the concert festival
into “something huge.”
But local police and village officials aren’t happy about the drugs that come with the show, now in its second year.
Police Chief Scott Monroe said Monday that concert-goers found over the weekend with heroin, ecstasy, LSD, cocaine and marijuana brought the wrong message to town.
And $5,300 in overtime for police was spent primarily to keep drugs out. Read the full article HERE!
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The loe.down on snoe.down: from slopes to shows to bars |
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Written by Sean
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Monday, 26 March 2007 |
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From The Adirondack Daily Enterprise by Abbye Burke Posted on: Monday, March 26, 2007
WILMINGTON — The festivities were lively and the weather was fair for this past weekend’s snoe.down at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center, and the Olympic Center in Lake Placid.
Saturday, with the sun beating down, sunglasses were plentiful and apparel was relatively scarce as recreational skiers and snowboarders were seen eating up the mashed-potato snow at Whiteface.
The ski lifts were open a bit longer due to daylight savings time. Finally, after a long day of blazing down the trails, and eager to listen to music for round two of snoe.down, attendees concluded the evening at the Cloudspin Lounge, while many sipped Stella Artois and listened to David Cain and the Neighborhood Band.
The crowd peeled away from the lounge in order to change clothing, refuel and head to the Olympic Center to catch the rest of the concert. The Slip kicked off the show at 5:30 p.m. in the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena, as vendors sold sweatshirts, hats, CDs, jewelry, snacks and beer.
At 10:30, the show band that many had traveled far and wide to see, moe., entered the stage. Water bottles covered the floor of the arena, and fans cheered as moe. entered the stage.
The light show gave a psychedelic essence to the show, and concert-goers began to dance to the music. Halfway through the performance, the Disco Biscuits — who had played right before moe. — snuck onto the stage piece by piece and took over for moe. The drummer from the Brazilian Girls whose set had preceded the Disco Biscuits took the performance to new heights, and the crowd roared with excitement.
Finally, moe. joined the audience with a few final songs and as the lights came back on, the remnants of the two-day show could finally be seen. The herds of music enthusiasts exited the building into the winter wonderland of snow that had been accumulating while they were jamming and headed up the street to carry on the rest of the night at the local pubs. Follow THIS LINK for the full article. |
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