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8 - Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 17, 1996 Edenfest Declared A Great Success Marcia Blaschke, Doug Fudge, Michelle Umst, and Colleen MeQuillan were just some of the Orono residents who managed to make some money at Edenfest this weekend. The four spent long hours supplying water to the hordes of thirsty people. continued from page 1 weekend for me." Jezmi fur- ther adds "If this continues, it will be a great asset for the community." Murray Taylor of Rolph Hardware was doing a brisk business in the sale of ice packs and coolers on the Friday of the event. The liquor store and the IGA were also big winners in business. "It sure helped our business," remarked Don Armstrong, of Armstrong's IGA. "Deli meats, buns, water and ice were our big sellers. We ordered extra water (for the event) and we still ran out." Don said that he himself went up to the festival to see the Tragically Hip, the festival's headliners, on Saturday night. "It created a lot ofjobs for the kids in the area," added Don. Not only did area kids find jobs for the weekend. Many Orono residents found out that it was profitable to be selling water to thirsty con- cert goers out of the back of trucks. Other reports have people selling toiletries and other essential items outside the park. The response to the con- cert from area residents has mostly been positive. Many thought the festival was a good idea and very well run. One resident who lives just north of the park had no complaints at all. Many felt that it was a good boost to the area's economy, and wel- comed an ever increasing number of concert events to Mosport in the future. Most seemed unconcerned with the confusion and trouble the concert caused. "You can't put 50,000 people together in a confined area without hav- ing some mishaps," remarked one area resident. Clarington Councillor Ann Dreslinski was on site Friday and Saturday, and liked what she saw. "I thought it went really well," said Dreslinski. "Overall I think it was great, and area merchants were pleased. Anything that went wrong is fixable." A hotline set up by the Municipality to deal with any problems regarding the concert, received only five complaints, two from the same person, regarding the noise levels. That had been one of the con- cerns of the Council. Not everything went per- fectly, however. The midnight curfew imposed by the Municipality was broken by half an hour on Saturday night, as was the 70 decibel limit. Dreslinski said she was "a little disappointed" that they did not abide by the Municipality's limitations. As a result, the July 27 concert, "The Warped Tour" proposed by ICONcerts, the promoter of Eden Musicfest, has been called off. However, they will not be prevented from holding Eden at the park again next year if they meet all the con- ditions imposed by the Municipality. ICONcerts has a ten year contract with Mosport for Eden, which they hope to someday have grow into one of the largest music tours around. Some confusion existed over free tickets available for residents. As far as can be determined, Mosport Park offered free tickets to resi- dents within a 5 km radius. They also offered to send those bordering the park to Deerhearst for the weekend at their expense, and to also provide security at the peo- Edenfest, the three day modem rock festival held at Mosport Park this weekend, was considered to have been a success, in spite of a few minor problems. Minor problems are expected when putting on something of this magnitude for the first time. Everyone that was there seemed to be having a great time. Here the crowd gets jumping to Vancouver's Spirit of the West's hit song, "Home For A Rest." ple's homes. Many residents took Mosport up on the offer. However, many people heard that the free tickets were available to those living with- in five miles of the park. This would include those living in much of Orono on that list. Many people phoned up requesting free tickets, not only for themselves, but also for out of town friends. The confusion was started due to the fact that those manning the phones for the free tickets were from the U.S., and not only did not know that area, but did not realize there was a difference between miles and kilometres. Danny Stacheruk, owner of Ganaraska Leathercraft, the official Eden Fest box office, was inundated with people looking for free tick- ets. "We had people from as far away as Barrie looking for free tickets,' said Stacheruk. Many residents tried to pass the tickets over to out of town visitors. Unfortunately for them, Mosport made a state- ment enforcing not only the five kilometre radius, but by stating that all free ticket holders had to reside in the home and were required to provide proof of this fact. "We had people try everything in the book," said Stacheruk in regards to proving they lived within the proscribed area. Another problem for the concert was that they were forced to close down four hours early. Officially cited as "community concerns" of having everyone trying to leave the park at midnight, it has been speculated that the "special guest" being promot- ed. by ICONcerts failed to show up, thus causing the necessary early closure. The band Smashing Pumpkins was one of the bands believed to be the possible special guest, had a personal tragedy to deal with. Their key- boardist, hired for their pre- sent tour, died of a heroin overdose last week, and their Irummer was charged with the responsibility of his death. The band lhas been forced to cancel the rest of their concert dates. This could be a possible reason for the special guest not show- ing up. Many concert goers were upset when they received the news, but only minor damage was done by upset fans. All in all, the festival is being regarded as a success, and rest assured, you can expect that there will be another such festival next year. COMPLETE CAR & TRUCK REPAIRS DIESEL ENGINES • CUMMINS, DETROIT & CAT RADIO DISPATCHED TOW TRUCKS MOBILE MECHANICAL SERVICE TRUCK R.R. 1, ORONO, ONTARIO 4 MILES NORTH OF 401 LOB 1MO ON HWY. 115&35 PHONE (905) 983-9151 HWWY 115 TRUCK AUTO REPAIR LTD. 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