“This. is a very ; wealthy” - organisation and money | is. mot our problem.”

. “Another Disneyland” is what Grouse Mountain Resorts’ Mike Powley would =

Tike to. see the area become.

Faced: with the close of another winter season during ‘which the resort didn’t even break even, he welcomes Paradise Bowl as a chance to bolster up the resort from the financial bashing it’s taken — from. two successive unus-— ually mild winters.

As is to be expected, the . promoters are exuding confi- dence that everything will work out and they will not be. caught by any unforseen © eventualities.

"With a “media helicopter 7

tour of the. area and © invitations to local residents to preview the arrangements for free, they’re going to pains to project an air of perfect organization and. security arrangements,’ where positivity is the key word.

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- Powley. “says. _they- can. handle 2,000 cars at. Grouse - and ‘Morgan. says. there. would be room. for many more in the lamneway onthe way wy. Theg’ne also Betting

together wih Hydrs . for special buses to ferry people up there. .

"Grouse i is obviously a very convenient location in that it — already has many useful facilities. Powley |

position in ‘that we. have fantastic types of control.

“The service: ‘road ‘will be blocked off. and be. very — heavily patrolled. There will be adequate in-house secur- ity .and :lots of: ‘cooperation from the RCMP.

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sheer physical ’ “moving: “of : thousands of music. fans" im

But. the “whole event - is.

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iS carly birds’ reduction. Those. up. there before 10 a.m. .

Saturday will pay $6 instead . of the $8 admission charged | . from thereon. The admission also includes the skyride, which i is in ‘itself normally, $4.

' Whereas the main ‘music

act of the day ‘will probably |

end at about 8 p.m., there. will be lesser know . bands.

playing until 10, ; as well as a

_beer tent open. Powiey_ says:

lots of diversions, rather than | leave at a "Particularly - _ instantaneous time.” ne

is obviously in the selection of the music. bill. And hiere the organizers are catering for a wide cross section of tastes, with the intention that people will arrive and leave. at different times.

Saturday’ S are “the least. - ambitious ‘of the bills they plan for the season but is nevertheless an impressive lineup. .

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| "This i is a - faxaily show,” « Says Morgan. Andheimtends _

Keeping. it that way: He does

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ments... “Bikers will. be treated like. the | ‘Gentlemen, ‘they. are.””

Confirmed bookings for future long weekends include |

Sylvia Tyson and Long John Baldry and there are tenta-

tive bookings for the Ozark

Mountain Daredevils, Chilli- wack, Jesse Winchester,

Hoyt Axton, Tom Paxton and |

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Ie’ s hoped that festivals. as |

there will get. progressively more. ambitious, since negotiations are under way for. such giants. as The ‘Eagles, Van Morrison, Dolly Parton,. Joni ‘Mitchell, Neil Young, . American,.

Kristofferson. and _ ‘Collidge, Dave . ‘Dead, Helen_

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Gritty Dirt Band, Joan Baez,

Waylon Jennings and: many- of people it should be a great

others.

| While i in town, much of the attention will obviously. be

- focused on the Plaza’ Inter- national Hotel, "where -

stars will be booked i in.

. "Meanwhile, the organizers are. getting’ on with ‘the _ elevation of 3,700, there: has _-

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“ powtey says. there will. be no overnight camping and. On-site | counts will “main-

tained to. keep — the ‘peak |

limited to 5,000. However, ‘he says the total: ‘numbers

a day any one of festivals “We're - never. going to

have any more up there than we can handle,”’ he says. If

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