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Thread #92372 Message #1764549
Posted By: fiddler
20-Jun-06 - 08:58 AM
Thread Name: What a fringe contributes to a festival
Subject: RE: What a fringe contributes to a festival
Symbiosis!
The Fringe without the Main Festival is not a fringe it is the main festival.
A Main Festival without a fringe can become soulless.
Each must recognise the benefits of each to the other but the fringe by its very nature is generally is smaller and less formal.
That said what happens at most festivals as fringe is incorporated in to some festivals as part of the main event.
There is no answer other than don't over or underestimate the importance of either.
Teh festivla format the integration in to the town there are many factors - take one element out and the recipe may fail!