Yes, Dick, too true. I have sort of been on both ends. I am an entertainer, and my mom was on the Arts Council in this small town of 5,000 souls (I still think they are counting the dogs......)

Some people would go to ANYthing, others were more choosy. There was a lady on the council at that time that had heard one song by Sweet Honey in the Rock and was determined to book them in this batistion of white conservatives..................I got her some entire albums to listen to and she changed her mind right quick! I and a (very) few others would have paid a lot to see them, but the hall would have been empty.

I am also the Booking Agent for our NotBand, and almost all the people who call know exactly what they are getting, but once in a while I have to explain and occasionally they back out. Had a call once for a wedding reception that wanted "Big Band Dance Music"----that's not us!