Bow River Flow

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

So basically, it died of natural causes (disinterest/lack of organization)?

No, what I posted says quite the opposite. The event was well organized (but flawed in what they wanted in my opinion), and attendance was increasing year after year.

[SebC]

Yeah, the "festival" sucked. But the glowing orbs they sent down the river were pretty cool.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

No, what I posted says quite the opposite. The event was well organized (but flawed in what they wanted in my opinion), and attendance was increasing year after year.

Why aren't they having it again then? That doesn't make any sense to me. If someone's bad idea is becoming a success, they're pretty likely to take that as validation and continue on, aren't they?

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by SebC

Yeah, the "festival" sucked. But the glowing orbs they sent down the river were pretty cool.

That wasn't for the Bow Flow, it was a different event. I was out of town when it happened, but the pictures of it looked really cool. Definitely something the city should be looking to do as an annual event in the summer.

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Why aren't they having it again then? That doesn't make any sense to me. If someone's bad idea is becoming a success, they're pretty likely to take that as validation and continue on, aren't they?

Your guess is as good as mine, but I would take it as yet more proof that the group has no idea what they are doing. Like I said, no lack of organization, just a complete lack of sense.

[Rerun]

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[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by Rerun

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Was that really necessary?

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Was that really necessary?

You are right.... it was childish of me. I will delete my post... will you delete yours?

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by Rerun

You are right.... it was childish of me. I will delete my post... will you delete yours?

Done.

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by Rerun

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Originally Posted by MarchHare

Was that really necessary?

Originally Posted by Rerun

You are right.... it was childish of me. I will delete my post... will you delete yours?

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Done.

[Jimmy Stang]

Although I never went to one of these (it DID seem a bit too granola for me), I had no problem whatsoever with the road closure. But the spin in the media really positioned it as a "hippies vs. cars" type of argument. Closing 1/2 of a road on a weekend shouldn't really ruffle as many feathers as it did (even in Calgary), but if you're going to shut a road down, I'd like to see a little more than people meandering around aimlessly on a road mere metres away from a pathway designed for said meandering. Food trucks/booths and arts vendors would have made it more appealing and would have justified the road closure.

[ranchlandsselling]

Originally Posted by Rerun

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Originally Posted by MarchHare

Was that really necessary?

Originally Posted by Rerun

You are right.... it was childish of me. I will delete my post... will you delete yours?

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Done.

Get a room you two

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by SebC

Yeah, the "festival" sucked. But the glowing orbs they sent down the river were pretty cool.

I wish they would have sent Druh Farrell down the river with them.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang

Although I never went to one of these (it DID seem a bit too granola for me), I had no problem whatsoever with the road closure. But the spin in the media really positioned it as a "hippies vs. cars" type of argument. Closing 1/2 of a road on a weekend shouldn't really ruffle as many feathers as it did (even in Calgary), but if you're going to shut a road down, I'd like to see a little more than people meandering around aimlessly on a road mere metres away from a pathway designed for said meandering. Food trucks/booths and arts vendors would have made it more appealing and would have justified the road closure.

Nobody complains (well, almost nobody) about shutting down roads when there's a reason for it. The problem with BRF was that they wanted to shut down a road for the sake of shutting down a road, and never really gave people a reason to support them.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by ranchlandsselling

Get a room you two

I kinda appreciated the reasonable and reflective exchange there.

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by SebC

Nobody complains (well, almost nobody) about shutting down roads when there's a reason for it. The problem with BRF was that they wanted to shut down a road for the sake of shutting down a road, and never really gave people a reason to support them.

Which is kind of my lasting impression of the last major protest (you know... the wall street thing) here in Calgary.

Sometimes these protest groups just want to flex their muscles and see what kind of headlines they can get. Nothing usually gets accomplished in the eyes of the general public, although I suspect the protest group probably sees it differently.

[Northendzone]

I thought the whole thing was about celebrating a woman's cycle, so I decided to pass.....

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Why aren't they having it again then? That doesn't make any sense to me. If someone's bad idea is becoming a success, they're pretty likely to take that as validation and continue on, aren't they?

My guess is that the city stopped subsidizing it. It's easy to promote your granola loving hippie ways when someone else is footing the bill. Lot harder when you gotta raise the cash yourself.