Wednesday, June 3, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
FESTIVAL: Organization
promises some live
music this summer
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look like for the Sisters Folk
Festival, including requir-
ing face coverings, lower-
ing overall venue capacities
to allow for social distanc-
ing, eliminating indoor ven-
ues and increased sanitation
measures.
Even with those modi-
fications in place, there is
no guarantee that statewide
restrictions won9t be re-
imposed if there is a signifi-
cant increase in COVID-19
cases in Oregon over the next
weeks and months.
<Lots of our people travel
here from outside of the area,
including the performing
artists. They need to know,
with certainty, what is hap-
pening with the festival
this fall,= said SFF execu-
tive director Crista Munro.
<Unfortunately, certainty
is something that no one
can provide right now. We
know that this news is very
disappointing, and we had
hoped to not have to deliver
it, but the well-being of our
entire community is our pri-
mary concern. It9s clear that
no matter how much we
want to have a festival this
September, the scientific and
medical community doesn9t
yet understand enough about
how this disease is spread for
us to safely bring a lot of peo-
ple together with confidence.
<We don9t even know for
sure what phase of open-
ing our state will be in four
months from now; it all
depends on how these first
few weeks of re-opening go.
I think people will under-
stand that we held off on
making this call for as long
as we could, hoping for a
breakthrough that would
allow us to proceed with the
festival.=
Creative Director Brad
Tisdel added, <Each year we
carefully curate a festival
lineup that includes musical
and cultural diversity. With
40-plus musical acts com-
ing from all over the country
and world, it9s clear we can9t
make the 2020 festival hap-
pen as planned. I9m currently
working with agents and art-
ists to bring this lineup to
next year9s festival, with all
the collaboration and musi-
cal alchemy coming together
to create an extraordinary
experience. We look forward
to celebrating it with you in
2021 and thank you for your
support and belief in Sisters
Folk Festival.=
Munro told The Nugget
that the Festival is work-
ing on plans to provide live
music on a small scale in a
way that conforms to guide-
lines for the prevention of
the spread of COVID-19.
Last month, the Festival sent
out the Sisters Folk Festival
Bandwagon, featuring local
musicians touring local
neighborhoods while play-
ing music on a flatbed trailer
towed by a truck. Plans will
be announced as they are
firmed up.
Sisters Folk Festival is still
planning to have some type
of event over the September
11-13 weekend, most likely
a livestreamed program with
a small live audience if state
guidelines allow it.
Tickets to this year9s fes-
tival will be automatically
rolled over to the 2021 event,
unless the purchaser elects to
get a festival loyalty package;
to donate their ticket purchase
price to Sisters Folk Festival,
a nonprofit organization; or
requests a refund by June 30.
For more information visit
www.sistersfolkfestival.org.
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RESTAURANTS: Patrons
will need patience
for restrictions
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<It was great being open
but a little scary,= Rickards
said. <We value our commu-
nity so much and are trying to
be so careful. We were learn-
ing the guidelines and wanted
to keep people safe.=
She added, <We are just
beginning to see our regulars
coming back, and they have
been hugely supportive. We
feel fortunate that we have
the extra spaces to expand
outside at this time of year.
Our biggest goal right now is
how to care for our commu-
nity whether it9s take out or
dine in. What we are planning
is a take-out menu for those
who still don9t feel safe din-
ing out.=
For the month of June,
The Open Door will be open
Wednesday through Saturday,
We value our community
so much and are trying
to be so careful. We were
learning the guidelines
and wanted to keep
people safe.
— Julia Rickards
with a slightly smaller menu
with all the favorites.
As the gradual reopening
of the county9s dine-in ser-
vices rolled in on May 15,
some restaurant employees
and managers expressed con-
cerns about patron complaints
regarding restrictions.
The Gallery restaurant
employee Tammy Kirshner
said that some guests are frus-
trated having to wait a little
longer to get seated.
<They have to wait until
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