There are many entertainers on the squares that are nothing more than professional karaoke singers. With a few exceptions, if I don't see a drum set, I keep driving. It all comes down to money as usual. In stead of paying four or five or six talented musicians the entertainment department can get away with paying one singer/computer operator. Sometimes they don't even have a singer, they sometimes just have a DJ. Why do they need a DJ when they could just send a feed of WVLG through the PA systems at the squares?
But, like I said, if they can get away with paying one person instead of four or five or six they can save a lot of money. The line dancers don't seem to care either way. They dance to anything. But if the rec dept is paying attention, they might notice when there is a good band at a square there are a lot of people there spending money at the bars and stores.
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