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Originally Posted by ureout
I know that Barb Vesko now handles the entertainment....and you are correct the level of entertainment has gone way down!!!!!! that being said it is still FREE.....Many of the groups that used to play have become solo or duet acts because of the $$$$$ that is now paid....i dont understand why some acts still get booked every month, you go to the square and there are maybe 30 to 40 people listening and dancing. If I was a business i wouldn't want to be paying for that. I think the opening of Brownwood was way to early, there are no businesses to support it and unless the big acts are there like rocky and the rollers the place is empty
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Our whole population is down right now, it is summertime.
If we ran The Villages as residents ourselves we MIGHT be booking the Boston Philharmonic and the, I don't know the name of popular new bands are but... we would be paying really big bucks. We can't have EVERYTHING we want. Forever and ever.
Many of us went to the squares a lot the first couple of years, then the novelty kinda wears off a bit after that for some of us. But not for real music lovers and dancers I can see.
I wish everyone could be as happy as I am with this place. I hope things improve for those who want to hear what they aren't hearing.
I would hope that the new owners of the entertainment department, the Vescos, make a go of it, without disappointing people.
Do you think that they are keeping the money for themselves now? Or do you think that the quality is down because it is summertime and might improve during the high season?