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02-23-2006, 07:57 PM
Santana show for quake fete is postponed
City officials say not enough money has been raised
The centerpiece of San Francisco's 100th anniversary commemoration of the 1906 earthquake -- a free Civic Center concert by rock star Carlos Santana -- has temporarily fallen through the cracks because there isn't enough money to pay for it.
The concert originally was slated for Saturday, April 22, four days after the April 18 quake anniversary. But this week city officials conceded that there hasn't been enough money raised and that the concert is being postponed until later in the year.
"Financially it just was not working out for us on April 22," Matthew Goudeau, director of protocol in the Mayor's Office of Protocol, wrote in an e-mail to The Chronicle on Tuesday evening.
City officials estimate the concert could cost between $1.5 million and $2.5 million. The money to pay for the show and other anniversary events is being raised through private donations.
Santana, a Bay Area resident, was not going to charge for his time. There also was talk of getting other bands to participate, with Green Day among those rumored to perform.
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City officials say not enough money has been raised
The centerpiece of San Francisco's 100th anniversary commemoration of the 1906 earthquake -- a free Civic Center concert by rock star Carlos Santana -- has temporarily fallen through the cracks because there isn't enough money to pay for it.
The concert originally was slated for Saturday, April 22, four days after the April 18 quake anniversary. But this week city officials conceded that there hasn't been enough money raised and that the concert is being postponed until later in the year.
"Financially it just was not working out for us on April 22," Matthew Goudeau, director of protocol in the Mayor's Office of Protocol, wrote in an e-mail to The Chronicle on Tuesday evening.
City officials estimate the concert could cost between $1.5 million and $2.5 million. The money to pay for the show and other anniversary events is being raised through private donations.
Santana, a Bay Area resident, was not going to charge for his time. There also was talk of getting other bands to participate, with Green Day among those rumored to perform.
more... (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/23/BAGG6HDD4T1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea)