They need to get out there and get involved, though not at the expense of the fans we've already got. We need everybody at that Blues Festival - everybody who loves the blues and those musicians. But that music, it's the black communities' heritage. It's the same thing we grapple with in getting the community to come to grips with the fact that they own this Center. Same thing with the blues.
Blacks own that music.
In regards to how people validate what they appreciate, that validation comes through the media. In terms of the blues, the media doesn't present it enough - so for our kids, it doesn't exist. In the black community, we don't read and hear enough about the blues. It was the first of many such programs. It was a way of celebrating community.