It brought back a lot of memories of why and how we started the Swing Ring, and why we kept doing it. The joint was, as they say, jumpin Which brings me to the topic of this column's latest installment, diversity and solidarity. On the up side we have a whole new crop of fans. By and large a lot of the new blood has managed to get involved without getting embroiled in the long internecine clan-warfare that is the local scene's politics. For every time I may have gotten in free to a concert, I paid the ticket price in Tums or Rolaids.
All organizers feel that way, and Montreal is especially tough.
That's why we have to show solidarity and diversity. We seem to have lost that along the way. The other small note I wanted to mention is that lately there seems to be some strife in the scene again. Well, those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. That's the kind of diversity we need to show, but maintain solidarity by supporting each type of night.