People's Music

PEOPLE'S BALLROOM READY TO BOOGIE!

Finally! The People's Ballroom will be opening its doors for a Grand Opening Tribal Stomp on September 1st and 2nd. Two nights of rock and roll with the Wild Boys, Petunia, the Mighty UP, Guardian Angel, the Mojo Boogie Band and Stone School Road kickin out the music to energize us and the Ballroom itself for the weeks to come. Every weekend from now on we'll have the music we need (without having to kiss the University's ass with money and resources for the Union Ballroom). We'll have the music that brings us together and will keep us together for all winter long until the park concerts start again next summer. We now have {he space for large meetings (like Tribal Council Meetings) films, tribal feasts, any gathering that needs a large space to operate. Can't help but to cali this SELF-DETERMINATION MUSIC. Let's check out all the aspects of the Ballroom, how it's being built, who and how it's being run. The sisters and brothers who are doing the work to make sure that this happens are the same people you see at the park, at the Tribal Feasts and on the streets. Rainbow People! (Remember that there is always lots of work to do so call the Tribal Network at 663-4208 for Music and Ballroom meeting times.) We've been struggling for months through the whole nailing, painting and sanding scene and now it's time to really put the whole community to work on the ballroom. The Tribal Council Food Committee has agreed to supply us with juices and fruit to cool off between stomps. (Call Jeanie Walsh at 761-1709 if you're into working on that). We figured that we would need four Psychedelic Rangers at the Ballroom to help with security and keep the conditions together so we can really get HIGH! The Rangers have been doing the killer job all summer at the park and they really understand what serving the people is all about so this is another area people can have input. The brothers and sisters from Drug HELP will be on cali to deal with any wierdnesses with the bogus drugs that some people in the community are still using; bogus drugs like speed, downers, etc. will not be allowed in the ballroom so please don't bring any into the ballroom. THE RANGERS WILL JUST SEE YOU TO THE DOOR! The People's Communications Committee has been doing a lot of publicity work like commercials, flyers, using almost all means to let people know about this new development in the growth of the Rainbow Nation. They'll be at the Ballroom on Friday night to broadcast the whole show live on WNRZ so f you can't make it to the Ballroom check out your radio dial at 102.9 and you'll be there!

WHEW! This, like the Blues and Jazz Festival and park concerts are killer examples of the people of Ann Arbor coming together and deal ing their own needs. No, thanks to the Avis A-1 Cop Rentals, we got the Rangers and with all of us working together we can take care of ourselves. We have our own people dealing with our needs, we are really the ones that can deal it the best, cause we're all coming from the same place. Watching the Ballroom being built was really where it could be seen so far. People from all over the state came and worked. Everybody from carpenters to the musicians themselves came together to get this place. We've been brought together this much so far; LOOK OUT for the next few months. The Ballroom is really going o be a place where we can see who we are and strengthen our sense of community and the community as a whole. ROCK AND ROLL IS HERE TO STAY!

Another way that this ballroom is so beautiful is that once we can pay the debts we've made building the Ballroom and we can obtain a permanent PA, then we can start paying the bands that play for us. What better way to really help the local music scene grow than to help support the musicians. There are so many people's bands that are fighting to keep their equipment from being repossessed, pay the rent, and make their music even better than it is at the same time. Maybe the Ballroom could also be used as practice space and as space for loose jams.with fellow musicians. (Hopefully that will be a part of the regular weekend gigs, lots of jamming!) Right in this space l'd like to thank the brothers from the bands who are playing opening night. These people are not taking any kind of pay, all the profits are going back into the ballroom so for all the people who are going to be there next week THANK YOU! Remember that all the profits from all gigs where you have to pay at is going back into the ballroom and the community center. That's called supporting the people's programs! It's gonna cost us a dollar to get into the ballroom (even members of the Music and ballroom committee are expected to pay) but that's cool. If you can't get together a dollar stop in the Tribal Network and pick up 10 Suns, they sell like crazy and with that dollar you're in. The days of paying $5 to hear some righteous rock and roll are over! We don't have to cope with awful conditions, poison food and rip-offs anymore. At the People's Ballroom everyone comes and everyone gets HIGH!

THE PEOPLE'S BALLROOM IS OPENING! Come to the ballroom this September 1st and 2nd. It's in the back of the People's Community Center at 502 E. Washington so come and join the stomping!

Support the People's Programs!

–Kathy Kelley for the Music and Ballroom Committee

Photo: Steve Raimand, Walden Simper, and Bill Tanner making final plans for the opening of the People's Ballroom