ROCKAWAY MUSIC & ARTS COUNCIL, INC.

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ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2010 CANCELED

After a run of 25 years, Rockaway Music & Arts Council not be able to hold its Annual Fall Arts and Crafts Festival for 2010. This decision was a hard one to make, but RMAC finds itself unable to keep up with the high fees charged by Gateway National Recreation Area, NPS for the use of the Gateway Park facilities. Coupled with the fees for insurance our Executive Board had no choice but to cancel the Festival.

RMAC was the first local cultural organization to make use of the park and has attracted more people to the park than any other group with our Fall Festival and summer concerts. But over the past few years GNRA has slowly prevented us from utilizing the best venues for our presentations and have raised the fees for the use of park property. We adapted, however, and held our events, but with a great deal of stress on the part of our Festival and Concert Committees.

The Executive Board of RMAC will continue to make every effort to work with GNRA personnel and our Senators and Representative to enlighten the National Park System  that GNRA is an urban park and that local community organizations wishing to use the public property thereon should not be subject to fees beyond their means.

The Executive Board of RMAC sincerely apologizes to our loyal vendors and visitors. We look forward  to seeing you, hopefully, next year.

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