NQC to stay in Louisville through 2014
According to this Louisville Courier-Journal article, the NQC Board of Directors has rejected a competitive bid from Indianapolis and signed a contract to keep the National Quartet Convention in Louisville through 2014.
NQC Executive Vice President Clarke Beasley said that “a strong consensus” of attendees preferred Louisville, and that played a role in their decision to stay.
(Thanks to MS for the tip!)
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It seems to me that a majority of the folks who want NQC to move never attend anyway.
Actually, I go and I would’ve been equally happy with either location. More attendees than one might think come from north of the Ohio.
GREAT! Now if Clark would just leave the schedule alone we’d all be happy. Having Naomi and the Sego’s and the Hunters on Monday night, what used to be MALE QUARTET NIGHT is mind boggling!
I agree Brad!!! That is a travesty!!!
I think it is great that NQC is going to stay in Louisville. The next question is, what are they going to do about the poor sound system? The big problem is the poor seats. What are they going to do to make it easier for any one to move around easier and safer if Freedom Hall was like the other buildings that are used for the convention there would never be a reason to leave this city.
I am very happy to hear this good news. I really like having the convention in Louisville. It is further away for me than to go to Indianapolis, but, it costs me less to spend the week in Louisville. I know that the sound & seating is not really that good but I can deal with it. I too will miss not having the first night as Male Quartet Night. That was always my favorite.
Honestly, I would have been fine with either location, so it really makes no difference to me. I’m happy for those of you who wanted it to stay in Louisville, though!
In other words, get ready to go through this again in three years!
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Ha ha! Isn’t that the truth!
Everthing is not lost for Indianapolis even though they lost the Super Bowl and the opportunity host the NQC this week.
Check out what Indianapolis has going for them in 2012.
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That’s good news to hear early in the morning.
I live in Indy, so naturally I would love to see NQC here, but what I would really love to see is NQC rotate among a few cities to bring this great event closer to the widespread fan base. I think a 3-city rotation like this could work:
Louisville
(covers the midwest and a chunk of the southeast)
Atlanta
(an easy day’s drive for most in the southeast)
Dallas
(covers Texas and a chunk of the southeast and lower midwest)
John,
Great idea you have with using a 3 state rotation for the NQC. I think this might help attendance and give a lot more fans the opportunity to attend a concert closer to their home. I live in California so Dallas would be a lot closer for me.