![]() Soca is a type of music that originated in Trinidad and Jamaica and is characterized by fast beats and push-snare. Soca band Calypso Steel also played live music with sounds of drum, bass and a steel pan that added a very Jamaican, tropical feel to the festival. ![]() Jeffrey Barnes plays a trumpet while on the Wells Fargo and Budweiser Jazz Stage with Brave Combo on Sunday night during the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival. “We did that on the sound stage, and then we moved over here and then he thought of a couple songs and I thought of a couple stage.” Byron and I practiced about 20 songs together,” musician Mike O’Neal said. “ the three of us, this is our first time playing together. Although jazz was a major part of the festival with several jazz acts occupying the biggest stages, other musical, artsy attractions were scattered throughout Quakertown Park.Īmong these attractions were three country music musicians hailing from Corsicana, with classics like George Strait’s “All My Ex’s Live In Texas.” It offered attractions for all ages, including a children’s tent with painting for kids. Three hundred musicians and vendors came out to the festival. “If you love music and you love the arts, you’re going to be overloaded for two and a half days.” It appeals to all ethnicities,” Short said. “It’s just a great experience for families, for individuals and for students, so you can’t really say what area or what age or what does this festival appeal to. The budget also has expanded from $57,000 to $555,000 and the American Canadian Musician’s Union from New York helps reimburse musicians. It has since grown from three stages to seven stages, has had over 200 sponsors and went from covering half the park to the whole 32 acres. ![]() “I wanted to expose professional music to people who wouldn’t ordinarily see it.” I wanted to get big sponsors and I wanted it free,” Short said. The band “Live Groovin’” takes the Budweiser Courtyard stage Arts and Jazz Festival at Quakertown Park on Saturday. ![]()
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