Down On The Corner

By Paul Moffett

Spring is not too far behind, friends, and not a moment too soon. We can just turn our backs on the winter and look forward to April festivals, the Derby and all the assorted events that fire up come Spring.

In the news department, Danny Wimmer Festivals is moving Louder Than Life and Bourbon and Beyond to a new location in the Fairgrounds. There is, apparently, a space suitable for festivals on the north side of the Fairgrounds? The company is also adding a Country music festival, called Home Town Rising, set for September 14 and 15. Bourbon & Beyond is set for Sept. 20-22 and Louder Than Life finishing the three-week run on Sept. 27-29.

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Siegert, Kurt, 95, died on January 21, 2019 in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Siegert played with both the Norfolk and Richmond Symphony Orchestras, where he met his future wife, Barbara, who was also a violinist. During the 1950s, he played with the Boston Pops for six years under conductor Arthur Fiedler. Later he became assistant concertmaster for the English recording artist, Mantovani. In the 1960s, Mr. Siegert and his wife formed the Kurt Siegert Strings, and began playing at hotels and banquet halls. They were hired by the Executive Inn Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky in 1963 and played there for 29 years.