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To all the press, radio and television stations, their locations
Dear Sir,
following the news about the so-called "1 st edition of Avezzano Jazz Festival" I read these days I must help to clarify some inaccuracies and the memory of those who administer culture in this city.
The first edition of Avezzano Jazz Festival - "First African American music festival" , took place at the Centre of Avezzano Cultural Services of the 1, 2 and 3 September 1989, by the then fledgling Jazz On Cultural Association, which I am privileged to chair. It is followed by as many as 12 editions of Avezzano Avezzano Jazz Festival until 2002, when our local government decided to exclude Jazz On the winter and summer events in the city. Obvious that from 2003 on Jazz On continued and continues to operate without any support from the administration itself.
Call " first " Jazz Festival a single initiative, without any connection to the recent history of the city and the district is frankly disconcerting: we are facing yet another attempt to cultural colonization , through so-called organizations, including nonprofit, covering the cultural initiatives that have very little as the rest of the same organizations that claim in their statement: " initiatives contribute to the creation of easily accessible but high-quality, strong tourist attraction not only for occasional visits, but for stays of more days, able to involve the wider and diverse range of local public .
understand the culture simply as a driving force for tourism initiatives, in addition able to involve the local public denotes indifference to culture, which is subject to other categories, such as policies to promote tourism, and Worse, it means considering the citizens of Avezzano little more than "peasants" .
The mayor and his administration, thus supporting the "first edition" of Avezzano Jazz Festival wanted to reset everything and forget what good has been done in Avezzano, with the sacrifice, and why not, the intelligence of all those Marsicani, enthusiasts, connoisseurs, musicians and business operators who have rediscovered and published the cultural identity of its own territory.
President
Giuliano Graziani