Contact with Psychedelic Panda of Cloquet

Psychedelic Panda is a production company out of Cloquet Minnesota which features ‘Techno’ and related music and performance. They recently promoted a major event (Melted Heart) in Cloquet, which was brutally cancelled (one day aforehand) due to a venue termination.

This was my comment on their ‘About Us’ page, and the subsequent conciliatory offer hoping to ‘ease the pain’ of the termination.

We hope to see a ‘Techno Beat’ DJ on the Floating Stage this season with their entourage of fans and supporters

Contact Note:

Hello,
I was referred over by John C of Liquid Radio and am happy to see your peace based mission statement. I too have a degree of commitment to youth and music (although age wise, I am no longer in this grouping) and believe we can enjoy our favorite music through all of our years of living. Hopefully our favorites never die so thank you for keeping the ‘Techno’ beat well and harvested.
The link above is for a site and sequence of activities from last Spring and Summer, but the work goes back two years if you visit the ‘Network’ links on the page. We had a free concert in the Eveleth Auditorium parking lot last August and featured ‘Shattered Grave’ along with some general R & R and our local stars, ‘Colmekill’. Sadly, the ‘Grave’ is no longer with us, so it is important to be diligent and prudent in supporting our local talent.
I would like to learn more about your work, in the hope that you may be available this year to sponsor an event on ‘the Range’ and particularly, in Eveleth. The Auditorium would be a fantastic venue (of the future?) for a tremendous dance party, this is the largest stage between Duluth and Grand Rapids that is not attached to a school and could be developed for the benefit of all who are willing to devote the time required.
EvTAP is the flagship org for our community action. Besides the youth concert mentioned above, we have facilitated donations of PCs to the Technology Charter High School in Eveleth, (mnerats.org). We worked hard and successfully resurrected the old ‘All Slav Picnic’ newly named, HARP Day (harpdays.com). It is this last event where we would love to see a ‘Dance Party’ held in the evening of our next picnic, which is scheduled for August 14 at the Veterans Park (Ely Lake) Pavilion. If it were possible to work this out as the finale to this outdoor success, it would do well to advance our missions in common and help meld our dynamic communities.
By opening doors and sharing common interests, I hope we can build upon what we have achieved thus far.
Email or call me at will, and let me in on some of your feedback. Your interests and thoughts will be appreciated!
Thanks,
Les Crawford
evtap@live.com
(218) 744-2273

EvTAP: an Eveleth based small volunteer organization on a mission to enhance and promote Art, Music and Performance through Technology, for community development and economic support.

 

Follow up note:

I know how crushing it is to have an event destroyed by others. I would like to offer the use of the ‘Arrowhead Arts Floating Stage’ (http://arrowheadarts.spaces.live.com/) to the Psychelelic Panda people as a ‘make-up’ event this Fourth of July in the Eveleth and Gilbert parades. Thousands of people exposed to your noble cause, ‘take it to the streets attitude’, priceless!

Let me know if this sounds good, or of other ways we might help!

Les Crawford
EvTAP
evtap@live.com