You are all amazing!
Thank you for the amazing and prompt response to the survey about availability to possibly reschedule the concert. We need you to understand a few things.
1. There have been a lot of invitations made to build and audience for this concert. We will not reschedule it unless it is absolutely necessary. There will be people trying to come in a locked door if we do.Rescheduling it will be last resort, and if it is cancelled, it may not actually be feasible to reschedule. Rescheduling is just a hope, inkling, or possibility, and according to the results from the survey, there really isn't a good day to do it. Jazz festival in Idaho next week, FBLA, etc, etc.Something like this that involves so many hundred people is just difficult to reschedule, especially at short notice with an already full schedule of music to prepare for Abravanel Hall and the season finale. Some of your comments on the survey indicate it's not a done deal. It is not. As you can see below, there is not one day that everyone can switch to, according to our survey. (As of 2pm today).2. Almost exactly one third of our players come from Cache county, one third from Weber county, and one third from Box Elder county. So one third of our players (and all our artistic staff) drive over Sardine Canyon every week for rehearsal. Just so you know. It's not that bad, especially late enough in the day to be there after the snow plows have done their jobs. For those of you who haven't driven Sardine in a long time, it's almost entirely divided now. (I'm not minimizing the risk here, just helping you see that this is not on the level of driving the North Ogden Divide....)3. Sardine is NOT the only way. There is another -- flat and generally safe -- alternative to taking Sardine Canyon into Logan. Notice the difference on the map below, timing-wise. The blue line takes you through Sardine, the gray line over the alternate way. Also notice that if you would rather stay on the freeway longer, instead of following the (alternate) gray line, you can continue north, take the I-15 split, and then exit directly onto UT-30 (where it says "Riverside" on the map) which takes you directly into Logan on 200 North.4. As of now, the forecast is for the snow to taper off early Saturday afternoon, so we might be just fine. It would be silly to cancel a concert when we don't need to, especially since it's so problematic to reschedule. We will not make any premature decisions.5. As always, if you feel deeply uncomfortable driving in for the concert, please stay home but let me know that day so we can adjust the seating, but mostly so we don't worry about you. Also, I encourage you to find a friend to ride with if you are concerned.
Thanks for your patience in this matter! You are all on my mind, and we all want to be safe, and warm, but if we can put on the concert without safety issues, it would make a lot more sense than cancelling or rescheduling.
Please feel free to contact me with additional thoughts or concerns.
Blessings,
Julie
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