IslandMix

Anyone know how that show went the other nite? Like its a real secret.

Rough night for Euphoria
Published on: 8/5/08.

by ANN-MARIE


BAILEY-BLAKE


EUPHORIA 2008 did not live up to its name, attracting a fraction of the number of patrons than that of previous years.

However, organisers have vowed to learn from this year's mistakes.

"We can take the positive points and see how we can improve on the negative. We learned that we have to be on the ball with certain things, these things become learning experiences. We have already been strategising as to how we can make Euphoria 2009 better than any of the Euphorias we have ever done before," said one of the show organisers, Peter Boyce.

Speaking in an exclusive with the Daily Nation, Boyce offered a measured assessment of the event.

"All things considered, I think the event went well considering the stiff competition that we had. We targeted a certain demographic, and that demographic came out . . . . All in all, Euphoria 2008 was a good effort and continues to prove that the brand can be lucrative."

The show was plagued with problems over the past week, including a question of whether the show in fact would come off and a surprise media blitz from MADD Entertainment disassociating itself from Euphoria Inc., and in the end did not go off smoothly.

An hour-and-a-half lull between the first and second acts left a bad taste with many who attended and by the end of the show, which went on way past its 2:30 a.m. deadline, the crowd had dwindled from about 2000 to an estimated 500.

"The lull broke the momentum of the show . . . that impacted on the evening," said Boyce on the question of the poor turn-out.

Citing technical problems and a non-appearance by a deejay as some reasons for the long break, he added:

"Many of our artistes were at Cohobblopot, so that would also have resulted in a break for a longer period than we would have wanted."

While the break affected the momentum, all scheduled artistes performed to a sometimes lacklustre reception by the audience.

__________________
We going from Sun til Sun.......

Bajans is someting else.....when Cohoblopot flop for the last 2 years cause eveyone was going to Euphoria it wasnt a problem......now NCF try ah ting and it work dem getting blame......

to me it is obvious.....u CANNOT have 2 big events on one night......a big and small maybe but not 2 big events.......so if it continues one or the other will lose each and every year....

check out ENVY and Square ONe.....I am sure if there was no Envy, Square One would have had much larger numbers

__________________
We going from Sun til Sun.......