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AquaPalooza is another big hit in 2010
Posted: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:07 AM - 9,093 Readers
By: Staff Reports
AquaPalooza 2010 was a terrific success.
Organizers at Russell Lands expected a smaller crowd this year since
AquaPalooza’s signature event was held on Lake Austin, Texas and because
this year’s headline act John Anderson doesn’t have the same
gravitational pull as last year’s headliner, Alan Jackson.
So it was something of a surprise that so many people gathered in
Kowaliga Basin on Saturday afternoon. Although it’s impossible to get an
accurate count in a mostly free event without tickets or gates,
estimates range from 10,000 to 20,000 people. We’d bet that, including
the curious who rode up and stayed for a short time, the total was at
the high end of that range.
To put that in perspective, about 14,000 people live in Alexander
City and a sold-out concert at the Lake Martin Amphitheater will be seen
by 5,000. No matter how you look at it, AquaPalooza was a very large
event for this part of the world.
And although it definitely was a party in the water, this year’s show
was very well managed and progressed almost without a hitch. There was
one short-lived scuffle in the swimming area, but no substantial
injuries reported. Compare that to the Russell Medical Center emergency
room on any day.
Marine police made a total of 54 arrests, mostly related to alcohol
charges. More than half – 34 – were on minors possessing alcohol
charges. That is a high number, but the number of marine police officers
working the lake went from two on a normal Saturday to nine on
AquaPalooza Saturday. While this is sheer speculation, if nine police
officers were working the Chimney Rock area, we bet the number of
alcohol-related charges would be high on most summer Saturdays.
So all in all, for an event that attracted roughly 20,000 people,
we’d say AquaPalooza was an overwhelming success. It turned the public
spotlight on our area’s biggest drawing card, brought thousands of
consumers to our market and turned a swealtering Saturday into a
memorable, good time.
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