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Mankato Herald
Musicians Hurt in Stage Accident
Mankato: July 5th. Cheers turned to tears last weekend at the Summer Classics Music Festival in Woodland Park. Saturday night's concert, the culmination of a week-long celebration, was attended by over 250 people. The evening closed with the first movement from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. For this final number, the Mankato Symphony Orchestra was joined by local band Sons of Poseidon, just back from a tour of the former Soviet Union and China. The audience didn't seem to enjoy the performance which featured dueling solos from lead singer, Vince Voxx, and guitarist Barron von Jamz. There are reports of some members of the audience throwing empty cans at the stage. Just minutes before the close of the piece, disaster struck. According to eye witness reports, the band's rotating drum cage began to spin out of control. Some concert goers say that Vince Voxx had tried to throw back some of the cans, and they became entangled in the mechanism of the drum cage. A stagehand managed to disconnect the cage from its power source, but not before the drummer was knocked unconscious. He is listed in a stable condition at St. Gules Memorial Hospital.
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The Editor
Mankato Herald
Local Newsdesk,
Mankato
Dear Sir,
I am one of the musicians involved in last weekend's Music Festival, and I would like to say that I feel your reporting was very biased. First, while I saw journalists from many newspapers, I did not see anyone from the Mankato Herald. The details in your report differ greatly from the facts. First, the audience thoroughly enjoyed the performance, cheering and singing along. Cans were not thrown at the stage, and even if they had been, our lead singer Vince Voxx would never do something irresponsible or dangerous like throwing them back at the audience. He is not that kind of person. He can always be trusted to do the right thing. The drum cage did not "spin out of control" and no one was hospitalized. The Mankato Herald has a history of writing negative reports about events involving Sons of Poseidon. I am not sure why, but would like to request that you write more objective articles in the future.
Sincerely,
Johan Greer (Barron von Jamz)