Arches National Park is the backdrop for this episode of the National Park Sessions, in which The Giving Tree Band plays Friends of the Devil.
The five musicians are slowing working their way around the National Park System, playing acoustically arranged songs in park settings to promote unity, harmony, and the well-being of all people and the planet.
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So rmackie, is the money better spent for singers or addressing the maintenance backlog?
I enjoyed it, too, rmackie. Not sure that song is about peace, inclusiveness, or harmony, but a great one for the parks, nevertheless; that song, that band, along with the parks being spread out around the country--makes one think of the picaresque as an American genre. Heading to Petrified Forest and Saguaro at the end of the month, and my exictement just kicked in.
re: is the money better spent for singers or addressing the maintenance backlog?
A good question - if the money is coming from the NPS. I didn't see any indication in the story that the agency is funding this "tour." Perhaps someone knows the answer to that.
I don't think the NPS underwrote this endeavor. In fact, I don't think the band obtained a special permit, either...
From the opening comment I assumed National Park Sessions was an NPS sponsored event. If that assumption is wrong and there are no NPS funds involved then my question regarding the tradeoff is moot.
[edit] Well not totally moot. One could argue that the expense and effort going into the series could be better spent.
Yes. One could always argue.
"Well not totally moot. One could argue that the expense and effort going into the series could be better spent."
I thought Tea Party Members do not like others telling people how to better spend their own money.
Actually David, you can suggest all you want - i.e 1st Amendment. Want we don't like is forcing someone to spend their own money in certain ways. And when you waste your money, don't come crying to me because you are broke.