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How could 31 people silence our concerts?
• IT really is a great shame to learn of the recent decision to cancel all of this year’s Kenwood concerts as they were a much-loved tradition.
Taking place every summer for the past 50 years and attracting many visitors as well as great musicians and performers, they had become famous throughout the world.
Among regular concert goers are families, tourists as well as residents who come to listen to the music, eat picnics and enjoy the firework displays. This really is hardly Glastonbury!
So maybe somebody would care to explain to the vast majority who enjoy these events, why the opinion of a relatively tiny group of 31 complaints has managed to have such a loud voice within Camden Council and appears to outweigh the enjoyment of thousands?
Having lived close to this area for many years, personally I do not regard the concerts to be an issue, so it does surprise me that quite a few of those who have objected are from considerably further away.
Acoustic reports have shown Kenwood to be one of the quietest open-air concerts in London, “somewhere just above the sound of local traffic and leaves”.
If residents or their pets suffer from a nervous disposition or find the distant waft of other people’s taste in music annoying, try shutting the window.
It really would be a tragic loss for the Kenwood concerts to disappear and I urge others to show their support by contacting English Heritage or Camden Council.
Paul Fishman
Hampstead Lane, N6
• I DISAGREE with the small group who complain year after year about the concerts because of noise, a floating stage and find a particular kind of music offensive (Visitors pay price after concerts axe, Feb 22).
May I suggest that small group make a trip to Fortnum and Mason, order a large picnic basket and fill it with the most luxurious food and drink on offer.
Then arrange a picnic at Kenwood where the concerts used to be. Maybe raise a glass to all the thousands who have spent many years enjoying the concerts at Kenwood with family and friends and their picnics.
Sitting on deckchairs or the grass with lanterns and sometimes chandeliers. I am not a poet but what could be better than listening to a concert whether Mozart or Abba on a beautiful or even rainy summers evening with family and friends.
To that small group that have complained, well all I can say is sour grapes.
Louise Malin
Keats Grove, NW3
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