if you live in forsyth county or surrounding are i encourage you to stop by the garage to sign a petition to "save our music". the city is proposing an ordinace that would would cause many small venues like the garage to hire off duty police for it's own security. seeing as how small venues such as the gargage are barely able to fiscally survive they could not take the financial strain that this ordinace would put on them. we have discovered also that these music venues that would be affected by the ordinace are not even the cause of most police calls or disturbances and that the city is going about this the WRONG WAY! there has even been a proposed "violence reduction plan" from these local venues in response to the citys concerns. this violence reduction program is a much more rational way to go about addressing the issue of violence in our city. it states that the local venues will conduct training sessions with their empolyees on how to conduct themselves if an altercation shoud occur. will the city listen to us? YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERNCE by signing the petition at the garage. go there during the hours they are open- they will know what you are talking about and, believe me, it will mean a great deal to them and all winston salem music lovers!
thanks peter spivak- the author of "save our music"

NOW YOU CAN SIGN THE PETITION ONLINE! GO TO: www.petitiononline.com/spivak1/petition.html

if you ever go to see music or play in a group that would ever perform in winston this effects you! the wording of the ordinace is vague and in addition to having to pay for extra security every show must have an identified "promoter" that would have to purchase a $50 liscense. SO if you are a band from greensboro that comes to winston and plays a show and make $200 at a show you might have to pay $100 for security fee- $50 promotion liscense- and after giving the sound guy $50- well you see where this is going. winston would become a musical ghost town!