Brooker / Winter Solstice celebrations in
Manhattan
Competition solution, names of
winners, and where to buy tickets
This very straightforward competition
involved seven church gigs played by Gary Brooker, and the Paul
Winter album adjudged by its producer, George Martin, to be the finest record
he ever made.
The Paul Winter album is called 'Icarus'.
In which of those seven church gigs did Gary
(albeit inadvertently) sing that album-title, Icarus? It's a word
that occurs only once, in one Procol Harum song.
The simplest way to find the
answer was to interrogate BtP's trove of Procol song-words by typing
site:procolharum.com/w icarus into Google.
Up comes a solitary answer, 'Nothing But the Truth'.
'Like Icarus we flew too high
We flew too near the sun'
The wording of the competition page does, typically, include clues ... 'if you can't
be bothered to figure out the answer to all the high-flown business
above, just wing it' ... so you know you're on the right lines. .
Then click on each of the seven setlists (they're
here, here,
here,
here,
here,
here and
here) to see how often Nothing
But the Truth was played.
It occurred in three concerts, here,
here,
here
... so tally them up and lo, 'three' is the correct answer.
Though most people got this right, there were quite a few 'differently-correct'
responses,
including 'zero', 'five', 'six' and 'seven'.
The winners' names came forth
from the BtP Homburg as follows: Stan Berman, Carmen La Rosa, Jim Stratico
... all from the USA, by chance (there were plenty of European contestants, but
the random draw did not favour them on this occasion).
Would Stan, Carmen and Jim please write in by clicking on this special
link –
webmaster@procolharum.com – and we'll tell
you what to do next. Each winner is entitled to a pair of opening night ringside
Brooker / Winter tickets worth $190 and we thank Paul Winter and Kay Friday
very much for their kind generosity to Procol Harum fans. We'd be very
grateful if each winner would send a brief report, with souvenirs and
impressions, so BtP – which cannot send a delegate to the show, sadly – has
something to report to the rest of the world.
AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL
: the frustrated un-winners may get
tickets anyway:
click on
solsticeconcert.com,
where there are still seats
available at $35, $55, and $95.
Each seating section has its own perks, as this event uses the entire cathedral:
there's a different, enthralling spectacle in prospect from whatever seat you
eventually buy.
Procol dates in 2016 |
Brooker / Winter Solstice Concerts page