Labor Day Quotes
What the Press is Saying:
Mountain Laurel blooms again!
—-The Morning Call, Sept. 2
Now new life is coming to this concert hall.
—-WNEP Newswatch 16—-A New York Times Station, Aug. 27
Mountain Laurel Center is showing the community through lights, music and applause that the project is still alive.
—-Pocono Record, Aug. 8
Mountain Laurel Center re-opens this weekend with monster performances!
—-Electric City, Aug. 27
Bringing in a powerhouse of musical legends is one way to get things going again
—-The Citizens Voice, Aug 27
Nobody can take it away: Arts Center weekend a big hit.
—-Pocono Record, Sept. 6
Just pinch yourself. You’re not dreaming. Bushkill Falls , here we come!
—-Delaware and Hudson Canvas, August 27
Pennsylvania’s Mountain Laurel Center for the Performing Arts is on the way to being the performing arts destination it was meant to be.
—-Pollstar, Aug. 27
Both management and concert-goers at The Mountain Laurel Center for the Performing Arts were picking up “good vibrations” at Sunday’s Beach Boys concert and about the entire weekend… During the matinee concert, people danced in the aisles of the 2,500-seat auditorium, clapped, sang and tapped their feet.
—-Pocono Record, Sept. 4
The Labor Day Weekend concerts could play a big role in leading the $35 million venue back in the right direction.
—-Scranton Times, Aug. 7
This time there’s a particle of hope born of pragmatism. The center’s new CEO, Richard T. Bryant, proclaims upfront that the center is not a commercial venture. It’s an arts center — an arts center that jumped the gun by opening too early, before it had raised enough money to cover its debt. Reopening Mountain Laurel Center is essential, even on a limited scale, if it is to develop into a performing arts center. It’s possible if community members, particularly those who pledged financial support, begin to view the arts center not just as a current liability, but as a future asset. Although Mountain Laurel Center will not ‘make’ money, it has the potential multiplier effect of generating five to seven dollars in the surrounding area for every dollar spent at the center its way out will be long and complicated and not cheap. We believe it is worth the investment.
—-Pocono Record Editorial, August 8
The Mountain Laurel Center’s new CEO is an ambitious man. You’d have to be. Or else why bother taking the reigns of an infant Poconos Performing Arts Center that finds itself millions of dollars in debt with no major concert seasons to show for it? Because Richard Bryant, now the Center’s third boss, has a plan. It’s his job to get newborn or struggling venues on their feet, and in not even three months time, he’s booked four days worth of concerts at the Tom Ridge Pavilion for this Labor Day Weekend This is an important strategic move in the first steps of the workout, and it has caused a tremendous amount of support with respect to fundraising and cooperation.
—-Electric City, August 27
There’s a unique feature to the Center that is so good, it seems almost surreal: You can bring your kids to the concert. Everyone can picnic in Unity Park (located on the Center’s grounds), participate in outdoor activities and partake of food at the concessions
—-Delaware and Hudson Canvas, Aug 27
Nature is a big part of the center’s appeal. Located near a pristine lake that spills into what becomes Bushkill Falls , the century-old complex is a landmark on the National Historic Register.
—-Standard Speaker, Sept 5
With Unity Park , the center is trying to reach a broader audience and is giving families a reason to spend a day outside… Families lined the grassy hills with blankets and baskets, resting beneath a canopy of maple and birch trees, enjoying the music being provided for them.
—-Pocono Record, Sept 5
