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To the extended family of the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival 2002:

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Sierra Nevada World Music Festival gives thanks to all the Artists, Vendors,
Sponsors, Staff, Volunteers, and most of all to YOU, the Public for making
SNWMF 2002 a beautiful and successful event!  The staff and volunteers went
above and beyond to make it a great event, and to the loyal ticket-buyers, we
thank you for your support.  

We are in the business of promoting artists, not of showing their shortfalls or
creating negative publicity in our industry.  That being said, we owe it to our
audience to explain the truth behind each incident that plagued our artistic
lineup at this year's Festival.  SNWMF deeply regrets that Sizzla, Coco Tea,
Marcia Griffiths and Leroy Sibbles did not make it to SNWMF 2002.  Each had an
individual reason why they did not come, and all of these major changes
happened less than a week out from the show.  Most occurred AFTER the show had
already commenced.

SIZZLA:  Contracts were signed and deposits paid in May.  One week before the
show we were informed by Xterminator Management that Sizzla had legal / court
issues in Jamaica, which prohibited him from leaving Jamaica.  As soon as the
news of Sizzla reached us (Monday June 17), we posted it to the festival
website.  It is always our first priority that the public knows the truth, and
we would never attempt to misrepresent the Festival's lineup.  

COCO TEA:  We were informed by Coco Tea's management, AO Management, on
Thursday night that he had arrived 20 minutes late for his flight, and had
missed it.  They then promised that he would take the following day's flight,
and we rescheduled Coco Tea's set for Saturday.  It wasn't until Saturday that
we learned that he had not taken that flight either.  We had purchased two
separate sets of air tickets for Coco Tea's entourage, at their request, and
paid a substantial advance to AO Management.  To this date we do not have a
satisfactory explanation from AO Management as to why he did not appear, and
the advance has NOT been returned.  

MARCIA GRIFFITHS:  Marcia apparently missed her flight.  The date was confirmed
on March 4, 2002.  We were the anchor date for a road tour.  The tour
subsequently fell through.  As a result of this, the Festival agreed to provide
air tickets.  A deposit was paid upon request.  Twelve of the 14 people in
Marcia's entourage flew in to the Festival.  Marcia and her manager were the
only no-shows.  It is also our understanding that Marcia refuses to fly on
American Airlines.

LEROY SIBBLES:  Leroy confirmed the date on January 18, 2002.  The deposit was
paid, and the air tickets were purchased.  It was through Leroy that we hired
Fab 5, and they are as puzzled as we are about Leroy's non-attendence.

In the nine years that the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival has been in
existence, it has never suffered such upsets to the lineup.  We had never lost
a headliner, much less four acts in the same year.  We had 42 bands this year,
20 of which were flying in exclusively for our festival.  41 acts were
presented.

BIG UPS TO BARRINGTON LEVY AND DON CARLOS, who came on board at the last minute
and presented the crowds with phenomenal performances!!

Please visit our website for more information, including a photo gallery of
this year's show, and highlights from past years.

Thank you once again for your continued support, and we look forward to giving
you a fantastic show next year at SNWMF 2003 for our 10th Anniversary Festival!

One Love from SNWMF!  May Peace and Music Prevail.

SIERRA NEVADA WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
P.O. BOX 208 - RYDE, CA  95680