Joe Brooks
Joe Brooks
bigger competition quality ranked state teams top
That's like a state meet. There were 14 teams there ranked in the top 20. It's actually bigger (than the state meet). The quality of the competition was very good.
bring downtown goal hope people promote
That is our goal - to bring enough people downtown. We hope to have 10,000 people downtown if we promote it properly.
call community embrace fault finding harbor perhaps pointing
I'm not pointing any fingers, and I'm not finding fault with the harbor committee. They're doing just as they see fit. We thought that perhaps the community would embrace it, that it would become something they could call their own.
good meets running surprised
We've had two pretty good meets. I've really been surprised that we've been running this well this early. But we've got a lot of meets this season.
entire felt kinds needed realized support transition work
We feel now that the kinds of things we felt were needed to make the transition down to the waterfront were not there. We realized it would not work without the support of the entire community.
felt good home readings three
I didn't want to take the show out of town. This is my home. I felt like I wanted to put it up here first. We did three readings and two workshops. And you know, I thought that was good enough.
original truly
This is the only truly original show now on Broadway. It doesn't come from any other play or film or anything like that.
less safety vehicles
If you don't have any vehicles down there, you're going to have less of a safety issue.
mature strong worked
He's very strong. He's worked out with weights. He's pretty thick. He's pretty strong and he's pretty mature for a junior.
belfast certainly draw happen merge people
We want to try to merge some of the things that happen in Belfast to draw more people to the festival. If we can merge them to us, certainly we're broadening our base.
boat community full involved rowing
If the full community is not involved in this, we are just rowing our boat upstream.
bay change closer location
We want to change the location to make it closer to what it should be, the bay festival.
adds guys lost nervous step
I was a little nervous going in because we haven't lost any and that adds a little pressure. But we had a lot of guys step up just like they have all year.
confidence whatever
Whatever it is, he has it. He doesn't like to lose. He has a lot of confidence.