The Citadel of Cynosure and Other Tales

<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Citadel&reg; - Since 1979 - Indie from the start, the ProgFest Co-Founders - 30 years and countin'</span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">It never even used to be a commonly used word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>In fact, it was used derogatorily...indie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>That word used in identifying &lsquo;self publication&rsquo; of a musical band, underground rag, filmmaker, theatre troupe, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Citadel&reg; has been &lsquo;INDIE&rsquo; from the start, before it was the edgy, cool, artistic purist thing to be &ndash; there was no other way to escape the binding genre restrictions and sales pressures of the homogenization of commercial music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Pioneers in sound, video and a nexus for festivals featuring music outside the boundaries (Progfest, etc.), 28 years strong, and ever evolving under the family name - Citadel&reg;.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">See and hear for yourself, the Whitman's in whatever generation or incarnation of the band, are the ultimate indie genre-busting folk rock prog metal symphonic art concept band!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Citadel&reg; is a registered tradename, all rights reserved, and posted HERE by authors and owners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Visit http://www.citadelsongs.com or http://www.citadelband.com for more links into the Citadel&reg; Galactic Expanse!</span></span></p>