Bay City, Again, Requesting Madonna, To Give Her A Key To The City
thestarblogger.com - 4th Sep 2008
Elvis Presley: The quest to reach out to Bay City's most famous offspring has
begun.Mayor Charles M. Brunner has drafted a letter inviting Madonna to
come home to Bay City and finally accept a key to the city.City
Commissioner Christopher J. Shannon, frontman for a local rock band, is planning
a Madonna tribute album in which he hopes to recruit local musicians to cover
hits such as "Like a Virgin," "Express Yourself" and "Vogue."Guy Greve,
president of the Bay Arts Council, wants to go as far as commissioning an artist
to sculpt a statue of Bay City's Material Girl."The local arts council
would like to pay homage for her artistic contributions," he said. "I could see
a sculpture of her in Bay City. One of Madonna's famous poses could be made into
a sculpture."Brunner said he has e-mailed a letter to Madonna's father,
Silvio "Tony" Ciccone, who owns a vineyard in Suttons Bay."I sent it to
the winery initially, because that was the only e-mail address I had," Brunner
said."And I did get an e-mail back," he said. "They gave me, I believe,
his personal e-mail address, so I sent him an e-mail and a copy of the letter
inviting her to Bay City - so hopefully maybe something happens through her
father."Brunner is hopeful his words will atone for the actions of past
city officials who have rejected Madonna on multiple occasions - much to the
dismay of Madonna's family still living here, including her 96-year-old
grandmother.Source: Ryan J. Stanton, The
Bay City Times, TelegraphMadonna, who was born
in Bay City in 1958 and spent a considerable portion of her childhood visiting
family here, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this past
month.That prompted city leaders to reconsider bestowing upon her the
infamous key to the city that Mayor Timothy G. Sullivan refused to give her in
1985, when Madonna was considered, by some, too risque for such an
honor.City officials in the late 1980s also refused to accept a
professional sculpture of Madonna from an Italian artist, citing a belief that
her popularity would fade out in time.Nearly three decades since her
rise to fame, that notion has failed to come true - Madonna remains a worldwide
cultural icon.Just this week, she knocked
Elvis Presley from the history
books, charting her 37th Top 10 hit with her new single "4 Minutes," a duet with
Justin Timberlake.
Presley officially was nudged from his standing as the artist
with the most Top 10 hits in rock history, according to
Billboard.com."Far and wide, she wields significant influence in the
arts and entertainment world," said Shannon, Bay City's 1st Ward Commissioner.
"For Bay City to turn its back on that, it would be a shame."Perhaps
best known locally for calling Bay City a "smelly little town" on national
television two decades ago - a reference to a former oil refinery that once
polluted the city - Madonna graces the cover of Vanity Fair this month, holding
the world in her hands for the magazine's third-annual "Green" issue - her 10th
cover for the magazine.Local leaders say she's a living example to
anyone growing up in Bay City with dreams of making it big in the arts
world.Since moving to New York City on a whim in 1978, Madonna has gone
on to sell more than 200 million albums worldwide, as well as author children's
books and star in and direct films.Today, she lives with her husband,
British film director
Guy Ritchie, and three children in London.Brunner
notes that he met Madonna's father in January at the Great Lakes Environmental
Film Festival. Tony Ciccone catered the wine for the inaugural event at the
State Theatre in Bay City.Brunner, a former rock band drummer, is hoping
he'll make a lasting connection with Madonna and her family, though he was
unsuccessful in reaching out to her longtime friend and publicist Lis Rosenberg,
who did not return e-mails from Brunner or The Times."I'll do what I
can," Brunner said. "I've got a one-page letter. I hope she gets an opportunity
to read it. We'll just keep working on it."Read a .pdf of
Brunner's letter to Madonna.Martin Ciccone, Madonna's older brother
in Beverly Hills, told The Times that Bay City should invite Madonna to town and
give her the key for her 50th birthday on Aug. 16."I'd say go for it,"
he said. "I cannot tell you what she would do. I want to say,
yeah."Shannon said that would be great, but as a founding member of Bay
City's Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival, he's partial to having the
singer slip into town, oh say, in mid-October."We could even play one of
her films," he saidSource ONTD
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