The company, involving business partners Bobby Curtola and Robert Hubbard of Liverpool, was planning – although the schedule changed from time to time - to bring in such mentioned performers as Ray Price, The Jordanaires, Ray St. Germain, and the Spinney Brothers in addition to a large car show, children’s events, and possibly fireworks.

Country and Western, Rock and Roll, and Gospel concerts were planned over three days - during Queens County Sea Fest, which will continue as usual - in Canada’s ‘Big Tent,’ which was to be placed on the Brooklyn Ballfield to hold upwards of 3,000 people. The original plan was to hold the event during Privateer Days and Liverpool Regional High School’s 50th Anniversary celebration, but the date changed for various reasons.

Hubbard said the business partners have become bogged down in a perfect storm of business opportunities and now can’t organize the concert series.

He explained three of their larger companies have taken a great majority of their time since January, especially Capella Resources Ltd. of British Columbia.

According to the company’s website, Capella Resources Ltd. is a publicly traded, junior exploration company with a 100 per cent interest in 19,750 uranium focused mineral claims located in Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. These claims represent about 1-million acres of land or, about 1,574 square miles. The company has 30,000 meters of drilling contracts in place and also owns mines in the United States and Chile.

Hubbard said putting together the Maritime claims, which also includes copper and silver, was a huge undertaking as was taking the company public.

He added, “Bobby is working very diligently” on a Venila Development Corporation 1869 project to build a condominium complex on Shipyard Point in Liverpool. He didn’t have timeline details. Curtola was away on business.

He said he and Curtola feel bad about the Rockin’ decision, “but our hands are a little full this year. We just had to make a business decision here and push it up a year because we think it would be better for the community and for us because if we do it we want to do the best job we can.”

He hopes the company will host a similar concert next year.

Hubbard added Brooklyn isn’t the only victim of their business dealings because they have turned down about 20 requests this coming summer for Curtola performances.