Sioux City is one of the few communities that can point to two professional orchestras, the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra and Sioux City Rockestra. On the one hand, that’s a great situation to have. On the other, it means both musical groups need to compete for that recreational dollar more creatively than in the past.

I’m just not sure … is comparing a rockestra and an orchestra like comparing two fruits, or like comparing two things that are so very different it’s hard to really connect them? I don’t know! I mean … both involve music. Both are using strings (although I can’t really hear the strings for the most part). But really … are these even competing? I can’t find a video of the orchestra, but here’s the rockestra:

… the article says that 40 to 60 year olds are the rockestras audience, for the most part. Thoughts?