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ABBREVIATED WATERFRONT DAYS. CINDY COOK IS DRESSED UP TO PLAY A TEACHER DURING GOLD RUSH DAYS. BUT WHEN OLD SACRAMENTO DECIDED TO MOVE GOLD RUSH DAYS TO MAY AND BECAME WATERFRONT DAYS, LIKE OTHERS, SHE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WOULD LAST THE ENTIRE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. I CAME DOWN HERE AND IT’S LIKE BREAKING DOWN AND I’M LIKE OOH , THEY MUST NOT HAVE HAD QUITE A TURNOUT. KEVIN: AFTER DECADES OF HOLIDAY STAPLES SHE WONDERS IF THE CITY’S EFFORT TO CHANGE THINGS UP ON THE WATERFRONT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE. >> THEY STOPPED DOING THE MUSIC FESTIVAL AND THEY PUT WATERFRONT DAYS TOGETHER AND THEY MOVED WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOLD RUSH DAYS TO WATERFRONT AND I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO WORK. KEVIN: THE CITY HAS BEEN LOOKING AT WAYS TO REFRESH OLD SACRAMENTO, RE-BRANDING IT THE WATERFRONT AND EVEN HOLDING A CONTEST FOR NEW CONCEPTS BEYOND THE 10 BLOCK DISTRICT. >> OUR GRANDSON PLAYED THE SAXAPHONE FOR THE SACRAMENTO POPS AND THAT WAS FUN. WE CAME DOWN TO WATCH HIM. KEVIN: DIANNE KREBS AND LYDIA WOBB SAID THEY MISS THE MUSIC FESTIVAL, WHICH ENDED TWO YEARS AGO. >> OH YEAH, I DO. I THINK IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE IT DURING MEMORIAL AND IT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN. KEVIN BUT THEY ALSO QUESTIONED : WHETHER THEY WOULD HAVE COME TO OLD SACRAMENTO TODAY IF THEY KNEW IT WAS GOIN