The Chameleon Project, a trio out of Toronto didn't perform at the Downtown Rutland Sidewalk Sales and Ethnic Festival Saturday night as planned.
And why not? Because they were interrogated and fingerprinted at the U.S.-Canada border for not having proper paperwork to get into the United States. That's what the band's manager Jay Cleary said on Monday. Cleary said Border Patrol officers treated band members "like criminals" for not having a P2 Visa. It's required for alien entertainers to gain access to the United States to perform under an exchange program between the two countries. Band members Josh Laing, Snappy Homefry and Brad Park were not formally charged with any crime for trying to come to Rutland to play. Cleary says they were told not to try to get into the states again and he himself apologized to the people of Rutland for not making the show happen.
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And why not? Because they were interrogated and fingerprinted at the U.S.-Canada border for not having proper paperwork to get into the United States. That's what the band's manager Jay Cleary said on Monday. Cleary said Border Patrol officers treated band members "like criminals" for not having a P2 Visa. It's required for alien entertainers to gain access to the United States to perform under an exchange program between the two countries. Band members Josh Laing, Snappy Homefry and Brad Park were not formally charged with any crime for trying to come to Rutland to play. Cleary says they were told not to try to get into the states again and he himself apologized to the people of Rutland for not making the show happen.
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