Scalpers ‘steal’ precious song festival
By Talis Saule Archdeacon

SONG & DANCE: Many people won't get the chance to see the festival, which takes place every four years and is a very popular event. Cynics say that scalpers have snapped up all tickets for quick profit.
RIGA - Organizers of the Latvian Song and Dance Festival Bureau blamed scalpers for buying up most of the tickets in the Latvian Song Festival and promptly filed a request to the economic police to probe the matter, as tickets to the event sold out in hours this week, causing anger and frustration across Latvian society.
In booths all over the country people queued from early morning but were still unable to get tickets leading many to hurl abuse at the organizers.
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