The group Save the Ballet which I'm proud to be apart of is doing some fine work and genuinely being a pain in the ass to administrators of SPAC
Read HERE
The mission of SOS or SAVE our SPAC
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Well the meeting was a success saving it, well that’s up in the air. Let’s me start by thanking {sincerely} Marcia White SPAC President for coming. I’m sure she is a little sore today from all the body blows but she had them coming. I am sure a trip to the SPA will put all that negativity behind her in no time. I also want to thank Shauna Sutton Deputy Mayor and Michele Madigan Commissioner of Finance for attending. Also Dee Sarno member of the SPAC board for being there. I know you are all busy. The event drew a lot of interest and had to be moved to a larger room.
First let me say I was mistaken SPAC doesn’t receive 1 million for a rental fee from Live Nation they only receive $800,000. In the end that is the crux of the problem. Marcia basically cashed the check from Live Nation paid herself and CFO/COO Richard Geary and then told the local arts community to bend over. Crude yes but also accurate. There is another meeting next Monday at the library at 6:30. In an effort to foster open communications at these meeting I will not be ridiculing any individual speakers by name now or at future events. I will be making general comments on those speeches. I am pressed for time at the monnent and will be adding to this post tonight or tomorrow. To the naked girl who jumped off the pole in front of the Victoria pool, lay off the bath salts you just might wake up eating somebody’s face. And finally I dedicate this Phish tune to the Board of SPAC. They call it 'bouncing round the room". Reminds me of talking to you.
3 comments:
Hooray! SPAC is now a premier venue for pole dancing!
As someone who thinks he know a bit about this business:
I remain baffled as to why SPAC hands the keys to Live Nation @ $800K for the special events/rock & roll portion of the business vs performing that function in-house with QUALIFIED personnel.
The spin is (and has always been) that Live Nation is the only avenue for getting the best acts for the venue. I hereby call BS on that one. If it is the case, then someone needs to call the Federal Trade Commission and report a possible monopoly /restraint of trade violation going on at the Avenue of Pines.
Hitting my calculator and doing some rough math; I would estimate that L-N cleared the vast majority of their lease figure this past weekend. Each show grossed a million and a half; the band likely got a cool million each night; the rest was split between production/execution costs and Live Nation's profit. Multiply x 3. Not a bad gig if you can get it, huh?
What SPAC is saying is "we're not qualified enough to do this."
My reply would be: "then let's get someone in there who can."
As far as the ballet and orchestra; it all comes down to "thinking outside the box". There lies the CULTURAL shortcoming of your typical nonprofit -- they can't do it.
The venue / brand / organization needs a RE-INVENTION.
How? Call in some experts...
RM
Here's a bigger question, what kind of power bill does SPAC run up during a performance? Lights, Amps, Special Effects, Tour Busses charging batteries.... I bet that costs us more $800k
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