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Friday, May 09, 2008
"Symphony will shut down for summer with future in doubt" The Columbus Dispatch
Link: Symphony will shut down for summer with future in doubt
Jeffrey Sheban
The Columbus Dispatch
May 8, 2008
Citing a lack of funds, the Columbus Symphony plans to shut down June 1 and will not perform its Picnic with the Pops and Popcorn Pops summer series, the board said today.
The upcoming indoor season, which starts in October, also is in doubt, the board said in a statement.
“Whether the CSO will be able to perform its tentatively scheduled 2008-09 season … will depend on whether and when it is able to reach agreement with the musicians' union on a new contract to take effect Sept. 1,” said the board in a statement...
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Comments
Who needs an orchestra when we can have streetcars instead. Our city leaders really need to get their priorities straight and focus their energies on drumming up public support for the orchestra and other financially strapped cultural organizations as there will be yet another reason for central Ohioans not to come downtown (and ride the streetcars!)
Posted by: glenn | May 9, 2008 8:10:13 AM
