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Whitby Free Press, 2 Feb 1994, p. 10

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Page 10, Whîtby Free Presa, Wodnesday, February 2, 1994 IAN REDFEARN pses with a picture of his late father at the entrance to the Stan Redfeam Room at the Centennial Building. A ceremony was held on Wednesday Iast weekç to recognize Redfeamn, member of the Whitby Brass Band from 1957 to 1982 and coduùctor for mnany years, b y renarn- ing the band's social room. Stan Redfeam died on Oct. 19 last oer at age77. Phob by MCRoosor, WNIbv Fro. Press 5bands in'Not-a-Palooza' Five Durham Region alterna- tive rock bands inciuding three from Whitb, will perform friday night i 0shawa. 'Not-a-Palooza,' is organized by Onur Altinbilek and other xnem- bers of Whitby's Honky, which was runner-up in the recent 'Bat- tie of the Bande,' for Durham groupe, heid in Toronto. Those attending (ail agee) Fi- day'e concert, at the Polieh Veterane' Hall on Stevenson Road North (north of Taunton) in Oshawa, are also asked to bring cane of non-perishable food. The concert will feature the release of the new demo tape <Day' by Oshawae Lame. F'uzzgun, from Pickering, and Alias Molina and Mantis of Whitby wili also perform. Hony, Ahi Molina and Man- tis are made up moetiy of Ander- son CVI students. Altinbilek (guitar), Adam Kent (sinr)TMm Léopers (drumns), Chris i3beau (gui*tar) and Father Leo J. Austin Catholic Secondary School student' Lee VanVagel (bass guitar) maice up Horiky. Alias Molina je made up of Noie Nichol (singer), Rtyan Walschbrook (guitar), Chirs Molina (bass guitar) and Sean Teixeira (drums). Mantis is made up of Adam Bremnor (singer), Rob Burke (basa gitar) JaLy Andreaseion (Ztarr'and Scott Brindiey The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and wiil continue until midnight. ickets, $5, are availabie at the Daily Pianet at the WIïitby Mail or at Star Records in Osh- awa. ickets are $6 at the door. D' Mark Reesor The Whitby Cour th o use Theatre may be facing a signifi- cant increase in the aznount it pays to rent the Centenniai Building theatre. A report on rentai fees at the theatre was on the agenda for Town operations committee at the Jan. 10 meeting, but with- drawn when it came up i the meeting Committee was to have decided whether the report s3hould b. «received as informna- tion.» A second, virtually identicai report was submitted at the Jan. 24 coxmttee meeting, but was aanwithdrawn, without com- mnby department director Larry Morrow when it came Up. In the reports, Morrow says hie department wants to rent out the facility on a per use basis. Proposed rentai fees this year for the 160-seat theatre would be 60 centsr seat for perfor- mances and 10,cents per seat for rehearsals, rising to 70 cents and 15 cents respectively for 1995 and 80 cents and 20 cents for 1996. Morrow estimates that would increase the rentai fee to $4000 this year, which com pares to the $500 aid annuallyby the theatre group to rent the facility in the past. In an interview given after the firet report was withdrawn, Whitby Courthouse Theatre pro- sident Rick Kerr said negotia- tions on fees are continuing but the roposed rates were too high. tegroup has «put a fair chunk of dough into the place,» ho said. Improvements last year alone includied buying and instal- lin& curtains and iights, cieaning an.pying haif the cost o ropainting th theatre, according to-Kerr. "I think they must have thought because we put that kind of rnoney into it thie year that we had that disposable in- corne every year, and that's juet not the case... uThat was the resuit of 10 years of fundraising' The rec department's numbers would mean a 27 per cent fee increase in 1995 and a 21 per cent increase in 1996, Kerr said. "I juet don't think they crun- ched the numbers te realize that, well, maybe this was just a liitie bit igih. "Whiat I tried to say to themn wae 'Guys ail of a sudden within a year anc1 a half or so, we're up te four and a hai five, five and a haif thousoand dlare a year and we're only bringing in anywhere from $500 to $1,500 profit a year... where -do. you think we're going to getithis montey? doi Te only thing wecadi drive our ticket prices through the roof and thon people arent gorng to corne and îWere not going to have full houses." Morrow emphasized ini the fmrt report that the department's «Primary g9a0sis <tii. actual etablishmg of a rentai f.. ver- sus aa le sum." A rent f.. wouid require tihe theatre group to "efflicientiy sche- dule particularly thefr irehear- salse., added, thus minmzn theïr own and the Town's coots. It would also .allow the Town to rent tihe theatre to other grops,"for which we have reetyreceived inquiries. A Whitby resident han earned a nomination for the 1994 Gemini* Awards that rec .e excellence ini Canadian Englih- language teievision.' David Goard was nominated for best picture editing in a dramatic programi or series for 'Bleyond Reality: Final Flight.' Beyond Reality, which chroni- clos the lives cf twop university professors who doive into thé paranormal each week, is aiso nominated for best dramatic series, a categorywhich includes ENG Street egal, Forever Kn;iglt and North 'of 60 as noines. The awards wiil be presente and 6in Toronto--withtle Broadcast Gala on CBC on Sun- day night, March 6. Films about Canada's art The Brown Bag Flms oo 'A Lâock at Canada'a Art,'ishelJd at the. Robert Mcleughlin Gai- lerer:y Wedneoday at noon. fere isvideo footage on both weii-known and little-known Canadian artists. Subjects in- clude Paul Kane, JA.Y. Jackson A.J. Casson, Jack Chambers and David Blackwood. Upcoming subjects are Lawren Harris (Febi. 2), David B. Milne (Feb. 9), Chambers (Feb.' 16), Blackwood (Feb. 23), Betty Good- win (March 2), Joyce Wieland (March 9), Robert, Bateman (March 16), Krzysztof Wodiczko (Mardi 23) and Judith Schwarz and Sam Borenetein (March 30). Admission in fre.. Theatre group could face big increase in rent»

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