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It also needs to be noted that the FWSO completed its Millennium Campaign in 2008, raising some $28 million for the orchestra's endowment. Of course, it took eight years to get there rather slow going when compared to other non-profit entities. So, one could ask, "Where's the money?" Yes, it probably took a big hit along with the recession. But, as economists will tell us, the country has largely recovered. What's wrong with Fort Worth? All that CEO Adkins has to offer is excuses:
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| Adkins next to Lan Lang at a 2015 Gala Um, if they can afford to bring him in...... |
This year, she said, the deficit will grow to $650,000, partly because of increased rental costs at Bass Hall. (Bass Hall rental fees also continued to increase. Since 2010, the symphony’s rent has risen more than 23 percent, from $260,000 to this year’s expected payment of $319,000.) It seems to me that some renegotiation of that contract is in order.
Bass Performance Hall is the crown jewel of a city which boasts the nation's third largest cultural district. It is also an important symbol of one of the most successful downtown revitalization efforts in the country.
Built entirely with private funds, Bass Performance Hall is permanent home to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Texas Ballet Theater, Fort Worth Opera, and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and Cliburn Concerts. Each resident company operates independently from Performing Arts Fort Worth and manages its own programming schedule at Bass Hall.
- “We often had to beg and plead for money at the end of every year to balance the budget, and many of those year-end ‘angels’ are either gone or not able to do what they once did,” Adkins said.
Something just plain doesn't add up....like this:
- “The bottom line is we have made up a lot of the ground we lost in 2008 and 2009, but our revenue still remains less than it was prior to the recession,” Adkins said.
Bad-faith bargaining has been happening across the country (note the culmination of the Hartford crisis. It continues to occur in places as wide-ranging as Colorado and Michigan (as if Flint's water woes weren't enough to deal with).
But tomorrow, let's talk about Amy Adkins and how she is not at all qualified to be the Chief Executive of the FWSO.
Can't wait...
ReplyDeleteLet's just say (without spoiling), a perfect example of "if you can't do..."
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