- The Performing Arts Society is attempting to set a world
record and sell roughly 2,500 tickets for their fund-raising
fowl supper and Celtic music concert coming up on Thanksgiving
weekend, Sunday, Oct. 10.
- The proceeds are being directed toward the construction of
a new performing arts centre in Weyburn.
- There are many benefits a new performing arts centre could
bring to the city.
- First, there is the economic spin off. If Weyburn were able
to house a larger and more popular performing arts events such
as concerts, plays, comedy events and even children's acts, there
would be a greater spinoff benefit for all businesses.
- Secondly, there is an inherent value to the arts and being
able to expose our children as well as the adult population to
a broader cross section of entertainment. Artists and performers
broaden our minds surprising us sometimes with their differing
points of view.
- Third, having a performing arts centre in the community adds
one more piece to the puzzle of benefits offered by the City
of Weyburn - the more services the city offers, the more attractive
the city becomes to potential newcomers. A performing arts centre
would add to the quality of life in our fair city, and quality
of life can be an essential argument when attempting to attract
any large new industry, doctor, teacher or entrepreneur to Weyburn.
- The performing arts centre is definitely something that would
benefit the community. There are many performing arts events
which pass by the city simply because we do not have adequate
facilities, and when this happens the people of Weyburn miss
out from an arts perspective and businesses misses out financially.
- The evening on Oct. 10 will include several sittings for
a turkey supper, billed by organizers as the World's Largest
Fowl Supper. The evening will also include performances by the
Cape Breton Celtic band the Barra MacNeils, along with Squeeze
of Scotch from Regina.
- The organizers are also planning to have a model of the performing
arts centre on display at the courtyard allowing people attending
the fowl supper to see what the centre would look like.
- So, come out to this event! Your support will help in the
effort to build a centre for the arts that will expose your family
to new ideas. Get together with your friends, family and community
to work toward this worthwhile goal. Let's make it the world's
largest! - S.B.
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