From Kathi Peterson, Fairmont Opera House Managing Director
This has been an exciting year at the Fairmont Opera House and I am delighted to have been an integral part of it. We have made many changes and tried some new ideas. We now have a wine and strong beer bar in the Footlight Lounge on the lower level which is doing quite well. We have held several programs that were not part of the regular subscription series. We held a "mini" series of 4 Blues shows, Hairball (a cover of hair bands from the musicians in the 80's), and Lorie Line and have had a great response with all of them. These have brought in some new people that had never been to the Opera House before or hadn’t been for a very long time. We are hoping to add some new Series Subscribers and members this year by offering a variety of performances to please all ages as well as keeping our faithful patrons. We are working on writing grants for technical equipment that can be shared by everyone that uses the Opera House. We continue to work with area businesses to help increase and promote their business by offering to hand out their information at the shows they sponsor. If a business donates items for us to use we offer to notify our patrons of discounts offered by their business by showing their ticket stub from a show. I believe in working together for the good of the community and in helping each other grow and become more successful. We will also post upcoming local events in our front windows.
We have several new volunteers and board members this year who have brought some original ideas and visions and found several ways to cut costs that would go virtually unnoticed unless you take a very close look.
We offer the opportunity to local artists to display their work in our Arneson Gallery of light.
I am always looking for new email addresses to add to our Distribution list to keep everyone up to date on any additional programming or events. Please email yours to me if you are interested in being added at: director@fairmontoperahouse.com
I am interested in hearing your ideas, comments and suggestions so feel free to contact me at any time!