E S I D A PA R R M I N G P E R F OC E N T E R A RTS
By Carrie E. Marino-Ank
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HAT DO YOU CALL a group of people who want something for decades, and don’t stop until they get it? The Paradise Performing Arts Center Committee. Long time board member Mary Ryan remembers,“When we moved to Paradise in 1972, people were talking about needing an auditorium.” In 1978, the real work began, an ad-hoc committee was formed,” she said. Then, the practical matter of raising funds began. “We had a hundred dollar a plate dinner, we had rummage sales, the typical things you do to raise money. In 1979 we formed a non-profit corporation.” Very slowly, the efforts began to pay off. Though, Ryan admits, it was taking so long that it was difficult not to become a little discouraged occasionally. Ryan said, “I knew it was going to happen when we started, or I wouldn’t have stuck with it over the years,” Continues next page
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