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A Message from the President and General Manager September 2011 Dear Friends of the Sid, Finally we are getting our Summer, and Fall seems just around the corner! With our 2011 Fall Season, our Society embarks on its second decade of presenting national and international talent on our stage. So many wonderful memories ... and so many exciting experiences to come! We are hoping to do much that is fresh and new this season. We will have a new website come October, and a bright new look for our Season Guide Magazine. Please let us know what you think. Many thanks to Dave, Tim, Ryan and Keith at the CV Echo for sharing our vision for a new program look. We have also welcomed some new Staff and Board members. There are also a few new operational initiatives such as our new occupational health and safety program. But of course, what everyone really wants to hear about is our shows. With only a few exceptions, our Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 season features artists who have never been to the Comox Valley before: Seattle Opera, the Sojourners, Stephen Page, and the Grapes of Wrath ... to name a few. And those seasonal favourites
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who are returning (such as Winterharp and Banff Films) will be bringing new material for their visit to the North Island. I am particularly excited about the Seattle Opera young artists visit. Not only is the Seattle Opera one of the most lauded opera companies on the West Coast, north of San Francisco, but this visit will also be a Vancouver Island exclusive!!! On a sad note, the Sid lost one of our long time friends and supporters with the recent passing of Craig Bickle. Our memories of him celebrating the building’s 75th anniversary last summer (it was built by his Great Grandfather in 1935) with so many other friends of the Sid, we will cherish fondly. Our hearts go out to the Bickle family. The Sid is very fortunate to have so many friends and supporters, some with us in the present, some with us in spirit. We are all very lucky to live in such a vibrant and culturally diverse community. At the Sid we hope to match the diversity of our community with the diversity of our programming offerings. Please join us! And ... we’ll see you at the Sid! Sincerely, Nicole Deters, President Deborah Renz, General Manager