Salmon Arm Observer, September 12, 2014

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n Mini chuckwagon racer, Charlene Bier hollers to her miniature ponies as they round the barrels at the Salmon Arm Fall Fair at the fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 6. For more coverage of the fair and the salute to 4-H’s 100th anniversary see pages A4 and A5.

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Roots & Blues Festival in jeopardy

Finances: Society plans to host a fundraising concert to continue operations. By Lachlan Labere

MARKET NEWS STAFF

The Salmon Arm Folk Music Society is looking to do what it does best to save the Roots and Blues Festival. Music society board member Kelly Moores says the organization is considering a concert to help raise the funds needed to hold the festival next year. “We’ll work with Peter (artistic director Peter North), see if we can get one or two headline acts at 10 cents on the dollar, you know, all the local musicians that we’ve helped along the way, see if they can perform for free… all the fun we can

for the Save-the-Roots-and-Blues fundraiser,” Moores said Monday during a presentation to Salmon Arm city council. Moores was accompanied by fellow board members Brook Roberts and Doug Hearn during a public input meeting for next year’s municipal budget. But as Moores and company explained, the music society needs help sooner rather than later. “We need your help if we’re going to continue,” said Moores, who described the society’s financial situation for the festival as “desperate.” “It’s a blunt statement, but it’s the absolute truth. Our operating budget does not allow us to book performers for the 2015 Roots and Blues Festival right now.”

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Roberts, the society’s treasurer, explained the organization needs to raise $150,000 this fall in order to continue to pay working staff, pay rent and start booking bands for next year’s festival. “What we’re asking for is any help the city can provide to level the playing field with our ‘competition,’” added Moores. Much of the 45-minute presentation revolved around how the society has wound up in this situation, and what they are looking to do in order to cut costs. Moores said the initial hit this year came with See Sponsorship on page A2

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