Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
LOCAL SPOKESWOMAN DEB DAVIS DID
SAY THERE ARE POLICIES IN PLACE
TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM
PEDOPHILES.
THE INDIANAPOLIS ORCHESTRA
PICKED UP THEIR INSTRUMENTS FOR
ENDED TUESDAY.
PLAY.
AS YOU'LL SEE, TAKING A HUGE PAY
CUT DIDN'T DAMPEN THE MUSICIANS'
SPIRITS AS A GRATEFUL AUDIENCE
SAID THANKS FOR THE SACRIFICE.
FOR FIVE MINUTES, FANS GAVE THE
RETURNING INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA A STANDING OVATION AND
THAT WAS BEFORE THEY EVER PLAYED
A NOTE.
NOTE BUT THE MUSIC HAS A WAY OF
MAKING BAD MEMORIES FADE.
♪♪
IT'S NOT AT FUN SITTING AT
FUN AND NOT ABLE TO PLAY.
IT'S NICE TO BE BACK WORKING.
FIVE WEEKENDS OF PERFORMANCES
WERE CANCELED AS THE BOARD
LOCKED OUT THE MUSICIANS IN A
DISPUTE OVER MONEY.
BUT THIS FIRST HAPPY HOUR OF THE
SYMPHONY SEASON WENT ON AS
SCHEDULED, A LESS FORMAL MIXING
OF MUSIC AND COMMUNITY, A CHANCE
REACQUAINTED.
I BET THEY WERE ABLE TO
FINALLY COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
I JUST THINK WE CANNOT ALLOW
SUPPORTED.
CIRCLE THEATER.
WONDERFULLY, EVERY MUSICIAN
HAS REALLY STAYED IN SHAPE.
WE ARE BACK AND RARING TO GO.
♪♪
RARING TO GO DESPITE A 32%
FIRST YEAR PAY CUT IN THE FIVE
YEAR DEAL APPROXIMATE, A DEAL
CONTINGENT UPON THE ORCHESTRA
RAISING $5 MILLION IN DONATIONS
BY JANUARY 31 OR IT'S BACK TO
THE BARGAINING TABLE.
ON THIS NIGHT, ALL THAT MATTERED
WAS THE MUSIC.
♪♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IT IS.
ALL THE MUSICIANS ARE GIVING UP
$11.5 MILLION IN CONCESSIONS.
THE TESTIFIEST TASK IS STILL
AHEAD, RAISING THE MONEY NEEDED
TO MAKE IT WORK.
THEY'VE GOT OVER THREE MONTHS TO
RAISE MILLIONS IN NEW DONATIONS
AND CAN ACCOUNT WITH A BROADER
BASED AUDIENCE WILLING TO PAY
THE PRICE TO KEEP THE SYMPHONY
GOING.
I HOPE THEY CAN DO IT.
IT'S A WONDERFUL PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY, SUCH WONDERFUL
MUSICIANS, EVERYTHING YOU WANT
TO HAVE IN YOUR CITY.
IN SOME WAYS, ODDLY ENOUGH,
ALL OF THIS HAS GOTTEN THEM