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WE HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
DEAL AND WHY INDIANAPOLIS ISN'T
ALONE.
THEY AGREED TO A FIVE YEAR
DEAL INCLUDING $11 MILLION IN
CONCESSIONS, INCLUDING A 34%
FIRST YEAR PAY CUT.
THEY HAVE OVER THREE MONTHS TO
RAISE MILLIONS IN DEW HE
NATIONS.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE LEARN
IT'S BECOME AGO FAMILIAR
CHALLENGE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
INSIDE GILBERT THEATER, A
STANDING OVATION FOR
CONCERTGOERS WHO HAVE BEEN
WAITING ALL SEASON.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] FINALLY.
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THE SWEET SOUND OF MUSIC.
TO SEE THEM BACK DOING WHAT
THEY LOVE DOING, WHAT THEY'VE
TRAINED TO DO IS REALLY SPECIAL.
♪♪
AFTER FIVE WEEKENDS OF
CANCELED PERFORMANCES, THIS
WEEK, THE MUSICIANS, IN A
DISPUTE OVER MONEY WITH THE
ORCHESTRA BOARD, HIT THE RIGHT
NOTE WITH A DEAL.
THEY'LL TAKE A 34% FIRST YEAR
PAY CUT IN THE DEAL AND HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE $5 MILLION IN
DONATIONS BY JANUARY 31 OR IT'S
BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE.
MUSICIANS COMMITTED TO DOING
WHAT IT TAKES, NOT ONLY DOING
EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES, BUT
HELPING IN THE FUNDRAISING AND
HELPING WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FUNDING
ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.
SOME HAVE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY.
PATRONS SEA THEY UNDERSTAND THE
CHALLENGE.
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF THE
YOUNGER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPOSED
TO IT.
IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR A
LONG TIME.
IT'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
GETTING BIDS IN THE SEATS AND
GETTING PEOPLE TO APPRECIATE
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
HOW DO THEY DO THAT.
WE HAVE TO KEEP PLAYING
CLASSICAL MUSIC, AND LOOK AT
WAYS AUDIENCES WANT TO HEAR IT.
LIKE THE I.S.O.'S HAPPY HOUR
SERIES.
WE REALLY SET OUT FOR THE 20
SOMETHING, 30 SOMETHING CROWD,
COME STRAIGHT AFTER WORK, ENJOY
A FEW BEVERAGES.
WE HAVE TO REACH EVERYBODY.
CLASSICAL MUSIC IS FOR
EVERYBODY.
THE BOARD CHAIRMAN SAID THE
MUSICIANS MADE SIGNIFICANT
SACRIFICES AND SAID ALL THE
SUPPORT THROUGH LETTERS AND
PETITIONS WILL TURN INTO
TANGIBLE FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS.
THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA
DISCUSSING THE HAPPY HOUR,
BEACHING OF FINANCIAL
COMMITMENTS, WHAT ABOUT THOSE
FOLKS WHO ALREADY PURCHASED
TICKETS?
THERE WERE FIVE WEEKENDS OF
CANCELED PERFORMANCES.
THEY CAN EXCHANGE FOES FOR
PERFORMANCES THIS WEEKEND OR
OTHERS, THERE ARE SOME
EXCLUSIONS THERE.