Editor:
Two recent correspondents who said I had my facts wrong are partly correct. My statement that we, members of Gibsons Seniors Society, who want to bring back evening entertainment at Harmony Hall were required by the executive committee to incorporate as a legally separate society and put on our events entirely at our own cost and risk, is correct, as documents on record from their meetings of June 20 and Aug. 20 demonstrate.
My statement that the hall stood empty and deserted last New Year's Eve was not entirely correct, but I had checked the facts. At 8 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31, there were four or five cars in the parking lot. When I went back to check again between 9 and 9:30 they had all gone home. Whatever private party such a small group held was not quite the same community party to bring in the New Year for which we had engaged the Coast Big Band.
Seniors come in a variety of ages and interests. Although we have put some $3,000 of our own into entertainment assets for Harmony Hall and our program of events has been repeatedly rejected, we remain confident we act for the majority of older citizens who would like to add sparkle to a building which now stands empty at least half the nights of the week, by adding quality entertainment at low cost to its program of activities and, in so doing, let it be a place for the many talented entertainers of the Coast to exercise their skills. The answer to last week's "Question of the Week" in Coast Reporter, that 79 per cent would like to see more evening entertainment at Harmony Hall, confirms our sense of community support.
Graham Wray, secretary, SunCoast Harmony Entertainment Society
