NOVEMBER 26, 2009 ISSUE
Hayes Performing Arts Center Appoints Regional Repositioning Team
The Hayes Performing Arts Center, located at 152 Jamie Fort Road in Blowing Rock, announced this week that it recently appointed an expansive Repositioning Team that will be responsible for working with Hayes Center Arts Consultant Deidre Simmons to develop a sustainable business model for the Hayes Center moving forward. The team is scheduled to meet in early December and will develop the plan over the next several months. The team will report regularly to the board of trustees of the Hayes Center.
Hayes Center Board Chair Ron Bryson said, “As a result of Deidre Simmons’ work the week of October 13 to 16, and her official engagement by the board of trustees of the Hayes Performing Arts Center, it is apparent that the team of individuals needed to successfully reposition the Hayes Center within the community must be broader in scope. It is also apparent that this team must be comprised of community citizens with a passion for the Hayes Center and with the skill set necessary to ensure valuable, successful participation as a team member.”
In October, Simmons interviewed 22 individuals in the region regarding the future of the Hayes Center. Two things were very clear from these meetings according to Simmons. “There was an overwhelming response from all individuals interviewed that the board and community should find a way to reopen the Hayes Center,” said Simmons.
Additionally, it became clear through her meetings that the Hayes Center needs to be regional in scope if it is to succeed. Team members range from representatives from both ASU and Lees-McRae College, to business owners and residents of Blowing Rock and Boone, as well as seasonal residents. At the recommendation of the North Carolina Arts Council, Noelle Scott, executive director of the Cabarrus Arts Council, has also agreed to serve on the team.
Repositioning Team members include Dr. Ira Abrams of ASU’s Hayes School of Music; Chuck Ball, managing director of Andlinger & Company; Bryson, vice president of Merrill Lynch and Hayes Center Board of Trustees chair; Sue Chase, seasonal resident and arts patron; Eric Davidson, general manager of Blowing Rock Country Club and vice president of the Hayes Center Board of Trustees; Marcia Greene, marketing director of Chetola Resort; Karyn Kennedy Herterich, owner of Serves You Right and board member of the Kennedy Center; Noelle Scott, executive director of Cabarrus Arts Council; Dr. Janet Speer, chair of the performing arts division of Lees-McRae College and director of the Lees-McRae Summer Theatre; Ginny Stevens, secretary of the Hayes Center Board of Trustees and community volunteer; Keith Tester, owner of De Provence et d’ailleurs and outgoing town commissioner. Ex-officio members include Rick Suyao, Hayes Center marketing director, and Allison West, Hayes Center development director. Pat Mauldin, community volunteer and seasonal resident, is serving as an advisory member to the team. Bryson and Simmons will head the team.
For more information, click to www.hayescenter.org, call the box office at 828-295-9627 or call Allison West at 828-295-0112, extension 6.
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