printscess Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 oy, gulp, thanks. I just forward the link to my son and friends in PDX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeggyR Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Looks like they made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figurante Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 This is the best news I've heard all day! Congrats to OBt, all of its dancers, as well as the companies and dancers that participated in one of the most influential benefit performances of this decade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&S Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 That's great news. We are very happy. However, we did receive a notice from OBT this past week stating that our Sunday matinée tickets were being moved to Saturday for a couple performances. My guess is that it's due to the cutting of performances and saving on auditorium rental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonBalletTheatre Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 That's great news. We are very happy. However, we did receive a notice from OBT this past week stating that our Sunday matinée tickets were being moved to Saturday for a couple performances. My guess is that it's due to the cutting of performances and saving on auditorium rental. Hi, M&S. We haven't cancelled any performances for the upcoming season. In fact, we're doing four more shows next year than we did in 2008/09. When you filled out your subscription form, did you indicate a first and second choice for performance days? It sounds like you might have been given the Saturday shows because the available seating in your section wasn't as good on Sundays - or else was sold out entirely. I apologize if we switched your performance dates in error. If that's the case, please call our box office at 503.2.BALLET and we'll correct it right away. Best, Erik at OBT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonBalletTheatre Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Looking at the 990s online is revealing. Fiscal years 2005 and 2007 were more or less in balance but fiscal year 2006 was a real disaster year. Gross receipts lagged and expenditures ballooned. What was going on that year??? FY06 was the season we increased the size of the company, went from four programs to five, and staged our first full-length Swan Lake - hence the increase in expenses. Ticket sales were actually up that year almost $500,000 from FY05. If you scroll down to Part VII in the 990 though, you'll see that we also wrote off over nearly $800,000 in pledges to a cancelled capital campaign. That's what caused the net drop in revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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