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News & Features
From the Idyllwild Town Crier weekly newspaper, 06.11.09 edition.
Permit
comes for concerts
at new site
By Marshall Smith, Staff
Reporter
Ken Dahleen, Idyllwild Summer Community Concert Series (ISCS) producer,
received county approval to stage the 10th-annual event at the site of
the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC). After reviewing the stipulations
contained in the May 26 permit, the ISCS board said it will move
forward with plans to stage the event at the new location and will
attempt to comply with all conditions.
Dahleen noted permit costs ran $630.56 and that one condition of the
permit, requiring seven portable bathrooms, adds another $1,000 to an
already precarious balance sheet. In the past, two portable bathrooms
had been adequate to serve the needs of attendees.
The problem for the series, having crossed the permit process hurdle,
remains the funding gap. ISCS remains $9,000 in the red after receiving
a $5,000 check from the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC).
At the $5,000 level, ICRC will be a corporate sponsor for the series
and as such, its logo will be attached to all promotional materials
relating to this year’s season.
Dahleen is badly in need of additional corporate sponsors or other
large donors to ensure the season’s viability. Riverside County 3rd
District Supervisor Jeff Stone has pledged $1,000 to help fund the
series but other large donors have not come forward.
Other hurdles for the series are contained in the permit itself,
including requirements that the series not violate the county noise
ordinance. The noise ordinance, if enforced as written with existing
decibel level requirements, would make the presentation of any outdoor
concerts untenable, including the annual jazz festival held on the
Idyllwild Arts campus.
Dahleen announced that Doug Austin will be master of ceremonies for
this season. As a special addition for the first concert starting at
6:15 p.m. Thursday, July 2, a floor will be brought in for dancing
under the stars to the best music of the big band era as played by Ken
Dahleen and his Big Band Staff.
Donors may mail checks made out to Idyllwild Community Concerts Inc.,
P.O. Box 1542, Idyllwild, CA 92549, or make deposits directly at
Guaranty Bank into the concert account. Dahleen will provide donor
forms for anyone who wishes them. He can be reached for questions or
additional information at (760) 413-4638.
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