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Monday, August 26, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
marcia white Q&A in post star, 6/25/13.
Marcia White
Q. What do you consider your biggest accomplishment since taking over as president and executive director in 2005?
A. (Long pause) I think SPAC feels different. When you come here now, it’s obvious you’re coming to a community — to a community event. You’re unplugging, maybe having a picnic on the lawn. You feel the energy and excitement because it’s the SPAC experience. The experience is more important than what is on the stage and generations will want to come back to SPAC because there’s something very different. To me, it’s a little spiritual almost.
Q. Which performer made you the most star-struck to meet?
A. That’s an easy one. First, I don’t get star struck at all. Bruce Springsteen was coming and my daughters were saying “he’s great” and “he’s The Boss.” I said, the boss of what? Then I saw him on stage warming up. I didn’t even see his face and it was like wow. There’s something about that man, the charisma, the energy. All you have to do is look at him.
Q. Tell me about the greatest day here at SPAC since you took over?
A. The day we had a press conference in 2005 and were announcing the capital improvement grant with Gov. (George) Pataki and Sen. (Joseph) Bruno. During that time, Marylou Whitney was coming back on the SPAC board and we announced that we had five new donors who each pledged $100,000 for five years. That really was the beginning of feeling that SPAC could make it.
Q. Of course I always have to ask about the worst day. What day made you cringe or cry or want to quit?
A. There was a challenging day that turned around into an amazing day. It was the final performance of West Side Story and there was a horrendous storm with torrential rain. We went into the parking lots and told people to stay in their cars, but others were already inside ... We were on stage with big brooms sweeping water off the stage. The New York City Ballet warms up behind the curtain before the show and I said we’re going to raise the curtain. The audience applauded as they warmed and I’m getting goose bumps talking about it. We took adversity and made something great.
Q. What is in your CD player or on your iPod right now?
A. I still like Norah Jones. Adele. And what I’ll do is pick up a CD of artists we have coming here and listen to them, like classical pianist Daniil Trifonov. He’s the next hot thing.
Q. Tell me a neat secret about SPAC that few would know?
A. We just discovered that that some funding for SPAC came from the horse industry. People would donate stud fees. They were committed to make SPAC work. And John Hay Whitney and Penny Chenery donated part of the sale of Secretariat to SPAC.
Q. Which performance since 2005 would you consider the most epic?
A. For me it was (pianist) Van Cliburn coming back. That was our 40th anniversary. He was a household name when he won the Moscow competition and I remember as a little girl watching that on TV. He had a presence you couldn’t believe. He was still very tall, very Texas, and we were coming down to go back stage and he looked at the audience and turned to me and said, “All these people are here for me?” He was still so modest and so endearing.
Q. What is Marcia White’s guilty pleasure?
A. Oh, chocolate! Oh, my God. And I love to, when I’m a little stressed, my favorite thing is to go get a Stewart’s make-your-own sundae.
Q. I notice a lot more country acts. Why is that and do you like country?
A. I do now. It was my least favorite. I think more and more artists are transitioning to country. Miley Cyrus, the winner of the “The Voice,” Danielle Bradbury. It has a large insurgence now. More people like it, maybe because it’s more story based.
Q. Why is the ballet and Philadelphia Orchestra important to SPAC?
A. It’s our legacy and heritage. It’s what sets us apart from other venues. The way SPAC was built by the community, beginning with the New York City Ballet and the Philadelphia Orchestra, it’s our legacy and heritage.
Q. I’ve read great stories about bands demanding bizarre things. Tell me the funniest or most bizarre request you know of?
A. Off the top of my head, high-quality beef jerky, but I don’t remember who requested it.
Q. Your kids have to be Brady Bunch-era kids. Did any ever give you the “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” line?
A. I didn’t get “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia,” but I did get a Brady Bunch reference once. At one point in my career, I said maybe it’s time for me to not work so hard and go part time. One of them said, “What is this? Are you going to become the mother of the Brady Bunch and stay home and bake cupcakes. I don’t think so.”
Q. Few may realize you were a nurse before serving as an aide to Sen. Joe Bruno. How did nursing prepare you for your role at SPAC?
A. It’s psych nursing. It’s insanity. It’s damage control. But it’s also the discipline that comes with nursing. It’s a fabulous foundation. If you were in a hospital passing meds and someone was having a heart attack, you wouldn’t say “When I get done with my meds, I’ll take care of that.” You drop what you’re doing and solve the problem and then go back and do what you’re doing. That happens every day here. It’s incredibly important to manage that way.
Q. What was the most powerful lesson you learned from Bruno?
A. One of the things he taught all of us, the most important thing is to serve the people. Just like our audience is most important now. He said nobody will remember the bills we passed, they’ll remember if they had an issue with their welfare check or Medicare and you helped them with that.
Q. You orchestrated major renovations here in 2006-07, what plans do you have for the future?
A. I’d love to have some major plans if the economy turns around ... I’d love to have a new shell for the orchestra, new lighting, more camera projectors and really the ability to use video and technology to project images on a background. It’s incredibly important keeping up with technology. It’s the vision of tomorrow.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Sunday, June 02, 2013
victoria pool stellar opening day. hundred of very happy people thrilled to be at this beautiful place on a perfect day.
Everybody into the pool
People cool off, enjoy drinks with friends
Sunday, June 2, 2013
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The Victoria Pool was popular on opening day at Saratoga Spa State Park on Saturday.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Prime real estate was in high demand on Saturday at the Victoria Pool, which opened weeks early this season because of warm weather.
There was not a spare chair or umbrella around the pool, with the area filled to its maximum capacity of 336 people in the early afternoon. Troy resident Lauren Hittinger and her boyfriend were able to secure one of the best spots around the pool — two lounge chairs with an umbrella — by arriving about 15 minutes before its 10 a.m. opening.
They weren’t the only ones arriving early. Hittinger said a crowd was already assembled outside the arched entry when they arrived. “I don’t know when the first person got here,” she said.
Hittinger, who wore a wide-brimmed floppy hat and a bikini, said the alternative to being at the side of the pool was sweating in her apartment.
The alternative for Burnt Hills resident Mike Clark, 24, was his family pool, but the almost 70-year-old Victoria Pool was calling his name. He said the pool was a great place to meet up with friends and enjoy a drink.
“I’m pretty excited to be here. It’s been a long winter,” Clark said.
The pool is a beloved feature of the Saratoga Spa State Park, offering a more relaxed venue than the Peerless Pool, which is more family oriented. Evidence of the pool’s special place in people’s hearts is the Save the Victoria Pool Society, an advocacy group for the pool.
Louise Goldstein, co-founder of the society and a fixture around the pool during the summer, was on hand for the opening day. She went out of her way to praise Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Parks Department for the early opening of the pool.
The pool’s opening received a lot of local news coverage on Friday, when it was announced. That sort of publicity runs slightly counter to the wishes of the pool’s regulars, who like their summer home to be a hidden gem.
David Pallas, a bartender in his third year at the pool, said, “[The Victoria Pool is] not a secret, but people want it to be secret.”
He said there is a sense of nostalgia about the pool and noted that he sees a lot of familiar faces from his spot at the bar, which is a busy setup about 25 feet from one corner of the pool.
Part of the reason the pool remains less well-known is the lack of obvious signs that it exists, tucked behind a columned pavilion. Ed Reutemann of Clifton Park golfed for years at the adjacent course before learning about the pool’s existence about a year ago. Now he plays a round of golf in the morning and enjoys the pool area in the afternoon, which he did on Saturday, perched on a stool at the bar.
“If you don’t know where it is, you can’t find it,” Reutemann said.
Taking in the attendance for opening day, he added, “The crowd is unbelievable for this time in the season.”
The crowd was so big that a line formed outside the entrance as people waited for others to leave.
The pool is open today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will be open the same time for the next two weekends. Starting June 22, the pool will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
There was not a spare chair or umbrella around the pool, with the area filled to its maximum capacity of 336 people in the early afternoon. Troy resident Lauren Hittinger and her boyfriend were able to secure one of the best spots around the pool — two lounge chairs with an umbrella — by arriving about 15 minutes before its 10 a.m. opening.
They weren’t the only ones arriving early. Hittinger said a crowd was already assembled outside the arched entry when they arrived. “I don’t know when the first person got here,” she said.
Hittinger, who wore a wide-brimmed floppy hat and a bikini, said the alternative to being at the side of the pool was sweating in her apartment.
The alternative for Burnt Hills resident Mike Clark, 24, was his family pool, but the almost 70-year-old Victoria Pool was calling his name. He said the pool was a great place to meet up with friends and enjoy a drink.
The pool is a beloved feature of the Saratoga Spa State Park, offering a more relaxed venue than the Peerless Pool, which is more family oriented. Evidence of the pool’s special place in people’s hearts is the Save the Victoria Pool Society, an advocacy group for the pool.
Louise Goldstein, co-founder of the society and a fixture around the pool during the summer, was on hand for the opening day. She went out of her way to praise Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Parks Department for the early opening of the pool.
The pool’s opening received a lot of local news coverage on Friday, when it was announced. That sort of publicity runs slightly counter to the wishes of the pool’s regulars, who like their summer home to be a hidden gem.
David Pallas, a bartender in his third year at the pool, said, “[The Victoria Pool is] not a secret, but people want it to be secret.”
He said there is a sense of nostalgia about the pool and noted that he sees a lot of familiar faces from his spot at the bar, which is a busy setup about 25 feet from one corner of the pool.
Part of the reason the pool remains less well-known is the lack of obvious signs that it exists, tucked behind a columned pavilion. Ed Reutemann of Clifton Park golfed for years at the adjacent course before learning about the pool’s existence about a year ago. Now he plays a round of golf in the morning and enjoys the pool area in the afternoon, which he did on Saturday, perched on a stool at the bar.
“If you don’t know where it is, you can’t find it,” Reutemann said.
Taking in the attendance for opening day, he added, “The crowd is unbelievable for this time in the season.”
The crowd was so big that a line formed outside the entrance as people waited for others to leave.
The pool is open today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will be open the same time for the next two weekends. Starting June 22, the pool will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Splish, Splash, FLASH!!! Victoria Pool to open 10 AM, Saturday, June 1, 2013 announced by Governor Cuomo.
Thank you to all the wonderful workers and administrators at Saratoga Spa State Park, NYS Parks for all your hard work. The Pool will be open the next 3 weekends and then daily from June 22, 2013.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
victoria pool fans hoping for opening this weekend. keep everything crossed and do your pool dance.
Victoria Pool could be open this weekend
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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The Victoria Pool at the Saratoga Spa State Park is shown on opening day in 2012.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — It’s not definite yet, but fans of the Victoria Pool may be able to suit up this weekend and wait in line to snag a coveted poolside chaise lounge.
Saratoga Spa State Park officials are working to get things in place to open the pool this weekend, including performing water tests this week and making sure there is enough staff on duty — pool operators, lifeguards, cleaning staff and cashiers.
Park manager Mike Greenslade said he plans to decide by Thursday whether the pool will be able to open for the weekend, when high temperatures are expected to hit the mid- to upper 80s.
“We are going to try,” he said Tuesday. “We still have a few steps that we are going to do before we will know for sure.”
If the Victoria Pool does open this weekend, it would be the earliest opening in many years, said Louise Goldstein, co-founder of Save the Victoria Pool Society, which each year advocates for a Memorial Day opening.
“June 1 would be really great,” Goldstein said. “There are people who already have their bags packed. Everybody loves that pool.”
The Victoria Pool and the park’s zero-depth-entry Peerless Pool have opened around the fourth weekend in June in recent years, near the time local children get out of school for the summer. In the past two years, the Victoria Pool has opened on Father’s Day weekend, a week earlier, Greenslade said.
But Goldstein said many people expect swimming holes to open earlier — the beach at Moreau Lake State Park does, she pointed out — and are confused by Victoria Pool’s later opening.
“There’s a lot of people who think it opens Memorial Day,” she said.
No matter when the Victoria Pool lets in its first visitors, swimmers and sunbathers will notice one colorful difference this year — the pool bottom, which has been repainted white for several years running, was given a fresh coat of azure blue this spring.
The sky-blue color harkens back to the original hue of the pool, said Goldstein, who has been coming to the pool since 1940, the year she was born.
“It was gorgeous blue tile,” she said. “I wish we could get that back.”
Victoria Pool was constructed in 1934, the first heated pool in the country. It is no longer heated but is still surrounded by arched brick walls and walkways as it originally was.
The pool was a popular spot for movie stars and New York City Ballet dancers over the years, but by 2003, the pool was falling into disrepair, with crumbling masonry and dilapidated locker rooms. Goldstein and some other fans founded the Save the Victoria Pool Society to lobby for state funding to fix it up.
Then-state parks Commissioner Bernadette Castro committed $1.5 million that year to restoring the pool, and the renovation was completed in 2005.
The work included replacing the pool’s original filtration system and enhanced landscaping, plantings, lighting fixtures and walkways.
Saratoga Spa State Park officials are working to get things in place to open the pool this weekend, including performing water tests this week and making sure there is enough staff on duty — pool operators, lifeguards, cleaning staff and cashiers.
Park manager Mike Greenslade said he plans to decide by Thursday whether the pool will be able to open for the weekend, when high temperatures are expected to hit the mid- to upper 80s.
“We are going to try,” he said Tuesday. “We still have a few steps that we are going to do before we will know for sure.”
If the Victoria Pool does open this weekend, it would be the earliest opening in many years, said Louise Goldstein, co-founder of Save the Victoria Pool Society, which each year advocates for a Memorial Day opening.
“June 1 would be really great,” Goldstein said. “There are people who already have their bags packed. Everybody loves that pool.”
The Victoria Pool and the park’s zero-depth-entry Peerless Pool have opened around the fourth weekend in June in recent years, near the time local children get out of school for the summer. In the past two years, the Victoria Pool has opened on Father’s Day weekend, a week earlier, Greenslade said.
But Goldstein said many people expect swimming holes to open earlier — the beach at Moreau Lake State Park does, she pointed out — and are confused by Victoria Pool’s later opening.
“There’s a lot of people who think it opens Memorial Day,” she said.
No matter when the Victoria Pool lets in its first visitors, swimmers and sunbathers will notice one colorful difference this year — the pool bottom, which has been repainted white for several years running, was given a fresh coat of azure blue this spring.
The sky-blue color harkens back to the original hue of the pool, said Goldstein, who has been coming to the pool since 1940, the year she was born.
“It was gorgeous blue tile,” she said. “I wish we could get that back.”
Victoria Pool was constructed in 1934, the first heated pool in the country. It is no longer heated but is still surrounded by arched brick walls and walkways as it originally was.
The pool was a popular spot for movie stars and New York City Ballet dancers over the years, but by 2003, the pool was falling into disrepair, with crumbling masonry and dilapidated locker rooms. Goldstein and some other fans founded the Save the Victoria Pool Society to lobby for state funding to fix it up.
Then-state parks Commissioner Bernadette Castro committed $1.5 million that year to restoring the pool, and the renovation was completed in 2005.
The work included replacing the pool’s original filtration system and enhanced landscaping, plantings, lighting fixtures and walkways.
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Monday, May 27, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
$3M in improvements to Saratoga Spa State Park include $1M for SPAC parking lot. not one cent to keep New York City Ballet season.
$3M in fixes on tap for Spa park
Projects set for SPAC lot, bathhouse, pool
Friday, May 17, 2013
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The Roosevelt Bath House in Saratoga Spa State Park will be getting major renovations as a result of funding announced Friday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
CAPITAL REGION — Almost $3 million in infrastructure improvements are planned for Saratoga Spa State Park as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $90 million investment in the state’s parks.
The funding for Saratoga Spa State Park includes $1 million to rehabilitate the main Route 50 parking lot for the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, $850,000 for the first stage of work on the Roosevelt II Bathhouse and $450,000 for a picnic shelter and comfort stations near the Peerless Pool.
Saratoga Spa State Park Manager Michael Greenslade said of the investment, “It’s exciting to be here at this time.”
The main SPAC parking lot will get new blacktop, new landscaping and a reconfigured entrance, which will reduce hassles entering and exiting the lot during big SPAC shows. “We’re just trying to clean it up so traffic will flow better,” Greenslade said of the entrance changes.
Improvements to the Roosevelt II Bathhouse are designed to prevent future deterioration of the building, which was constructed in 1934 as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. After this phase of work, which includes weatherproofing, a new roof, and new electrical wiring, Greenslade said they hope there will be a second phase of work to make the building usable. He said the building hasn’t been used for about six decades because of a decreased interest in the baths, which only kept the Roosevelt I Bathhouse operational.
An open-air picnic shelter and comfort station near the Peerless Pool area is expected to make the adjacent playground even more attractive. “It should become quite the destination,” Greenslade said.
Also planned for the park is the rehabilitation of the Hall of Springs and work on vacant wings of the Lincoln Baths so they can be opened for office use.
Greenslade said this funding was desperately needed and noted that the park’s infrastructure was crumbling because of a lack of investment by recent administrations. The governor has committed $90 million annually in state park improvements over the next five years.
Robin Dropkin, executive director of Parks and Trails New York, a group that advocates for the state’s parks, said in a news release that the state’s investment is breathing new life into the park system. Because of this funding, she said, “The revitalization of our state park system can continue, boosting tourism, creating jobs and securing New York’s parks and conservation legacy for future generations.”
Cuomo touted the project’s ability to create jobs and potentially increase visits to the state park system, which generates $1.9 billion in annual economic activity, according to a recent study from Parks and Trails New York.
In addition to the state’s capital investment, the park system is undertaking 60 architectural and engineering designs to advance shovel-ready projects in almost 50 parks in the coming years. This is part of Cuomo’s attempt to catch up on the backlog of projects across the park system.
“Following decades of deferred maintenance and under-investment, New York’s state parks are on an exciting upswing” said Erik Kulleseid, program director of the Open Space Institute’s Alliance for New York State Parks.
More information about the state park system can be found at www.nysparks.com or by calling 474-0456.
The funding for Saratoga Spa State Park includes $1 million to rehabilitate the main Route 50 parking lot for the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, $850,000 for the first stage of work on the Roosevelt II Bathhouse and $450,000 for a picnic shelter and comfort stations near the Peerless Pool.
Saratoga Spa State Park Manager Michael Greenslade said of the investment, “It’s exciting to be here at this time.”
The main SPAC parking lot will get new blacktop, new landscaping and a reconfigured entrance, which will reduce hassles entering and exiting the lot during big SPAC shows. “We’re just trying to clean it up so traffic will flow better,” Greenslade said of the entrance changes.
Improvements to the Roosevelt II Bathhouse are designed to prevent future deterioration of the building, which was constructed in 1934 as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. After this phase of work, which includes weatherproofing, a new roof, and new electrical wiring, Greenslade said they hope there will be a second phase of work to make the building usable. He said the building hasn’t been used for about six decades because of a decreased interest in the baths, which only kept the Roosevelt I Bathhouse operational.
An open-air picnic shelter and comfort station near the Peerless Pool area is expected to make the adjacent playground even more attractive. “It should become quite the destination,” Greenslade said.
Also planned for the park is the rehabilitation of the Hall of Springs and work on vacant wings of the Lincoln Baths so they can be opened for office use.
Greenslade said this funding was desperately needed and noted that the park’s infrastructure was crumbling because of a lack of investment by recent administrations. The governor has committed $90 million annually in state park improvements over the next five years.
Robin Dropkin, executive director of Parks and Trails New York, a group that advocates for the state’s parks, said in a news release that the state’s investment is breathing new life into the park system. Because of this funding, she said, “The revitalization of our state park system can continue, boosting tourism, creating jobs and securing New York’s parks and conservation legacy for future generations.”
Cuomo touted the project’s ability to create jobs and potentially increase visits to the state park system, which generates $1.9 billion in annual economic activity, according to a recent study from Parks and Trails New York.
In addition to the state’s capital investment, the park system is undertaking 60 architectural and engineering designs to advance shovel-ready projects in almost 50 parks in the coming years. This is part of Cuomo’s attempt to catch up on the backlog of projects across the park system.
“Following decades of deferred maintenance and under-investment, New York’s state parks are on an exciting upswing” said Erik Kulleseid, program director of the Open Space Institute’s Alliance for New York State Parks.
More information about the state park system can be found at www.nysparks.com or by calling 474-0456.
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Is it time for Governor Cuomo to throw SPAC out of Saratoga Spa State Park and keep the New York City Ballet?
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Fiscal uncertainties leave length of NYCB residency at SPAC in limbo
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The ballet, a SPAC mainstay, will be here just one week this summer, its shortest season ever.
About 125 people turned out for SPAC’s annual membership meeting at Saratoga Spa State Park’s Hall of Springs Wednesday.
“The company has not yet concluded negotiations with its labor unions,” SPAC Chairwoman Susan Phillips Read said. “So they can’t predict their costs for 2014. As a result, it’s difficult for them to make a commitment.”
The ballet had a three-week SPAC season for decades until financial woes forced a reduction to two weeks several years ago, and just one week this summer (July 9-13). It costs SPAC more than
$1 million annually to host the ballet, and a similar amount for the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Read said SPAC and ballet officials probably won’t firm up plans for 2014 until early this July.
In the meantime, SPAC finds itself in the difficult position of lining up other dance companies, while waiting for a commitment from the city ballet.
“We have to worry that other companies will be committed elsewhere and not be available to us,” Read said.
To fill this year’s city ballet void, three other dance companies new to SPAC have been scheduled — National Ballet of Canada (July 16-18), Aspen Santa Fe Ballet (July 24-25) and Momix Botanica (Aug. 1). Continued...
In other action, members approved the election of three new SPAC board members to three-year terms. They are:
• Elizabeth Alexander — Co-owner of Hattie’s Restaurant and founder of Hattie’s annual Mardi Gras Gala that raised $75,000 for city ballet’s 2013 residency.
• Susan Dake — Wife of former SPAC Chairman Bill Dake and Stewart’s Foundation president. The Dakes are two of SPAC’s main benefactors.
• Gerry Golub — president of SPAC Action Council, SPAC’s largest volunteer fundraising arm. The Golub family owns the Price Chopper supermarket chain.
Two board members, Matt Bender and Dee Sarno, have stepped down.
Several other directors were re-elected to new terms. They are E. Stewart Jones Jr., Ed Mitzen, Nancy Touhey, Donald J. McCormack and Linda G. Toohey for three years, and Meyer Frucher for one year.
Also, SPAC President and Executive Director Marcia White announced that three new members will be added to SPAC’s Walk of Fame, which honors people instrumental to the center’s history, growth and development. They are:
• Peter Martins — New York City Ballet master in chief, who has directed the ballet for 30 years.
• Dave Brubeck — The late jazz icon, who passed away in 2012, performed at SPAC’s annual jazz festival a record 13 times.
• Jane Wait and the late Newman E. “Pete” Wait who helped lead the effort to found SPAC by spearheading a local feasibility committee and raising seed money to get the arts center off the ground. Continued...
• Elizabeth Alexander — Co-owner of Hattie’s Restaurant and founder of Hattie’s annual Mardi Gras Gala that raised $75,000 for city ballet’s 2013 residency.
• Susan Dake — Wife of former SPAC Chairman Bill Dake and Stewart’s Foundation president. The Dakes are two of SPAC’s main benefactors.
• Gerry Golub — president of SPAC Action Council, SPAC’s largest volunteer fundraising arm. The Golub family owns the Price Chopper supermarket chain.
Two board members, Matt Bender and Dee Sarno, have stepped down.
Several other directors were re-elected to new terms. They are E. Stewart Jones Jr., Ed Mitzen, Nancy Touhey, Donald J. McCormack and Linda G. Toohey for three years, and Meyer Frucher for one year.
Also, SPAC President and Executive Director Marcia White announced that three new members will be added to SPAC’s Walk of Fame, which honors people instrumental to the center’s history, growth and development. They are:
• Peter Martins — New York City Ballet master in chief, who has directed the ballet for 30 years.
• Dave Brubeck — The late jazz icon, who passed away in 2012, performed at SPAC’s annual jazz festival a record 13 times.
• Jane Wait and the late Newman E. “Pete” Wait who helped lead the effort to found SPAC by spearheading a local feasibility committee and raising seed money to get the arts center off the ground. Continued...
The 2013 season begins with the May 24 Battle of the Bands at the Spa Little Theatre and runs through the Saratoga Wine & Food Fall Ferrari Festival from Sept. 6-8.
Legendary singer Tony Bennett is one of the headliners for the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival on June 29-30.
One of the season’s signature events is the 150th Anniversary of Saratoga racing concert on Aug. 8, performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra with guest conductor Keith Lockhart.
A communitywide 150th anniversary of racing kickoff celebration, including fireworks, is slated for the SPAC grounds Friday, May 24.
“We had a record season last year,” White said. “We’ll break that record this year.”
For more information and a complete schedule of events, go to www.spac.org.
Legendary singer Tony Bennett is one of the headliners for the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival on June 29-30.
One of the season’s signature events is the 150th Anniversary of Saratoga racing concert on Aug. 8, performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra with guest conductor Keith Lockhart.
A communitywide 150th anniversary of racing kickoff celebration, including fireworks, is slated for the SPAC grounds Friday, May 24.
“We had a record season last year,” White said. “We’ll break that record this year.”
For more information and a complete schedule of events, go to www.spac.org.
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