From: Wier Harman, Executive Director, Town Hall Seattle
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October 31, 2006
Skip Rowley, Chairman of the Board
Performing Arts Center Eastside (PACE)
PO Box 828
Bellevue, WA 98004
Dear Skip,
I write in very enthusiastic support of Performing Arts Center Eastside (PACE). As Executive Director of Town Hall Seattle, I know well the possibilities of multi-arts facilities, and am excited at PACE's promise of easily-accessible, world-class arts and entertainment for Eastside audiences.
Town Hall exists to reflect and inspire our region's best impulses-towards creativity, towards empathy, towards expansive thinking, towards an ever-deepening commitment to community. Founded in service to mid-sized cultural organizations without a permanent home, over time we came to present our own range of arts, education, humanities, and civic programs, designed to nurture new groups, ideas, artists, formats, and audiences.
Vis a vis rising tides, and boats, PACE's very existence will create exciting opportunities for professional performing artists, and audiences, in our region-broadening repertoire, expanding education programs, and creating a greater cultural presence generally. Additionally, it seems that PACE's program priorities are well-synchronized to our own, which bodes very well not only for our audiences, but for the thinkers, performers, and public figures we serve.
In short, I see Performing Arts Center Eastside as a complement to both our mission and work, and look forward to a productive relationship between the two organizations, to the great benefit of audiences in the region and beyond. On behalf of everyone at Town Hall, I eagerly await your Opening Night!
Sincerely,
Wier Harman
Executive Director