T: Well, that borrows money, then you have to pay it back.

S: Right. Do you do such things with smaller arts organizations?

T: Well, I would hesitate to put out a bond issue, because I would not want that debt
 hanging over me. I do not know who would want to loan the money on a bond issue
 on something as fragile as an arts organization. I think it would be an awful risk for
 your money.

S: The Orlando Sentinel today has an article about the upcoming FSO season. They
 are diminishing their master works from twelve to ten concerts and increasing their
 pops from ten to twelve.

T: Well, I think they are going to keep the same price for the ten as they had this year
 on the twelve, which means you are paying a little more for a concert. I am on the
 board of the symphony; however, we were not a part of this decision. So the first I
 heard about it was when I read about it in the paper. The decision was made by
 management in this case.

S: Do you think that is a healthy direction to take?

T: Well, the symphony needs all of the money it can get. Yes, I think it is good because
 they are broadening their base by, according to the morning paper, putting on more
 popular music. [It] may not be what the orchestra is in business for, but if it is a way
 of raising money there is certainly nothing wrong with doing it. (By popular, I do not
 mean extreme, rock and roll, but I mean easier music to listen to.) And if they put
 on more popular concerts where you have a broader audience, it not only brings in
 money but it gets people coming to the orchestra, and after they come to a year or
 two of listening to that music they might then want to start listening to the regular
 master works concerts. So I think it is a very constructive move to do what they are
 doing; I was very glad to read about it.

S: I was glad to read that they are changing to an earlier time to accommodate families.

T: Yes.

S: So I think some decisions like that could help. Parking has always been an issue and
 the auditorium has been an issue.

T: Well, I do not think the auditorium is quite as bad as some people say it is. It is not
 the greatest, but on the other hand, I do not think it is bad. I have not sat in the
 different parts of the auditorium so I could judge how it is. I hear some parts are
 not as good as others, which may be so, but I do not think it is so terrible. I think
 that the people going there enjoy the music very much and I do not think their

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