PAGE TWO Scranton and Wilkes-B continued from PAGE 1 in some business circles though some other busi- nessmen have opposed it. A single orchestra is being thought of by some board members as a step in the direction of a mar- keting merger because several important business- men from both cities are involved in the negotia- tions, and their influence can be expected to in- crease over the years because of the fact that an eventual single orchestra board will be an in- stitution heard in both communities. Except for informal talks between the two boards, the situa- tion today is that one board is officially indepen- dent of the other. A series of committees will be composed of Lackawanna and Luzerne County board members, so that some from each area will be on the same committee. The committees do much of the ad- ministrative work that is needed to plan concerts, hire musicians, deal with the conductor’s pro- blems, book soloists and take care of the ticket sales, local press inquiries and the multitude of problems involved in getting music before the pub- lic. The two boards will exist independently for a time; in fact the time that it finally will be re- duced to one board is something that board mem- bers talk about in terms of ‘‘playing it by ear’’ with two years from now an educated guess as to when the one board-one orchestra will come into ex- istence. One of the immediate gains the board will make is to cut in half the amount of rehearsal time they pay for. This will be done by identical musical programs in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Thus the renting of music scores and the pooling of rehearsal time will accomplish this. Each or- chestra is to play eight concerts. Four of these will be in Wilkes-Barre, four in Scranton. Miss Brown will conduct two in Scranton and two in Wilkes- Barre while Mr. Liva conducts two in Wilkes- - Barre and two also in Scranton. Another area the orchestras are to look into is the expansion of the youth concerts into schools outside the two cities. Thus with a single orchestra learning a single program, it was thought the cost of the concert to school districts would be reduced, making it possible for schools in the outlying coun- ties to afford the concert. As of now, youth con- certs have been heard by the city schools, whose districts usually have more money for concerts than do rural and suburban schools. Even so, the youth concert in the city schools have been heav- ily aided financially by local businesses. ; It is quite likely that problems developing from the coalition move will involve differences between the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre or- chestra’s present ways of operating. For instance, “SESAME STREET” continued from PAGE 1 \ v ye rupted basis at least until the end of the school year. Channel 44 station manager George Strimel, a resident of Mountaintop, told NNI that he had “no idea’ where the needed money might be raised. He explained that Channel 44 has no one who solicits financial support for the station, as such, and that he saw ‘‘absolutely no alternative” to remove the financial crisis of the network by Saturday. In a recent Channel 44 board of director’s bul- letin, the local station’s financial stability appeared to be questioned. “The other smaller sources of revenue have decreased, particularly that of foun- dation support which decreased from $62,000 in 1968 to $50,000 in 1969 and down to less than $1000 in the current fiscal year.” During the 1968-69 fis- cal year the station had the assistance of a pro- fessional fund raiser, who left his station duties last spring. William H. Crum, instructional superintendent in the Abington Heights School District, told NNI that in his opinion the reason of state legislature had not funded the network was because of poli- tics involved between a Republican governor and a Democratic controlled House. ~ Additionally, Mr. Crum explained that the funding of the network is not part of the general appropriations bill, and must be handled by sep- arate legislation. Mr. Gibson said that the funding was not part of the current financial crisis the state is facing, but is usually handled as a 12th hour appropria- tion. ‘“There is no reason for the delay,” Mr. Gib- son continued, ‘‘because the state does have the money.’ Other appropriations, as with the network, have not been funded either, Mr. Crum explained. These others, according to the school administra- tor, include mental health, and certain state school subsidies. The amount of money needed to keep the seven television stations carrying the network program- ming is $1.73 million. The coverage area involved would run into the millions of viewers in the state, with station locations in Philadelphia, Hershey, University Park, Erie, Bethlehem, Pittsburgh and Scranton. Already the local station has raised its head- tax on schools, upping the cost per pupil to school districts from $1 to $1.25. This move, according to Channel 44, will bring in an additional $25,000 for the local station. An additional $25,000 is hoped for by enrollment of more schools in the program. A television auction is also planned for the spring, station officials said. In the past, Mr. Strimel explained, emergency funds were available for such crisis from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, also known as Public Broadcast Laboratories, which secures its funds from the Federal Government. Currently, however, he continued, PBL is also short of money with which to meet such needs. THE DALLAS POST, JAN. 29, 1970 arre orchestras to combine Beatrice Brown, musical! director of the Scranton Philharmonic, conducting a concert. the Wilkes-Barre contract with Mr. Liva provides for reading rehearsals while the Scranton con- tract with Miss Brown does not have this feature. There are areas where the boards will have to make judgements in such delicate matters as ' personalities and performance evaluation. They are not unsolvable problems, musicians inter- viewed believe, but are illustrations of what the future may hold for the two boards once the first days of reorganization are over. 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