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of lighting trusses, 720,000 watts
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more than 180 rigging points with
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speakers
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clusters
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Regina’s Brandt Centre tonight —
requires a monumental effort in
planning and logistics. Here’s last
year’s stage with some of the key
numbers for this year’s event.
Design by Juris Graney
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on 13
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crews prepare the elaborate stage for the Juno Awards being held at the Brandt centre tonight.
Setting the stage
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hen Mike
MacNaughton was
working on the
bid to host the 2013 Juno
Awards, he argued one
advantage Regina had over
competing cities was the
weather.
“Well, it’s not that bad,”
said MacNaughton, chair of
the 2013 JUNO Awards Host
Committee. Regardless, the
bid worked as Regina will
host the show tonight at the
Brandt Centre.
In terms of broadcasting,
Lindsay Cox admits putting
the Junos together each
year is a lot of work and a
“massive personal sacrifice,” but in a good way.
“To be a part of the level
of challenge, both technically and creatively, is intoxicating,” said Cox, vicepresident of production
and supervising producer
with Insight Production
Company.
This is the 19th year
Insight has produced
the broadcast, including
every year since CTV was
awarded the broadcast
rights in 2002.
“Even when you’re in
the middle of it and you’re
working really hard and
you’re feeling so much
pressure executing everything in such a short time
— you always know this is a
dream job.”
Insight is only one part
of the collaboration that
puts the Junos on each year.
“My role is to produce
the television show along
with CARAS, who produces
the event. And we do it all
together,” said Cox.
Phil King, president of
programming and sports,
said CTV decided to get
involved with the Junos
because it fit with the
broadcaster’s “big-event
strategy,” along with broadcasting the Oscars and the
Golden Globes. Securing
the broadcast rights also
helped CTV become more
involved with the music
industry, he said.
fame, fortune always centre stage
for pop icon mccartney
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BRUCE WARD
Postmedia News
n early December 1961, Brian
Epstein drew up a contract
that bound the Beatles to him
for five years. Only Paul McCartney was hesitant about
signing it. McCartney told
Epstein that he hoped the
Beatles would make it big, as
Howard Sounes recounts in Fab: An
Intimate Life of Paul McCartney. “But
I’ll tell you now, Mr. Epstein,” McCartney declared, “I’m going to be a star
anyway.”
Macca was 19 at the time. He turned
71 on June 18, and the steely resolve he
showed Epstein has never wavered.
McCartney, worth about $650 million according to Forbes magazine, is
on the road this summer to burnish
his musical legacy. Not only his own,
but the Beatles’ legacy too. The plan
is to cement his place in pop history
by giving fans what he calls, with Liverpudlian understatement, “a good
night out.”
McCartney’s Out There tour delivers a Springsteenian-length show
— nearly three hours — filled with
Beatles’ classics, rarities, tributes to
John Lennon and George Harrison,
plus best-loved songs from his solo
and Wings career. McCartney wraps
up the North American leg of the tour
Wednesday in Regina with his next
shows scheduled for mid-November in
Japan.
The current tour also features his
hot backing band — drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr., guitarists Rusty Anderson
and Brian Ray, and keyboardist Paul
Wickens. Laboriel, bless him, hits all
the high notes now beyond Macca’s
range.
In recent concerts, McCartney has
looked positively Beatlesque, with
his famous Hofner bass, black Nehru
jacket and black boots with Cuban
heels. The only jarring note is an au-
burn tint in his hair.
McCartney was always the hardest working Beatle, the most prolific
and the one who truly enjoyed playing live. He was the most successful
ex-Beatle by far in the 1970s.
Millions of us tapped the steering wheel in time as the radio played
hits by McCartney in various combinations with his wife Linda and
band Wings — Uncle Albert/Admiral
Halsey, Jet, Band on the Run, Silly
Love Songs, Listen to What the Man
Said, and Live and Let Die, still the
best of the James Bond themes.
McCartney’s concerts have steadily
evolved over the years. At first, he
played only Wings songs, then he added Beatles’ numbers he wrote solo —
The Long and Winding Road, Yesterday, Blackbird, Lady Madonna.
Now his shows feature some of the
famous collaborations with Lennon,
including Eight Days a Week, a No. 1
hit in March 1965.
There’s a cute story with that one.
McCartney was being driven to Kenwood, Lennon’s country estate, for a
songwriting session when he fell into
casual conversation with the chauffeur.
“How have you been?” McCartney
asked. “Working hard, eight days a
week,” grumbled the driver. When
he got to Kenwood, he told Lennon
what the driver had said. “John said,
‘Right, Ooh, I need your love babe ...”
and we wrote it. We were always quick
to write,” McCartney told one interviewer.
That’s how utterly in sync they
were then. Their partnership has
been described as a magical blend of
McCartney’s sunniness undercut with
Lennon’s broody cynicism.
Somehow, the McCartney who
wrote the mournful and evocative Eleanor Rigby disappeared as the 1970s
wore on. The Band on the Run album
from 1974 was the only time he has approached the drive and density of his
work with the Beatles.
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MCCartney
8 p.m., Wednesday
Mosaic Stadium
Later, his lyrics became insipid
— rhyming words that fit the melody but didn’t add up to much of
anything. The craftsmanship was
always evident on his albums, however,
even if the music wasn’t memorable.
If McCartney’s albums got kind of
sucky, his singles often provided the
kind of slick and powerful rock he’d
created on Abbey Road. His catalogue
is filled with grand pop radio confections — Jet, Band on the Run, My Love,
Helen Wheels, Maybe I’m Amazed.
These songs work well in concert
because, as Sounes notes in Fab, live
rock music is as much theatre as it is
a listening experience. With records,
you can’t help notice the triteness of
McCartney’s Wings-era lyrics. Played
live, though, the songs deliver big-time
drama. Live and Let Die, to name one,
is a stunner on stage: a flames-andfireworks tour de force.
Maybe it’s a generational thing, but
when McCartney sings on stage, the
memories come flooding back. These
are songs that changed the social fabric of the world.
Lately, McCartney’s post-Beatles
work has been getting a critical reassessment. Ram, his second solo album
with Linda, was trashed by the critics
when it came out in 1971. Now it’s being praised for the cheery tunefulness
of The Back Seat of My Car and Heart
of the Country, among other songs.
In a recent issue, New York magazine
urged readers to revisit Wings Over
America — the CD/DVD of the band’s
1976 tour of America. “Maybe you’ll
be amazed,” the review said.
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Transforming the Brandt Centre for tonight’s
Juno Awards is a massive undertaking
Terrence mceAchern
Leader-Post
12 video projectors
on 6 giant screens
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Lindsay cox, supervising producer for the 2013 Juno Awards tonight
at the Brandt centre, says moving to different cities and venues is
one the of the big challenges for the show.
event a new challenge each
year. She notes many of her
staff and crew have been involved with the Junos since
2002, and in some cases,
prior to that when CBC held
the broadcasting rights.
“We go to different arenas
every year, so we’re not in a
position where we can learn
the nuances of an arena
and apply it the next year
— it just doesn’t work that
way,” said Cox. “There is no
predictability, and it’s really
exciting because of that.”
Having the same staff
with expertise in live
television is also key to the
show going off without a
hitch each year by avoiding
technical issues and ensuring rehearsals are done on
time.
With this year’s event
at the Brandt Centre, Cox
said the plan was to make
the Junos more intimate by
placing the three stages in
such a way as to give audience members a 360-degree
view of the show.
“The ambition this year
was not to build up a lot of
structure behind the set,
which is typical, because
we want people to be a part
of it — so the audience is
the background,” said Cox.
In addition to the three
stages, putting on the show
requires more than 9.4 ki-
Besides airing the show,
CTV’s role involves advertising and marketing the
event — including a commercial that aired during
the Super Bowl.
A noticeable change
since CTV took over the
broadcasting rights is the
change of venue each year.
Previously, the Junos were
mainly held in Toronto,
with occasional shows in
Vancouver and Hamilton.
However, since CTV took
over, the show has been
spread out to places like
St. John’s, Halifax, Ottawa,
Edmonton, Calgary and
Saskatoon.
King said the rationale
behind moving the show
around is to prevent it from
becoming stale and to bring
it to the fans.
“It used to be, basically,
an industry event ... you
know, a bunch of people in
suits sitting around,” he
said. “But let’s face it. It’s
music. It’s supposed to be
fun and there is supposed to
be fans yelling and screaming and clapping.”
King added, “I’m not
so sure you could sell it
out every year in Toronto
anymore.”
Cox also likes the idea of
moving the show around
because it gives the staff
and crew setting up the
lometres of lighting power
cable, 720,000 watts of lighting power, 63,500 kilograms
of equipment hanging over
the stages, more than 150
speakers, 2.7 km of camera
cable, 13 cameras, four km
of optical fibre cable and
11,000 hours of labour ―
half of which is local.
Buble hosting
On the production side,
Cox says one of her most
important tasks is booking
the musical performers and
the host — a process which
involves input from CTV
and CARAS.
“Really, it’s about us going to (the hosts) — making
it work with their schedule
(and) making sure they’re
going to get out of it what
they need, you know, if
they’re promoting something or if it’s just something they’ve always wanted
to do,” she said.
“We do spend quite a
bit of time going back and
forth with agents and managers.”
With respect to this
year’s host — Michael
Buble — Cox said she has
been trying to book him for
several years. But this year,
the timing was right and
everything came together.
“There were a number of
people who made calls and
finessed that deal,” she said.
On Juno night, the show
will be directed from a television mobile unit. Cox will
be in another room, with
network executives and producers, watching the show
from what is informally
known as the “producer’s
palace.”
“We don’t tell our director
what shots to take, but we
communicate. My job is to
keep the show on time and
be prepared to drop things
if we need to and respond
to challenges. So, I do not
sit with the director — he
would not want the distraction,” she said.
Cox and CARAS have
already begun discussions
around organizing next
year’s show in Winnipeg,
but the actual planning
begins about a month from
now.
Still, “it all starts pretty
early because it impacts
every department,” she
explained.
The process to bring the
Junos to Regina started
about three years ago, said
MacNaughton. The work involved making a video and
preparing documents that
anticipated what the Canadian Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences (CARAS)
— the Junos’ producer —
was looking for in a host
city. The committee also had
to make a formal presentation to CARAS.
“It was a fair amount of
work just to get the bid in,”
said MacNaughton.
MacNaughton, also the
owner of Twisted Pair
Productions, said the committee was “pumped” when
it found out the bid was
successful.
One advantage with the
Regina bid was that funding
was already in place — with
$350,000 from the City of
Regina, $50,000 from the
City of Moose Jaw, $1.5 million from the province for
the licence fee and $150,000
from the Regina Hotel Association, he said.
Funding is used for
marketing and to support
events and venues in Regina
and Moose Jaw during Juno
week. In addition, about 600
volunteers are helping out
with various aspects of the
event, such as security and
working in ticket booths.
The rationale for promoting Regina’s weather
stemmed from the 2010 Juno
Awards in St. John’s when
“many people almost didn’t
make it,” said MacNaughton.
“Even though it’s chilly
here right now, flights are
landing — there are no real
logistical problems.”
The event’s estimated economic impact is $10 million
for Moose Jaw and Regina,
but MacNaughton is hoping
the Junos will have a lasting
effect on the province’s culture and music industry.
“There is such a wealth
of artists in Saskatchewan
creating music — trying
to eke out a living — and
to be able to have the eyes
of the country show up on
our market from a business
perspective (and) a creative perspective — really
elevates these folks,” said
MacNaughton.
“The fallout from this
would be another couple of
Sheepdogs. (That) would be
nice.”
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Anyone expecting a typical rock show
Friday night at the Brandt Centre was
destined to leave entertained and more
than a little perplexed.
The Kingston, Ont. quintet known
as The Tragically Hip have been the de
facto Canadian rock band since the late
1980s and know exactly how to make a
6,000-seat hockey rink feel like a loud,
raw bar show.
Led by enigmatic vocalist Gord
Downie, indescribably quirky through
much of the band’s 23-song performance, The Hip gave unrelenting
energy from the stage for the nearly
two-hour set. Obviously his bandmates
were no slouches either, with Rob
Baker and Paul Langlois handling the
guitars, Gord Sinclair on the bass, and
Johnny Fay manning the drums, all
with expert meticulousness.
As the band hit the stage, opening
with At Transformation, the lead single from their November album Now
For Plan A, the crowd howled approvingly as Downie shout sang the lyrics.
Looking quite dapper in black jeans,
white buttoned shirt, black vest, skinny tie, and accented with a jean jacket
and black hat, the singer was his usual
eccentric self, maniacally dancing and
stalking the stage throughout the bulk
of the show.
Notorious for stage banter that sometimes comes across as being a little out
there, the 48-year old vocalist failed to
disappoint noting at one point, “The
goal is Friday night. Ergo, the goal is
Friday night. It’s Friday night and it’s
too f**king cold out to do anything but
hang out.”
The Downie-ism resonated with the
fairly diverse audience as the comment elicited a roar that signalled the
bulk of those in attendance were ready
to let loose as well.
As The Hip’s road crew prepared the
stage for their set, two large LED video
screens on each side of the stage noted
the tour was using 100 per cent renewable and sustainable energy, yet the
show never once felt like it was lacking
due to the band’s environmental conscientiousness. Somewhat minimalist,
save for a phenomenal lighting rig and
top notch sound system, the stage had a
few LED lights around the platform and
a backdrop consisting of multiple hanging rectangular panels that glow from
the lights and appear to have some kind
of crystallization on them. The panels
also matched the front of the platforms
holding the guitar cabs and drum riser.
The video screens on stage left and
right showed a continuous stream of
live concert footage from three cameras, ensuring that everyone in the arena
could see the show as well as those in
the front row.
Musically, the band played many of
their hits, though they also included
songs like Fireworks and It’s a Good
Life If You Don’t Weaken that were
played for only the third time in the 27
shows they’ve had so far this tour.
With the band preparing to play the
18th song of their set Downie advised,
“This is the last (song) because I have
another thing I have to do. This isn’t
my only gig you know? I work the night
shift.”
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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC
Strong performance lineup will
be a highlight of Sunday’s show
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tragically hip frontman Gord downie entertains the crowd at the Brandt centre on Friday.
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When: Jan. 25
Where: Brandt centre
Amid the crowd screaming and the
band playing the opening chords of
My Music at Work, the singer yells out
“Who’s working?,” leading the crowd
to escalate further.
After leaving the stage to regroup
for a few minutes, The Hip returned as
three of the panels spelled out H-I-P at
the back of the stage. Finishing with
a handful of crowd-pleasers, Downie
was especially gracious thanking the
audience multiple times for their fandom and longtime support of the onetime bar band.
Hamilton group Arkells opened
the evening with a spirited 40-minute
set that began with a relatively disappointing number of fans in attendance.
Despite a crowd that took most of
the band’s set to start to fill the stands,
the quintet showed it’s definitely capable of entertaining the masses from
bigger stages across Canada. Its peppy
alt rock, combined with their obvious
enthusiasm, instantly translated and
had many up and dancing in their
seats much earlier than most fans anticipated.
While the band is in no way unknown with multiple singles and a
constantly growing fan base, there’s
no doubt its lively set won over many a
new fan Friday night.
Regardless, The Hip was the main
attraction on Friday evening and they
definitely paid it forward with a performance that demonstrated the truly
unique appeal of this Canadian band.
Downie, who’s eyebrow raising antics included multiple variations of improvisational modern dance using his
white handkerchief and microphone
stand throughout the set, periodic
shout singing, and Bill Murray-like
clowning may come across as odd, yet
they make total sense within the inner
dialogue that is The Tragically Hip.
A truly professional group in every
sense of the word, Downie’s mates
are content to let the frontman steal
the spotlight, keeping everyone on the
edge of their seats to see what he’ll do
next.
Interestingly enough, it’s actually
his graciousness that is the real take
away from a Hip show as the singer
ensured the fans at the show truly
knew how appreciative the band was
for their attendance and loyalty. Even
after the show ended, the video screens
froze the message “Thank You Regina”
out to the crowd as people left the arena.
A totally eccentric and truly Canadian band, members of The Hip were
also 100 per cent classy, awesome, and
entertaining from start to finish.
set List
1. at transformation
2. Grace, too
3. Man Machine poem
4. Gift Shop
5. Greasy Jungle
6. it’s a Good Life if you don’t Weaken
7. the Modern Spirit
8. ahead by a century
9. courage
10. Flamenco
11. Streets ahead
12. Springtime in Vienna
13. Fireworks
14. We Want to Be it
15. poets
16. Fully completely
17. new orleans is Sinking
18. My Music at Work
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19. Wheat Kings
20. at the hundredth Meridian
21. Bobcaygeon
22. nautical disaster
23. Fifty-Mission cap
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master of music and doctor
of musical arts degrees from
the Julliard School of Music,
Kim’s career has included
roles as academic administrator, professor and concert
artist. He has received many
awards, performed on sevbr
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multiple recordings.
The spectacular Symphony on a French Mountain
Air, composed in 1886, is
based on French folk songs
and highlights many parts
of the orchestra in addition to the piano. Certainly
a powerful point in the evening’s show, the RSO and
Kim earned a standing ova-
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which was created in 1843 two selections from French
drawing on music from an impressionist composers.
unsuccessful opera the Sym- Three movements of Claude
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concert was fascinating and
enjoyable, and many different parts of the orchestra
had opportunities to shine in
the complex works, each of
which Maestro Victor Sawa
took some time to explain
to the audience in his characteristic entertaining style.
The audience responded as
the full evening of fantastic
music concluded with more
appreciative applause.
As the RSO continues its
search to replace concertmaster Eduard Minevich,
who recently retired, there
was a guest concertmaster
on Saturday night. Lance
Ouellette, an accomplished
Canadian violinist, displayed some good humour
as he aptly filled the concertmaster’s role.
Overall, the well-attended
Une Soirée à Paris show was
a lovely journey through
some French musical history, with rich scores and engrossing performances making the concert experience
memorable.
Reba knows how to plan a journey
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Reba McEntire, singer, actress, tour guide ... tour
guide?
Yes, it seems the talented
redhead also knows how to
plan a trip, a skill she displayed Saturday night at the
Brandt Centre.
“Let me tell you what
we’ve got planned for you,”
Reba explained to the audience early in her 18-song,
85-minute set. “We’re going
to take you on a journey with
some songs and stories. We
hope you like the journey.”
Given the majority of
those in attendance where
already Reba fans, it was
highly unlikely that the
journey wouldn’t be enjoyed
by the audience. Yet even the
most ardent Reba fans would
have been thrilled with Saturday’s show as the 58-yearold wove together a set of
hit songs and entertaining
stories.
The tales gave the night
a bit of an intimate feel,
like Reba was in your home
swapping stories across the
kitchen table over a pot of
coffee.
Before delivering Whoever’s In New England,
Reba talked about the preMTV world where only HBO
played music videos and that
was between their movies.
“After we finished the
video, I was sitting in a hotel
watching HBO and hoping,”
Reba said. “A video from
Aretha Franklin came on
and then they played mine.
It was like I died and had
gone to heaven.”
She also delved into the
history of Somebody Should
Leave, which was written by
Harlan Howard, one of the
reba
(with Gord Bamford)
When: July 20
Where: Brandt centre
most productive songwriters in Nashville. Among his
other hits, Howard penned
Patsy Cline’s I Fall To Pieces
and Buck Owens’ Tiger By
The Tale.
Much to Reba’s surprise,
she didn’t like either of
the first two songs Howard
pitched her.
“I couldn’t believe I was
going to pass on Harlan
Howard songs,” she said.
“Then he played one more
song and I don’t know if the
angels were singing but the
hair on my arms stood up.
It was the saddest song I had
ever heard. I recorded it and
it became my fourth No. 1 record.”
The production for the
performance was quite minimal — Reba and her eight
band members performed
on a stage without any bells,
whistles or video screens.
But when you have a voice
like Reba does, stage production isn’t a necessity. She told
me recently that she works
her voice every day — “It’s a
muscle and I’ve got to keep it
in shape.”
If Saturday’s show is any
indication, the daily routine is working perfectly.
Reba’s voice was remarkable. It was strong and it was
tender and it had a range
that most singers can only
dream about.
As Reba worked her way
through the set list, it soon
became evident that it would
be impossible for her to play
all of her hits.
One method to give a little
more depth to the set list was
the inclusion of a couple of
medleys. It turns out mini
versions of hits are better
than those songs not being
on the set list at all.
Jennifer Wrinkle, one of
the band members, stepped
in and sang the Linda Davis
Love You (1993) and earned a
well-deserved ovation.
And of course it wouldn’t
be a Reba show without her
taking to the stage for her
encore in a shimmering red
dress and matching shoes,
bringing the house down
with Fancy.
Gord Bamford got the
night off the right foot with
an vibrant 10-song, 40-minute set. Bamford, who recently received seven nominations for the 2013 Canadian
Country Music Association
awards, rolled through a set
of recognizable tunes from
Postcard From Pasadena,
Is It Friday Yet?, Drinking
Buddy, Farm Girl Strong and
Blame It On The Red Dress.
Bamford was almost upstaged when he brought a
young girl and boy up on
stage. He asked the little girl,
a seven-year-old from Lumsden named Jocelyn, “So how
did you get up on stage?”
Without missing a beat the
youngster replied, “I took
the stairs.”
Bamford, like the crowd,
could only laugh at the unintentional quip.
My philosophy is the best
way to celebrate Canadian
music is to play it. We have
a lot of awards and over the
course of the two-hour evening we review every single
award that was won, not just
the Sunday night awards but
we make sure to run video
of the winners from Saturday’s gala.
“We present every winner
in the show but we still really believe the best way to
celebrate Canadian music is
to listen to it.”
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prisoners.”
While many aspects of
the show have been confirmed — in addition to the
roster of performers, Buble
will host the show and lang
will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame
— Brunton said he’s got “a
couple of surprises up his
sleeves.”
He declined to go into any
further detail about those
surprises but added that the
live broadcast is capable of
revealing a surprise or two
of its own.
“You never know who is
going to emerge as the star
that night,” said Brunton.
BRYAN SCHLOSSER/Regina, Leader-Post
Executive producer John Brunton speaks as the Juno
Awards stage was unveiled at the Brandt Centre on Friday.
“It’s interesting that the first
night Leslie Feist performed
on the show, she was singing by herself in a spotlight
with a guitar. Who would
have thought that night that
she would be the one to steal
the show in many ways? It’s
hard to know, with the excitement and live (show) and the
fans going crazy, who is going to deliver. There’s many,
many people that can knock
the ball out of the park.”
See MUSIC, D2
Buble’s new priorities reflected in album, To Be Loved
NICK PATCH
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — After the
spectacular success of his
Christmas album — eight
times platinum in Canada,
thrice in the U.S., a Juno
Award win for album of
the year — Michael Buble
might have felt a certain
pressure in trying to create
a followup, the sleigh bells
ringing in his ear turning
gradually deafening.
Instead, he says he went
into To Be Loved — scheduled for release on Monday
— feeling more blithely selfassured than he’d ever been
in the past, committing to a
breezy live-off-the-floor recording strategy and declining to polish away the resultant small blemishes in his
production.
He had the most fun he’s
had recording an album, he
says. And the principal reason he was so unfettered?
He says the news that his
wife, Argentine model Luisana Lopilato, was expecting their first child made
everything else seem a little
less pressing.
“I think the whole lack
of trying (to top Christmas)
came from me finding out I
was having a baby — I think
when that happened, it
made me very brave,” Buble
said during a recent chat in
Toronto.
“The truth is, really, my
priorities just flip-flopped,
and I went: ‘What’s important to me?’ My wife’s
health. My baby’s health.
My family. And THEN this
record.’ If people love it,
that’s awesome. If they don’t
love it? You know what, I’ve
done pretty well.
“Not that I didn’t care, because of course I care, but I
wasn’t insecure.”
Buble, of course, has been
provided plenty of reasons
for such validation within
the industry.
There’s the aforementioned commercial success,
which is especially remarkable in this era ofBspindly
REA
sales. Even beyond Christmas — which topped the
charts in Canada, the U.S.,
the U.K., Australia, Austria,
Germany, Ireland, Sweden
and the Netherlands — he
can lay claim to four con-
secutive bona fide smashes, and rock into his typically
with his entire catalogue swing era-influenced adult
having now amassed more contemporary. And Buble’s
than three dozen platinum tickled at the opportunity to
plaques in his home country. try on so many hats.
“It’s amazing I can get
And his pop-culture profile has grown well beyond away with what I do as an enhis core group of fans. He tertainer, but especially that
starred in cheerfully retro I can make a schizophrenic
Christmas specials for NBC record, you know what I
in back-to-back years, and mean?” said Buble, who cohis hosting gig at this week- wrote all four original songs
end’s Juno Awards will pro- on the album. “I can do all
vide a national platform for these different genres and
his winking wit — though somehow there can be some
he dismisses his role as kind of through-line that
keeps them all together.”
mere “traffic cop.”
He made himself comSee BUBLE, D2
fortable on To Be Loved
by working with the same
circle of collaborators who
have been popping up on his
albums for years: producer
Bob Rock, songwriters Alan
Chang and Amy Foster, and
performers Naturally 7 and
the Puppini Sisters.
Buble calls it “creating a
subculture.” Furthering the
sense of familial warmth
filling the studio, Buble even
had his parents sit in on
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aim at a number of different
genres, incorporating elements of country, straightahead jazz, Cuban music
Michael Buble
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Juno Awards
on Sunday.
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Gene Simmons and Paul
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mantle long as the remaining
original members.
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Reba Set List
1. can’t even Get the Blues
2. the fear of Being alone
3. one Promise too late
4. Whoever’s in new england
5. Why not tonight
6. Somebody Should leave
7. the night the lights Went
out in Georgia
8. is there life out there
9. and Still
10. Medley (the Heart is a
lonely Hunter, Walk on and
i’d rather ride around With
you).
11. i’ll Have What She’s
Having
12. does He love you
13. Strange
14. Because of you
15. consider Me Gone
16. i’m a Survivor
17. Medley (take it Back and
Why Haven’t i Heard from
you)
18. turn on the radio
Encore:
19. fancy
It may be the Juno Awards
but Sunday’s broadcast will
put its emphasis on the music.
John Brunton, executive
producer of the Junos, began the rehearsal process at
the Brandt Centre on Friday
morning. During a break.
Brunton said the broadcast, which will run from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. on CTV, will be
“a full-on rock concert.”
“An award show exists to
celebrate music,” explained
Brunton.
“An award show exists to
celebrate, specifically with
the Junos, Canadian music.
Circus-like concert sure to showcase rock-anthem jewels
ANDREW MATTE
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country singer reba Mcentire performs at the Brandt centre in regina Saturday night.
hOPe’s hOMe hOwL
Backyard bash raises $125K for local charities
irene SeiBerlinG
Leader-Post
It wasn’t your typical backyard bash. On the contrary.
For one thing, each guest
paid from $1,000 to $5,000 to
attend.
Saskatchewan’s premier
Brad Wall emceed the fundraising event.
And Blue Rodeo singer/
guitarist Jim Cuddy perfor med for the crowd of
about 125 at the Hope’s Home
Howl.
It wasn’t traditional backyard fare on the menu either.
Gold Medal Plates-winning
chef Milton Rebello of the
Hotel Saskatchewan Radisson Plaza created a delectable array of impressive
appetizers, finger foods and
mini desserts for the event.
Each break in the evening’s
entertainment featured a
unique menu offering —
from melon, feta and mint
skewers to mini Dungeness
An impressive and eclectic list of performers has
been confir med for the
show — Metric, Billy Talent,
Carly Rae Jepsen, Hannah
Georgas, k.d. lang, Marianas Trench, Serena Ryder,
The Sheepdogs and Michael
Buble will all have the opportunity to shine in the
Juno spotlight.
When it came to selecting
performers, Brunton decided on an inclusive strategy.
“We celebrate all different
kinds of music in our show
so it’s just not the stars who
are selling all the records,”
said Brunton. “It’s people
who are making a buzz on
the Internet or people who
are making a buzz on social
media. We try to have a balance of established artists,
points of discovery artists
and artists who are on their
way up that climb.
“We want artists that are
going to kick ass and take
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LEADER-POST
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rsO delivers a spectacular evening in Paris
With the help of guest pianist Michael Kim, the Regina Symphony Orchestra
gave a strong performance
on Saturday evening of a
variety of impressive works
from the 19th and 20th centuries by well-known French
composers.
Joining the orchestra
to perfor m the challenging Symphony on a French
Mountain Air by Vincent
d’Indy, Kim was excellent, as
his impressive resume would
suggest. Having received his
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Centre on Friday.
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anne lindsay and Jim cuddy perform at Hope’s Home Howl fundraiser held at the home of
karl fix and Sandy Beug in regina on Saturday.
Montreal and Vancouver
… That tells you something
about where Regina has
gone to.”
“This is the new Saskatchewan!” the premier
declared as bids escalated
as he auctioned off a guitar
autographed by Cuddy. Tim
Schaefer of Varsity Homes
had the winning bid of
$26,000.
Fix was quick to point out
that while he got the ball
rolling, and he and his wife,
Sandy Beug, offered to host
the fundraiser at their Wascana View home, the event
was a team effort.
“It’s a really good team!”
he said.
In addition to Fix and
Beug, the organizing committee included Brad DeLorey of Mosaic, Tim Schaefer
of Varsity Homes, Denis
Jones of Deveraux Developments, Kevin Tell of Cindercrete, Marla Preston of the
Hotel Saskatchewan Radisson Plaza, and Hope’s Home
the community is amazing!”
Cuddy agreed to perform
at the event “for a substantial reduction in his fee,”
Fix pointed out, adding that
the entertainer also donated
$10,000 “because he feels it’s
such a worthwhile cause.”
“Part of my fee goes back
to the charity. It’s easy to
do,” Cuddy said humbly in
an interview prior to performing. “We came specifically for this.”
Cuddy is no stranger to
giving back to charity events.
He does a literacy event every year in Edmonton.
Fix credited Jones for
steering the organizing committee in the direction of
Hope’s Home, a charity the
premier was eager to support.
“I spearheaded it,” Fix
said. “I got a group of friends
of mine together — community-minded people … These
are all people who are happy
to give a good donation to a
good cause.”
MICHELLE BERG /The StarPhoenix photos
Paul Stanley and Kiss will be rockin’ Regina tonight.
It’s all about explosions,
projectile bleeding and performers made to look like
cartoon characters.
Subtlety doesn’t exist
in the world of Kiss, the
American rock band that
built its own culture by producing circus-like concerts
and finding ways to generate revenue like no other
musical act.
After four decades,
founders Gene Simmons
and Paul Stanley continue
to play catchy rock songs
in the shadow of a frantic
light show, a simple but
successful formula they developed as young New York
musicians.
Today, Kiss no longer
releases albums that resonate with the public, which
means the band exists as a
celebration of its reputation
for delivering groundbreaking rock spectacles. And
without fellow founders Peter Criss and Ace Frehley,
long ago replaced with Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer,
debate rages whether the
faces behind the face paint
even matter or whether the
modern-era Kiss is merely a
half-tribute act. Judging by
the size of the crowds, it appears the issue isn’t enough
to keep fans from buying
tickets.
Audiences in 2013 are
made up of fans with grey
temples and memories of
hearing songs like Beth and
Hard Luck Woman on the radio. Younger music fans buy
tickets out of a sense of duty,
curiosity and respect for
Kiss’s place in rock history.
While it’s easy to poke fun
at the old guys who wear
makeup, spit pretend blood
and wear costumes that look
like football padding spraypainted silver, dismissing
their success is impossible.
Kiss shares company
with the likes of The Who,
The Beach Boys and Bob
Dylan when it comes to album sales, and is in its own
category when it comes to
success in the retail world.
KISS
(with Shinedown)
When: Tonight, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Brandt Centre
With more than $500-million
in sales in merchandise in
3,000 categories, maximizing profit is as much a priority for Kiss as its artistic
endeavours.
But for many fans, the
focus is the music. Built
from a foundation of performance and stage production, Kiss songs are often
viewed as an afterthought,
or something that merely
facilitates the more important visual component.
But there are enough
members in the Kiss Army
fan club who argue Kiss’s
contribution to music is just
as worthy of acknowledgment as its success in the
music business. Kiss members aren’t exactly known
as rock’s leading musicians
or for experimenting musically like they have with
fire, lasers or stage-platform
hydraulics. However, many
view Stanley’s voice as one
of the enduring in rock history and more than a few
musicians say they were
influenced by Frehley’s freewheeling guitar work.
Nobody argues that songs
like Rock and Roll All Nite,
Detroit Rock City or Shout It
Out Loud are anything but
stand-alone, rock-anthem
jewels.
But with 20 studio albums, many believe there is
enough great material that
isn’t known in the same way,
songs like Shock Me, God of
Thunder or Lick It Up. There
are enough songs, however,
that are difficult to forget for
the opposite reason.
Musical missteps include
Shandi from 1980s Unmasked album, Dance All
Over Your Face from 1983’s
Lick It Up, or anything on
the 1981 album Music From
The Elder.
Here’s a list of buried
treasures, a guide to the best
of the rest.
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PREVIEW
Luck and hard work pay off for Les Mis’s Leclerc
JEFF DEDEKKER
LEADER-POST
Losing her sea legs turned
out to be a stroke of good fortune for Genevieve Leclerc.
After eight years of performing on cruise ships,
Leclerc decided it was time
to pursue opportunities on
dry land after she began suffering severe bouts of seasickness.
For Leclerc, the following
first audition resulted in the
role of Fantine in the U.S.
touring company of Les
Miserables, which opens
six-day, eight-show run at
is history.
“I didn’t expect to land
this gig. I thought when I
went to the audition that my
dream would be to get the
chance to cover Fantine,”
said LeClerc. “If I could just
be in the ensemble, oh my
god that would be a dream.
So when they called me for
the U.S. tour and also the
sit-down in Toronto starting
next September, I was like,
‘What?’
“It’s still nice that it’s like
that way because I really
don’t take things for granted. I know there’s probably a
million girls as good or even
better than me. It’s about
LES
MISERABLES
When: July 16-19, 8 p.m.
July 20, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
July 21, 2 p.m. & 7: 30 p.m.
portunities are what enabled
her to develop into a professional singer and actress.
Leclerc also understood
that if she wanted to move
on to bigger and better
things, she needed to continue to work at her craft to
ensure she was prepared to
take the next step.
“That’s when the work
and experience matters —
you’ve got the chance, now
Les Miserables tells the
story of Jean Valjean, a
man sentenced to 19 years
of hard labour for stealing a
loaf of bread for his sister’s
starving child. Released on
parole, Valjean must deal
with hatred and suspicion
while hoping for a new life.
Set during a revolutionary
period in France, Les Miserables is story of courage,
love and atonement.
In addition to playing in
London and on Broadway,
Les Miserables has been
produced in 42 countries
and is a popular choice for
regional theatre groups.
Audiences have been get-
Governance
In 2012, we finally made application to the Province of
Saskatchewan to step away from our original (1907) Act.
It has served us well for over a century, but had become
outdated for our current business activity and contemporary
governance model. In 2014, The Regina Exhibition
Association Limited will continue under The Non-profit
Corporations Act, 1995, with one voting member, the City of
Regina, which owns the land and buildings known as Evraz
Place. The Regina Exhibition Association Limited continues
to be governed by a capable and committed volunteer Board
of Directors, aptly led by our Board Chair, Jeff MacPherson.
New Future Home of the Saskatchewan Roughrider
Football Club in 2017
One of
the most exciting
developments of the past year and a
half has been the decision taken by
the City of Regina to invest nearly
$300 million in a new stadium at
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Evraz Place. Some of the work
has already taken place; namely the
demolition of the Heritage, Jubilee
and Saskatchewan Buildings. The
stadium project will create a new
Elphinstone Street entrance at 10th
Avenue and a significant amount of
our parking areas will get new lighting
and pavement. Confederation Park
will also get a makeover as part of the
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project.
I am very proud of our amazing team of employees and managers that have a huge passion
for all the
events we host and produce. We were also fortunate to have earned the confidence and support of the
I am very proud of our
amazing
team
of
employees
and
Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club and the Canadian Arts and Recording Sciences organizations –
they put their trust in us to be a big part of hosting their signature national events. We are also
managers that have a huge
passion
forcorporate
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to have tremendous
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to have tremendous corporate
participation in our business
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set up the show, half of
which are local crew
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100 channels of radio
frequencies for microphones and intercom
Another Record Year
The year 2013 will go down as
yet another record year for Evraz
Place (operated by The Regina
Exhibition Association Limited):
• Record revenues of $34.8M.
• Three
extraordinary
high
profile entertainment offerings
– the nationally televised Juno
Award Show with the Gala Juno
Awards dinner and Red Carpet
Event; a Mosaic Stadium Paul
McCartney Concert and ….
Another Record Year
•
Hosted
over
70,000
people for the 101st Grey Cup
The year 2013 will go down as yet another record year for Evraz Place (operated by the Regina
Exhibition Association):
Festival with 3 concerts in the Brandt Centre and 7
• Record revenues of $34.8M
• Three extraordinary high profile entertainment
offerings
– the nationally
televisedin
Junosthe
Award Co-operators Centre, in the
different
team
venues
Show with the Gala Juno Awards dinner and Red Carpet Event; a Mosaic Stadium Paul
Credit Union EventPlex and Agribition Building.
McCartney Concert and ….
• Hosted over 70,000 people for the 101 Grey Cup Festival with 3 concerts in the Brandt Centre
• in theRecord
capital
reinvestment
of $3.3M in our existing
and 7 different team venues
Co-operators Centre
and Agribition
Building.
• Record capital reinvestment of $3.3M in our existing infrastructure and equipment, including a
infrastructure
and
equipment,
including a new roof for
new roof for the Canada Centre
the Canada Centre.
In this annual report, you will gain some insight into who we
are, what we do and our financial performance. You will see:
• that we have a richly diverse full time and part time
employee base;
• that we are a major employer in Regina;
• that our business has been steadily growing;
• that our new and refurbished facilities are busy and
highly valued by our community.
board of directors
employment & Social Responsibility
Board of Director’s message
Officers
Jeff MacPherson
Chair of the Board
Mark Allan
President and CEO
Ben Antifaiff
Vice President and CFO
Denise Wanner
Corporate Secretary
Directors
Brian Barber
Karen Gibbons
Reg Howard
Patrick A. Kelly
Mike MacNaughton
Marty Meloche
Rob Nisbett
Ron Nugent
Laura Soparlo
Mark Stefan
Grant Wasnik
The status quo possesses
just as much risk for an
organization as change itself
and the “what might be” that
comes with change. While it
doesn’t seem like both the
status quo and change bear
risk, they can; doing nothing
has its own risks. The
leadership challenge around
change is acknowledging
uncertainty.
The key to
successful change is to let
go of the apprehension and
put your energy into the
execution of your plan.
My Chairman’s reports,
dating back to the first one in 2007, have a common embedded
theme. Change for the betterment of the organization has and is
necessary to place our organization on the path of success. This year
saw the culmination of one of the last elements of our governance
change that was needed to support the ongoing business changes.
Near the end of 2013 we received confirmation The Regina
Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) would continue under the
Non-profit Corporations Act, 1995 (Saskatchewan) leaving behind
its Act created in 1907.
The dawn of 2014 brings with it just as much continued business
change and just as much potential ambiguity. The construction of
a new stadium on the Evraz Place site housing the Saskatchewan
Roughriders begins. The construction project is managed by the
City of Regina. Our challenge in the interim will be to integrate
that construction project with our day to day operations including
conventions, entertainment and sporting events, maintaining our
high level of service delivery. Looking forward and in preparation for
the stadium opening in 2017, we begin the process of determining
what managing this new facility will mean for our organization.
While the stadium building is not physically attached to the current
buildings that reside on the property, we anticipate adjusting for
its management and delivery to ensure this facility is seamlessly
interconnected with the other properties on the Evraz Place site.
The REAL Board of Directors, Executive, Management and Staff
are up for the challenge. We have shown many times over the past
10 years that we don’t let uncertainty hold us back. In the words of
Barack Obama, “Change will not come if we wait for some other
person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek”. I do like our chances of success
and I welcome the change and the potential opportunity it creates
for REAL and for this City and the Province of Saskatchewan.
Jeff MacPherson
Chair of the Board
In 2013 Evraz Place had 1,190 employees engaged in
delivering entertainment value and enriching our guests’
experience. Like the changing demographics of our guests
and community, Evraz Place is proud to have a richly diverse
workforce. 27.26% of the workforce is Aboriginal; 15.26%
are Visible Minorities and 5% are People with Disabilities.
Evraz Place has continued to experience an exciting increase
in employee representation from Africa, China, Philippines,
Japan, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. The
payoffs in creating and maintaining a diverse workforce
touch every area of our business and we have experienced
an increase in creativity, productivity, language skills and as
importantly stronger guest and community loyalty.
As part of the rich diversity of our workforce, the ages of
our employees range from 16 years up to 77 years, which
brings a complimentary blend of experience, enthusiasm,
and new attitudes to the workplace.
Employees are the cornerstone of our business and Evraz
Place remains committed to maintaining and supporting our
employees by providing ongoing staff training, professional
development as well as health and wellness support services.
As an employer, Evraz Place is very pleased to provide
employees with family oriented events such as the
Co-operators Centre family skating days, Pumpkin Patch
Fun Day and the Children’s Christmas party.
Executive Management Team
(as of April 2014)
Mark Allan, President and CEO
Ben Antifaiff, Vice President and CFO
Neil Donnelly, Vice President Events and Entertainment
Graham Edge, Vice President Food and Beverage
Reid Pedersen, Vice President Sport and Recreation
Elma Shoulak, Vice President Human Resources
Bill Stoner, Vice President Property and Facilities
Denise Wanner, Manager Executive Office
Evraz Place employees continue to demonstrate their
commitment to the community through their active
involvement as volunteers for the Wascana/Herchmer
School partnership. Evraz Place encourages and supports
the Wascana/Herchmer’s literacy program as well as student
leadership and academic achievement by sponsoring their
monthly and annual virtue awards. In 2013, employees
donated over 300 new and used books for the Wascana/
Herchmer School literacy program.
Employees at Evraz Place prepare and serve a Christmas
lunch for Wascana/Herchmer School students and their
families, where gifts are provided to the students. Employees
are also involved in hosting and serving at the end of the
year barbecue where student success is recognized and
celebrated. At this event, the top student in each class
receives a day tripper pass for the Queen City Exhibition.
To encourage well-being and fitness, Evraz Place donates
the Credit Union EventPlex for the Wascana/Herchmer
students to participate in a variety of physical activities to
supplement their physical education program.
In 2013, Evraz Place is very proud to have awarded a
scholarship in the amount of $2,500 for a former graduate
of Wascana/Herchmer School attending a post-secondary
institution.
Management (as of April 2014)
Lori Adams, Manager Catering Sales
Dean Churchill, Director Finance and IT
Kenneth D’Souza, Assistant Catering Manager
Fred Fink, Manager, Event Delivery
Ashley Frohlich, Assistant Catering Manager
Darwin Godlien, Manager Security
Chris Hutchinson, Director Corporate Development
Shirley Janeczko, Manager Business Development CFPS
Normie Jay, Conference and Catering Manager
Bret Jenkins, Manager Sport and Recreation Operations
Alicia Knapman, Box Office Manager
Kyle Lamkey, General Manager Sport and Recreation
Reagan Lowe, Director Employee Relations
Brenda McIntosh, Director Events and Entertainment
Allison McLaughlin, Manager Human Resources
Mario Melendres, Sous Chef
Degan Middleton-Machdanz, Food and Beverage Manager
Naimesh Patel, Custodial Manager
Maria Pia, Manager Human Resources
Kent Roberts, Food and Beverage Manager
Ray Rondeau, Financial Manager
Dave Senger, Manager Operations Sport and Recreation
Rob Swan, Food and Beverage Manager
Ken Taylor, Director Trade and Consumer Shows
Roger Weldon, Manager Financial Analysis
Alison Wilkie, Catering and Events Manager
Michael Zech, Executive Chef
Events & entertainment
Evraz Place was once again a hub for the hottest
entertainment in Saskatchewan. 2013 was an exciting year
as we hosted a diverse collection of high-profiled artists
and performances. Residents of Regina were treated to
the live performances of top notch performers such as
Great Big Sea, Leonard Cohen, KISS, Reba McIntyre, The
Tragically Hip, Alice in Chains, Brad Paisley, Eric Church
and the legendary Paul McCartney. Evraz Place strives to
please a wide range of tastes by presenting entertainers
such as comedian Jeff Dunham, Volbeat, Five Finger Death
Punch and the WWE Smackdown tour. The World famous
“Harlem Globe Trotters” and NHL game gave opportunity
for the entire family to visit Evraz Place.
The Brandt Centre is a 6,000-seat facility that has been
hosting home games of the WHL’s Regina Pats for over 35
years. Evraz Place is proud to have Pats fans recognize the
Brandt Centre as the home of this beloved hockey team in
the Queen City. GO PATS GO!
Evraz Place has become a well known destination for
people, all year round. Whether it’s to bring your dreams
to life at the popular Spring Home & Garden Show, the
pavilions during Mosaic, or the annual Majestic Car Show,
Evraz Place is the place to be for events and entertainment.
The Aboriginal community once again arrived in masses as
the Brandt Centre served as home for their Annual First
Nations University Pow Wow in April. The sounds and
smells of traditional food, authentic dance, ceremonial
costumes and music filled the air during this 3 day weekend
event.
JUNO Awards
In April of 2013 Evraz Place was host to the JUNOs. The
journey began in 2012 when the Regina Host Committee
was awarded the 2013 JUNOS bid. There was considerable
prep work and the Evraz Place staff rose, as always, to the
challenge. This incredible event turned the Brandt Centre
into the premiere venue for the nationally televised awards
show seen by 1.91 million viewers. The JUNOs festival
activities included: the JUNOs hockey game played in
Moose Jaw’s Mosaic Place; Fan Fare at the Cornwall Centre
where fans got to get up close and personal with some of
the Artists; Fan Fest – multiple venues throughout the City
of Regina took part, with over 1,000 passes sold through
our Box Office; Gala Banquet for 1,150 people in our Credit
Union EventPlex (this is where most of the awards are
given out to the Artists); and our Agribition Building was
transformed as the venue for the prestigious Red Carpet.
101st Grey Cup Festival
The 101st Grey Cup Festival, a Celebration in Rider Nation,
emanated our prairie spirit and our welcoming hospitality
as Evraz Place staff worked hand-in-hand with nearly
2500 volunteers to share with the Nation an outstanding
showcase of sport, culture and celebration.
Evraz Place was the epicenter for seven CFL Team
Hospitality Rooms including Riderville, Tigertown, the
Double Blue Bash, Touchdown Manitoba, the Lion’s Den,
the Stamps House and the Atlantic Schooners Down East
Kitchen Party as the first ever Team Party Pass allowed
Festival goers to experience all Team parties all in one place,
all for one price, creating the ultimate fan experience.
We also hosted the Molson Canadian Live Champion’s
Concert Series featuring Hedley, Barenaked Ladies and
Big ‘N Rich in the Brandt Centre; along with the CFLAA
Legends Lunch, the Pre-game Party with the Sheepdogs
and the Countdown to Kick-Off Luncheon.
Our multi-purpose facilities and expert staff, that only
a week prior hosted Canada’s largest livestock event –
Canadian Western Agribition, performed with rave reviews.
The final tally had over 75,000 happy festival goers through
the doors.
Prairie Mobile Taste of Spring
Guests welcome this time of year as it’s one of the first
signs that they can say good bye to the winter weather and
warm up their taste buds at the highly anticipated Prairie
Mobile Taste of Spring. Regina’s most anticipated spring
event brought a crowd of more than 7,500 over three nights
to enjoy the best of fine wines, spirits and food in the
Queen City.
Canada’s Farm Progress Show presented by Viterra
Voted as “The Largest Trade Show in Canada” for the 3rd
year in a row by Trade Show News Network, was the icing
on the cake for another successful event. The CFPS has
taken pride over the years of not only maintaining, but
greatly increasing the number of International Buyers that
attend this show every year. In 2013 there were over 800
International buyers who came to view and buy Canadian
made agricultural equipment. Having an opportunity to
display and explain product to so many buyers, not to
mention the local farmers who attend this show as well as
from across the Prairies, is an opportunity that cannot be
matched.
Queen City Ex presented by Mosaic
The five day Summer Fair once again surpassed 200,000
visitors. Fairgoers crashed the gates in full force, resulting
in a 6% attendance increase, and record setting numbers
for North American Midway. The crowds enjoyed new
and exciting on-site attractions highlighted by the addition
of the Family Fun Zone in the Co-operators Centre. The
QCX Parade which has traditionally been held on the
Saturday morning prior to the start of the Exhibition was
moved to Tuesday evening and received rave reviews that
drew massive crowds that lined the streets of Regina. The
Parade was followed by Fireworks in Wascana Park, kicking
off the week and “Exploding Into The Ex”.
The Molson Canadian Live Grandstand always attracts
huge nightly crowds to Confederation Park, and 2013 was
no exception. Music fans enjoyed upcoming Canadian Pop
Group, Walk Off The Earth, rockers Three Days Grace,
classic rock icons Loverboy, the pop chart topping group
Simple Plan, and country music superstar, Rodney Atkins
closed out the Queen City Ex.
Other popular attractions and thrills acts included Extreme
BMX Freestyle Show, Milord High Dive Show, Craz E Crew,
Hypnotist Wayne Lee, Comedic Juggler Randy Cabral and
Speed Painter, Dave Sharp.
Last year Evraz Place and Mosaic teamed up to serve 10,154
pancakes and raised over 11,400 pounds of food for the
Regina Food Bank during Mosaic’s Flip For Hunger Pancake
Breakfast. In the last 3 years this initiative has raised over
28,200 pounds in non-perishable food donations for the
Regina Food Bank during August which is a difficult month
for the Regina Food Bank. Once again, Mosaic and Evraz
Place joined forces for “Experience The Ex”, a program
which donated 1,000 gate admissions and 200 Daytrippers
to underprivileged youth and charitable groups.
Food & beverage
2013 was an exciting year at Evraz Place as we played host to
some of the most dynamic regional and national meetings,
conferences, gala dinners, trade shows, and sporting events.
There were new and exciting changes for Evraz Place’s Food
and Beverage Division during the past year. 2013 marked
the division’s first full year at Evraz Place while operating
independently.
The Queensbury Convention Centre
introduced a new catering menu featuring a great selection
of prairie and international cuisine which beautifully
complimented the new china, glassware and flatware.
2013 Event Highlights:
Evraz Place’s conference and catering staff covered over
500 Food and Beverage shifts during the Queen City Ex,
Canada’s Farm Progress Show and Agribition. In total, over
500 catered events took place in 2013, to the great success
of the staff and their dedication to great service.
Juno Awards Broadcast
• The Food and Beverage team served a sold out crowd
at The Brandt Centre.
The Food and Beverage department introduced Subway
and Western Pizza as new franchise partners at Evraz Place.
These join the already successful Tim Horton’s franchise
where over a million cups of coffee were served this year.
While the past year was one of the busiest years to date
for the Food and Beverage division, the focus is always to
provide its clients with a great experience.
Saskatchewan Safety Council 2013 Industrial Safety Seminar
• Four Day Conference and Tradeshow with 800
Delegates from across Saskatchewan.
Juno Gala Dinner
• 1,200 Guests from across Canada enjoyed a three
course meal. The event had several exclusive musical
performances and award presentations.
Prairie Mobile Taste of Spring
• Three day Tradeshow featuring local restaurants and
top wine, spirits and beer.
• Over 7,500 attendees visited the Credit Union
EventPlex during these three days.
2013 Williston Basin Petroleum Conference
and Trade Show
• Over 300 indoor and outdoor exhibitors and over 1900
delegates from North America attended this show.
Ducks Unlimited Dinner
• Dinner and Auction for over 700 guests.
Ken Goff Boxing Memorial
• 900 guests enjoyed dinner while watching multiple
world class boxing matches.
2013 Annual Premiers Dinner
• Plated dinner served to over 2,200 Sask Party guests.
2013 Plaza of Honor Dinner Gala
• One of Saskatchewan’s most prestigious dinners
• Played host to over 1,600 guests.
Saskatchewan Oral Health Profession Conference
and Tradeshow
• Three day conference, tradeshow and banquet.
Introducing our
2013
NEW MENU
101st Grey Cup Championship Festival
• The Co-operators Centre hosted 6 teams in the arenas
with full service bars and entertainment.
• Multiple catered events in the Queensbury Convention
Centre
• Riderville alone saw 5,000 guests daily and served
81,000 Pilsner beers, 21,000 liters of pop, 5 football
fields’ worth of hot dogs, 76,000 pounds of ice.
• Riderville’s Western Pizza served over 800 pizzas –
that’s 6,400 pieces of pizza, 2,200kg of mozzarella and
56,000 pieces of pepperoni.
The future goals for this world-class venue are to develop
new business and maximize the space while keeping the
facility competitive and a leader in the industry. Evraz
Place’s Food and Beverage division strives to be the desirable
option for clients and event planners near and far. New
strategies with a higher commitment to green initiatives
and positive economic impact for the community by giving
locally are on the horizon.
Queensbury Convention Centre
Phone: (306) 781-9200
www.queensburycentre.com
Sport & recreation
2013 was a busy year for the Sport and Recreation Division
managing the fourth season of operation of the Cooperators Centre as well as the Credit Union EventPlex and
ice operations in the Brandt Centre.
The Co-operators Centre has emerged as one of the premier
ice and sports facilities in Canada hosting local, regional and
national competitions twelve months a year. New to the
facility in 2013 is Peak Performance, A state of the art dry
land training facility operational year round.
The Skate Canada Centre of Excellence entered its third
season in operation. 2013 was highlighted with an Olympic
visit to Sochi for Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers. Paige
and Rudi train in the Co-operators Centre daily during their
off season.
2013 saw continued growth for the Co-operators Centre
Hockey Leagues (CCHL). Registration numbers included
3,500 men, women, boys and girls in Co-operators Centre
recreational leagues with games on more than 330 nights
of the year.
The Credit Union EventPlex had its busiest year ever
in 2013. From October to April the facility is booked to
capacity with youth and adult soccer activity. Over 3,000
registered soccer players utilize the facility in addition to
other turf sports such as Ultimate Frisbee, adult touch
football, cricket, etc.
For the ninth year, the indoor soccer season culminated
with 1,200 players, 100 volunteers and over 20,000 fans
participating in the WCP World Cup event.
In 2013, The Credit Union EventPlex was outfitted with a
new artificial turf system manufactured by AstroTurf LLC.
The Sport and Recreation Division was pleased to host
three major national championship events in 2013, the
Skate Canada Challenge, Canadian National Broomball
Championships and the U15 Volleyball Championships.
On the event calendar, 2014 will bring the Skate Canada
Adult Nationals and 2015 has already penciled in the
ASHN North American Championships and International
Association of Fire Fighters Association tournament
ensuring Regina, and Evraz Place, will be at the forefront of
the Canadian sports scene.
S ports T ournaments and S pecial E vents hosted
by the S port and R ecreation D ivision in 2013:
Major Events Hosted:
2013 Skate Canada Challenge
Canadian National Broomball Championships
U15 Volleyball Championships
Western Prospects Hockey Camp
World Player Cup Soccer Championships
Skate Regina
Ice Carnival
Living Skies Synchro Championships
Skate Saskatchewan Championships
Ringette Tournaments:
Jim Benning Tournament
Queen City Tournament
Ringette Provincials
Saskatchewan Ringette Provincials
Lacrosse Tournament:
Sask Lacrosse Festival
Soccer Tournaments
RAZZ Tournament
ACFC Tournament
RSA Adult Tournament
Youth Provincials
Timbit Jamboree
Co-ed Playoffs
Saskatchewan Hockey Association
Skills of Gold
Zone Camps
Sask First Female
Sask First Bantam Tournament
Sask First Midget Tournament
Hockey Tournaments
HR – Bantam Tier I
HR – Bantam Tier II
HR – Female
HR – Midget Tier I
HR – Midget Tier II
HR – Novice Tier I
HR – Atom Tier I
HR – Atom Tier II
HR – PeeWee Tier I
HR – PeeWee Tier II
HR – Junior C
RCMP Tournament
Sask Power / Energy Tournament
Oskana Cup
Spring AAA Classic Minor Hockey Tournament
Co-operators Centre Hockey League
CCHL – Winter League both male and female
CCHL – Summer League both male and female
CCHL – 3 on 3 Youth Hockey
The Co-operators Centre Classic
Major events upcoming
2015 International Firefighter Hockey Championships
2015 National Adult Hockey Championship
2016 U15Volleyball Hockey Championships
Major events in the bid process
2016 Keystone Cup
2016 Canadian Under 18 Women’s Championship
2016 World Broomball Championships
community partnerships
Financial Statements
Management Report
EVRAZ PLACE
ENRICHING OUR COMMUNITY
Together with our Corporate Partners, we here at Evraz
Place are enriching our community by providing the people
of our City, Province, and Country with opportunities
to experience world class events and entertainment and
participate in sports and recreation in first class facilities.
In 2013 over 2.7 Million people patronized our property,
events, and facilities. In 2014, and into the future those
numbers are expected to soar, as we begin construction on
the new stadium and continue to evolve as a property and
partner in this community.
The property and facilities of Evraz Place are owned by
the City of Regina and leased to The Regina Exhibition
Association Limited.
At Evraz Place we recognize none of this would be possible
without the support and dedication of our in-valuable
corporate partners!
The accompanying financials of The Regina Exhibition
Association Limited have been prepared by the Association’s
management in accordance with Canadian Accounting Standards
for Not-For-Profit organizations and necessarily include some
amounts based on informed judgment and management estimates.
To assist management in fulfilling its responsibilities, a system
of internal controls has been established to provide reasonable
assurance that the financial statements are accurate and reliable
and that assets are safeguarded.
The Board of Directors have reviewed and approved these
financial statements.
These financial reports have been examined by the independent
auditors, Virtus Group LLP and their report is presented separately.
Mark Allan
President and CEO
March 26, 2014
®
Ben Antifaiff
Vice President and CFO
March 26, 2014
To the Shareholders,
The Regina Exhibition Association Limited
Operating Evraz Place
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of The
Regina Exhibition Association Limited, operating Evraz Place
which comprise the balance sheet as at December 31, 2013, and
the statements of income and retained earnings, and cash flows
for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting
policies and other explanatory information.
Managements Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair
presentation of these financial statements in accordance with
Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations,
and for such internal control as management determines is
necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that
are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditors’ Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in
accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards.
Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements
and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free from material
misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence
about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The
procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgment, including
the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the
financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making
those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control
relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the
financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal
control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of
accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient
and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of The Regina Exhibition
Association Limited, operating Evraz Place as at December 31,
2013, its results of operations and cash flows for the year then
ended in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for notfor-profit organizations
Chartered Accountants
Regina, Canada
March 26, 2014
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Regina Exhibition Association Limited
operating Evraz Place
Regina Exhibition Association Limited
operating Evraz Place
Balance Sheet
Statement of Income
As at December 31, 2013
For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
2013
$
2012
$
2013
$
2012
$
18,909,375
7,956,584
3,849,705
1,514,948
2,600,000
34,830,612
14,888,337
7,262,355
3,755,221
1,530,050
2,600,000
30,035,963
1,407,567
3,916,548
3,702,352
607,083
7,585,470
2,077,898
14,765,915
34,062,833
767,779
4,605,440
5,373,219
1,249,121
3,676,948
3,277,525
581,633
5,216,497
2,024,206
12,925,625
28,951,555
1,084,408
3,521,032
4,605,440
Revenues
Assets
Current Assets
Cash
Accounts and grants receivable
Inventories
Supplies and prepaid expenses
3,043,106
1,854,647
407,449
48,881
5,354,083
4,801,352
924,576
250,967
176,760
6,153,655
72,873,544
78,227,627
73,043,132
79,196,787
4,220,394
2,069,773
180,718
6,470,885
2,870,257
2,418,005
5,288,262
Long-term debt (note 4)
Deferred grants and other contributions (note 5)
336,863
66,036,940
72,844,688
69,293,365
74,581,627
Share capital (note 6)
Retained earnings
Net assets
9,720
5,373,219
5,382,939
78,227,627
9,720
4,605,440
4,615,160
79,196,787
Tangible capital assets (note 3)
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Deferred revenue and deposits
Current portion of long-term debt (note 4)
See accompanying notes
Approved by the Board:
Director
Director
Sales
Rentals
Contributions and other income
Sponsorships and advertising
Revenue continuance (note 9)
Expenses
Administration
Amortization
Cost of goods sold
Repairs and maintenance
Supplies, equipment and contracted services
Utilities
Wages and employee benefits
Net income for the year
Retained earnings - beginning of year
Retained earnings - end of year
See accompanying notes
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Regina Exhibition Association Limited
operating Evraz Place
Regina Exhibition Association Limited
operating Evraz Place
Notes to the Financial Statements
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
1. Description of the business
2013
$
Operating activities
Net income for the year
Items not affecting cash
Amortization
Deferred capital contributions recognized
Net decrease in non-cash working capital balances
related to operations
Financing activities
Proceeds from long-term debt
Repayment of long-term debt
Investing activities
Purchase of tangible capital assets
Decrease in cash during the year
767,779
3,916,547
(3,256,424)
1,427,902
2012
$
1,084,408
3,676,947
(3,256,424)
1,504,931
43,230
120,258
1,471,132
1,625,189
517,581
517,581
(1,520,337)
(1,520,337)
(3,746,959)
(1,758,246)
(1,003,158)
(898,306)
Cash, beginning of year
4,801,352
5,699,658
Cash, end of year
3,043,106
4,801,352
See accompanying notes
The Regina Exhibition Association Limited (the Association) is a not-for-profit organization incorporated
under a private act of the Province of Saskatchewan. Under its bylaws dividends cannot be paid and its
shares cannot appreciate in value. On May 01, 2012 the shareholders of the Association passed a Special
resolution that the Association be continued under the Non-Profit Corporations Act, 1995 and transfer
ownership and control of the Association to the City of Regina. The Association, under it's existing Act, is
required to obtain approval from the Lieutenant Governor in Council to apply for the Continuance and is currently
awaiting that approval.
2. Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for
not-for-profit organizations which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and the reported amount of revenue and expenses during the year. These
estimates are reviewed periodically and adjustments as necessary are reported in the period of review.
a) Tangible capital assets and amortization
Tangible capital assets are recorded at cost. Amortization is recorded over the estimated useful life of the assets
as follows:
Buildings
Equipment
-straight-line over 10 to 30 years
-straight-line over 3 to 20 years
b) Revenue recognition
Sales revenue, including catering, concessions and events, and Rental revenue are recognized as services are
provided. Sponsorship and advertising revenue is recognized based on the terms of the contract.
c) Grants and other contributions
Grants and other contributions received by the Association are accounted for as follows:
i)
Grants and other contributions to assist with the financing of capital asset additions are recorded as deferred
capital contributions (see note 5). The portion of the grant and other contributions equivalent to the annual
amortization expense of the related asset is recognized annually as Contributions and other income.
ii)
Grants and other contributions intended for grounds and buildings repairs and maintenance are recorded in
revenue in the period in which they are received.
iii) Grants and other contributions that are restricted and not specifically intended for capital asset additions are
recorded in revenue in the period the related expenses are incurred.
d) Financial instruments - recognition and measurement
All financial instruments are recognized at fair value upon initial recognition.
All of the Association's financial instruments are measured at amortized cost following initial recognition.
When an indication of impairment is indicated, and when actual impairment has occurred, the financial instrument's
carrying amount is reduced to its realizable value.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
3. Tangible capital assets
Buildings
Equipment
8. Financial instruments
Cost
$
Accumulated
Amortization
$
2013
$
2012
$
95,683,176
7,213,467
102,896,643
25,922,200
4,100,899
30,023,099
69,760,976
3,112,568
72,873,544
72,532,642
510,490
73,043,132
4. Long-term debt
Loan payable to Royal Bank of Canada in monthly payments of
of $15,415.60 including interest at 3.68%. Specific equipment is
pledged as security. Due September, 2016.
9. Revenue continuance
2013
$
2012
$
483,402
On November 22 1997, the Association ceased operating its casino. In accordance with an agreement
between the Association and the Province of Saskatchewan, a 30 year agreement was entered into
whereby the Association will receive $2,600,000 annually to maintain its earnings.
-
Loan payable to Roynat in monthly payments of $774.43 including
interest at 14.7%. Specific equipment is pledged as security. Due
November, 2016.
21,936
-
Loan payable to RCAP in monthly payments of $436.49 including
interest at 11.8%. Specific equipment is pledged as security. Due
September, 2016.
12,243
-
483,402
-
180,718
302,684
-
Less current portion
10. Contingencies
The estimated principal repayments in the next three years are as follows:
2014
2015
2016
5. Deferred grants and other contributions
Opening deferred grants and other contributions
Amounts recognized in year
Ending deferred grants and other contributions
6. Share capital
Authorized2,000 shares of $10 par value each
Issued972 shares (2012 - 972 shares)
The Association's recognized financial instruments consist of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable
and accrued liabilities, and long-term debt. The fair value of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable
and accrued liabilities approximates carrying value given the short term nature of the amounts. The
fair value of long-term debt approximates carrying value based on the terms of the debt agreements.
$
180,718
188,536
148,327
2013
$
2012
$
69,293,365
3,256,424
66,036,941
72,549,789
3,256,424
69,293,365
2013
$
2012
$
9,720
9,720
7. Financial risk management
The association has a risk management framework to monitor, evaluate and manage the principal risks
assumed with financial instruments. The significant financial risks to which the Association is exposed are.:
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other party
by failing to discharge an obligation. The Association is exposed to credit risk on the accounts receivable
from its customers, however, does not have a significant exposure to any individual customer or counterpart.
In order to reduce its credit risk, the Association has adopted credit policies, which include the review of a
new customer's credit history and financial position before extending credit and conducting regular reviews
of its existing customers' credit performances to reflect the Association’s credit policies. The Association
has incurred insignificant bad debt expense during the past three years.
The Association is subject to certain legal matters arising in the normal course of business, none of which are
expected to materially affect the financial results of the Association.
11. Related parties
In the normal course of operations, the Association has relationships with Directors' businesses. These
transactions are conducted at market prices and at comparable terms as with unrelated parties.
The Association requires Directors' to adhere to its Conflict of Interest policy.
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THE REGINA EXHIBITION ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Operating Evraz Place
P.O. Box 167
1700 Elphinstone Street, Regina, SK, S4P 2Z6
Phone (306) 781-9200 Fax: (306) 565-3443
www.brandtcentre.com
Brandt Centre
Queensbury Convention Centre
Credit Union EventPlex
Co-operators Centre
www.queensburycentre.com
www.cooperatorscentre.com
www.evrazplace.com