New signage has been installed at the Anne Portnuff Theatre in Yorkton to mark major donors to the fundraising effort which allowed new seats in the theatre, and better sound and lighting.
Tonia Vermette, Administrator with the Yorkton Arts Council said the signage marks major donors such as the Co-op Community Fund which provided $100,000, as well as Richardson, and the Community Initiative Fund.
“All of them are recognized on the wall plaque,” she said.
In addition, small plaques have been attached to seats in the theatre marking those who ‘purchased’ a seat in the refurbishing program for $350, said Vermette.
The signage is sort of the final step of the project that began with two years of fundraising, and then the seat installation and lighting and sound upgrades.
“Just to get it done and finished is a good feeling,” said Vermette, adding before even starting to fundraise there was a year of planning first.
Vermette said the theatre is a much-used facility in the city with dance groups, Stars for Saskatchewan concerts and the Community Band among regular users. When it was “recognized the seats were falling apart” it became obvious upgrades were needed, and the project was launched.
“We pretty much got everything we wanted,” she said looking back on the work and upgrades, and now with ‘thank-you’ signage in place, it wraps up the multi-year effort.
