Rally for Don Russell PAC - City of Gosnells wants to close the venue

Information has come to light today that the City of Gosnells have voted in favour of closing Don Russell Performing Arts Centre in Thornlie. 

Don Russell PAC is part of the CircuitWest network and this will effect both state and federal touring productions as well as the City of Gosnells and neighbouring communities.

Moved Cr C Fernandez Seconded Cr D Griffiths
That Council move management of the Don Russell Performing Arts Centre to City Facilities and hire out the centre in a similar manner to other City of Gosnells facilities
CARRIED 7/5
FOR: Cr T Brown, Cr C Fernandez, Cr D Griffiths, Cr L Griffiths, Cr K Jones, Cr B Wiffen
and Cr O Searle.
AGAINST: Cr W Barrett, Cr J Brown, Cr R Hoffman, Cr S Iwanyk and Cr R Mitchell.

All will be decided at the next Council Meeting - Tuesday Oct 26 at 7.30pm.  Performing Arts lovers, we need to rally at that meeting to show the communities support of Don Russell Performing Arts Centre.

If you would like to read the minutes from that meeting - here is the link - it all starts on page 14.

http://www.gosnells.wa.gov.au/upload/gosnells/11F55A20C67649789F72A90811CE67B.pdf

To contact the councillors and to share your concern and voice your support for Don Russell PAC - this link will take you to the contact details of the Councillors http://www.gosnells.wa.gov.au/scripts/viewoverview_contact.asp?NID=126

I will definitely be at the next Council Meeting on Tues Oct 26 at 7.30pm
Address: 2120 Albany Highway, Gosnells 

I hope you will all rally too!

They forced one of WA's loved community theatres to close last year - Acorn Theatre to move which resulted in their closure - now they're doing it to a professional venue !!!  

If you want to contact me please do via email - taz@tazentertainment.com.au