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Nov8
Singletary Center getting new seats over the holidays
Filed under: Classical Music, Music, Singletary Center for the Arts, Theater; Tagged as: seats, Singletary Center for the ArtsComments Off
Michael Grice on stage at the Singletary Center, shortly after being named as its director in 2005. © Herald-Leader photo by Mark Cornelison.
The Singletary Center for the Arts concert hall will be getting new seats over the holiday break, thanks to a $200,000 allocation from the University of Kentucky Provost’s Office.
According to Center director Michael Grice, it will be the first seating upgrade at the concert hall since it opened in 1979.
“Our patrons have certainly been patient with us the past few years as more and more seats deteriorated,” Grice said in an email. “We have the UK Provost’s Office to thank for allocating these funds and for recognizing how important it is for the Singletary Center to be maintained for the sake of the campus and community. In fact, a lot of people on campus are to be thanked and appreciated for their support in getting this job done.”
Grice said the new seats will be port, a light burgundy color. The number of seats in the hall will remain the same, 1,574. The Singletary Center is the primary home for the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, many UK School of Music events and a regular schedule of national touring artists.
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