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This is the 45th annual Sound of Music event. It has become a pivotal event for the event. Financial problems, governance problems and a new relationship with the Performing Arts Centre that does not appear to have been thoroughly thought through.
Has the Sound of Music run its course? City Council is going to be taking a hard look at this event once the 2024 event wrap up has taken place.
The parade route: The Parade commences at 11:00AM, Saturday June 15, from Central Park at Drury Lane; travels westbound along Caroline St. to Elizabeth St.; south on Elizabeth St. to James St.; westbound on James St., then marches north on Brant Street to Baldwin St.; ending at Central High School before 1:00PM.
Click here for the full event schedule.
I think there should be two questions at the ballot box for the next election…
1) Are you agreeable to an entrance fee charged to attendees at the SOM?
Yes
No
Don’t know/Don’t care
2) Are you agreeable to the city providing $125,000 (indexed) each year to the SOM?
Yes
No
Don’t know/Don’t care
I know that Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival is a bit of a “sacred cow” here, but really, who is this festival actually free for? Certainly not for Burlington taxpayers. Perhaps attending neighbours from Hamilton and Mississauga? You’re welcome, I think!