Janyk said the board rejected that plan because it isn't necessarily any cheaper and would mean people from both Gibsons and Sechelt would have to drive to get there. Earlier this year, regional politicians also rejected the idea of a private-public partnership, after staff reported that type of project would be unlikely to attract the private sector without high levels of government subsidies. My new railway game is turning out to be a lot tougher than I had anticipated. Scheduling those little trains and making them run on time is a devilish business. I could make a Mussolini joke here, but I won't.
People are strange.
Or maybe it's me who's strange. This project had to be a real collaboration between professional and student musicians. I said, if you really want to make it meaningful, they'll have to play. Ferreras is insisting on the same standards of dress, behaviour and performance that he would expect from professional musicians. They can handle it.