Despite Web Page Saying Otherwise Cultural Centre Foresees Shows Prior To 2030
If anyone was doing some searching on the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre’s web-site looking for what coming events are scheduled they want you to know they do not have inside access to some great conspiracy or by watching The Simpsons they have accurately predicted when the COVID - 19 restrictions are going to end.
For a brief while the page listing upcoming performances on their web-site listed the next events at the Cultural Centre being held on April 3, 2030.
“No we don’t have an inside track on when the restrictions will end,” the Cultural Centre’s executive director said with a chuckle when asked about it by MJ Independent.
Asked if they were making the prediction based upon watching too many episodes of The Simpson’s Cronan laughed saying “no we have not.”
Many people on social media have claimed that episodes of The Simpsons have eerily and accurately predicted the future years in advance on numerous occasions.
There is actually a simple explanation as to why the Cultural Cenrtre’s web-site briefly showed the next shows in its’ line-up as being April 3, 2030, he said and it has nothing to do with a COVID - 19 conspiracy.
Screenshot of the Upcoming Performances on the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre before they took it down - screenshot by MJ Independent
The reason why the page displayed the April 3, 2030 performances was because it was part of the Cultural Centre upgrading their web-site to integrate them into the new SaskTix ticketing system.
Cronan re-assured Cultural Centre patrons he foresees shows well before 2030 but at this time he cannot say exactly when.
“We are updating our web-site to switch over to SaskTix,” Cronan said. “It was a placeholder page that was not deleted during the update.”
Although all of the full details have not been announced as to the full capabilities of the SaskTix system Cronan said it is a good fit for the Cultural Centre.
The system allows the Cultural Centre to maintain its own walk up box office, plus SaskTix on-line and the potential to buy tickets for the Cultural Centre at the Mosaic Place box office as well.
On a serious note about when the Cultural Centre would once again be able to hold shows Cronan said they had not received any update as to when they will happen.
“No we haven’t heard anything yet.”
At the present time the Mae Wilson Theatre is restricted to having only 30 people at any performance. The restrictions would have to ease where 100 people were allowed into a performance, he said.
“It is not feasible to do a performance with a 400 people concert hall and only 30 people here.”
That would mean, once the restrictions are eased to allow 100 attendees, shows such as JJ Voss and Jefferey Straker - that are postponed - could go ahead.
Other shows such as Hotel California and Abba Gold already re-scheduled for April will not be going ahead until the restrictions were eased further as over 200 tickets have already been sold. The official postponements and the re-scheduling of these shows has yet to be officially announced.
NEW RULES ANNOUNCED
Cronan said the pandemic restrictions are particularly hard not only on the venues but the performers as well.
Not knowing at what stage the restrictions are makes it hard to plan.
In the past the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan had stages and those stages stated the numbers of people a venue could hold under the pandemic restrictions. After heavy criticism from critics the Province abandoned presenting information in that manner.
“It just gave us a better how we are going to operate. We know for right now but there is nothing detailing what is coming up,” he said, adding the manner in which the information was presented last year such as phase one so many guests, phase two so many guests allowed the Cultural Centre to better plan because they knew what was coming up.
“In this industry we have to plan months in advance to have things in place,” Cronan said.
But there has been recent updates by the Province about how the restrictions apply to venues like the Cultural Centre and also to performers across the province.
The new rules allow a solo performer to sing without a mask so long as they sing from behind a barrier and accompanying musicians and singers are at least three meters away and wear masks.
Groups with multiple singers are required to wear masks.
The ever changing rules have not sat well with the Saskatchewan music industry as recently performers not wearing masks had their videos pulled from SaskTel Max due to complaints performers were not wearing masks.
Brian Sklar, president of the Regina Musicians’ Association, in media reports said the music industry was grateful for the paid work but the rules were seemingly forever changing and no consultation from the government made it hard for the industry.
And what about the page announcing the Cultural Centre’s next performances in 2030?
It, like the Province’s rules, had seemingly quickly changed and was no longer available by the end of the day apparently a victim to an update.
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