{"id":2727,"date":"2009-06-18T12:47:26","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T19:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:47:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:47:07","slug":"obt-meets-exceeds-fundraising-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/18\/obt-meets-exceeds-fundraising-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"obt meets, exceeds fundraising goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oregon Ballet Theatre has surpassed<\/a> its $750K goal by over $100,000 as of today.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s great news!\u00c2\u00a0 So, how are they going to continue past the next season, and will that involve a live orchestra?\u00c2\u00a0 Not sure.\u00c2\u00a0 But Bob Hicks has an excellent post at Artscatter concerning the current dilemmae for Portland’s major arts organizations, including OBT and the Oregon Symphony.\u00c2\u00a0 Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oregon Ballet Theatre has surpassed its $750K goal by over $100,000 as of today.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s great news!\u00c2\u00a0 So, how are they going to continue past the next season, and will that involve a live orchestra?\u00c2\u00a0 Not sure.\u00c2\u00a0 But Bob Hicks has an excellent post at Artscatter concerning the current dilemmae for Portland’s major arts organizations, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1335,103],"tags":[1685,1633],"class_list":["post-2727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance","category-fundraising","tag-bob-hicks","tag-oregon-ballet-theatre"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-HZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4148,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/28\/obt-orchestra-returns\/","url_meta":{"origin":2727,"position":0},"title":"obt orchestra returns","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Bob Hicks (a.k.a. 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