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Another Record YearThe year 2013 will go down as yet another record year for Evraz Place (operated by The Regina Exhibition Association Limited):• Record revenues of $34.8M.• Three extraordinary high profile entertainment offerings – the nationally televised Juno Award Show with the Gala Juno Awards dinner and Red Carpet Event; a Mosaic Stadium Paul McCartney Concert and ….

• Hosted over 70,000 people for the 101st Grey Cup Festival with 3 concerts in the Brandt Centre and 7 different team venues in the Co-operators Centre, in the Credit union EventPlex and Agribition Building.

• Record capital reinvestment of $3.3M in our existing infrastructure and equipment, including a new roof for the Canada Centre.

I am very proud of our amazing team of employees and managers that have a huge passion for all the events we host and produce. We were also fortunate to have earned the confidence and support of the Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club and the Canadian Arts and Recording Sciences organizations – they put their trust in us to be a big part of hosting their signature national events. We are also fortunate to have tremendous corporate participation in our business – our top partners are referenced in this report. A special thank you to the Regina Hotels Association and the Regina Regional opportunities Corporation for their assistance with event bids; we value their support.

In this annual report, you will gain some insight into who we are, what we do and our financial performance. You will see:• that we have a richly diverse full time and part time

employee base;• that we are a major employer in Regina;• that our business has been steadily growing;• that our new and refurbished facilities are busy and

highly valued by our community.

GovernanceIn 2012, we finally made application to the Province of Saskatchewan to step away from our original (1907) Act. It has served us well for over a century, but had become outdated for our current business activity and contemporary governance model. In 2014, The Regina Exhibition Association Limited will continue under The Non-profit Corporations Act, 1995, with one voting member, the City of Regina, which owns the land and buildings known as Evraz Place. The Regina Exhibition Association Limited continues to be governed by a capable and committed volunteer Board of Directors, aptly led by our Board Chair, Jeff MacPherson.

new Future Home of the Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club in 2017one of the most exciting developments of the past year and a half has been the decision taken by the City of Regina to invest nearly $300 million in a new stadium at Evraz Place. Some of the work has already taken place; namely the demolition of the Heritage, Jubilee and Saskatchewan Buildings. The stadium project will create a new Elphinstone Street entrance at 10th Avenue and a significant amount of our parking areas will get new lighting and pavement. Confederation Park will also get a makeover as part of the project.

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When Mike MacNaughton was working on the

bid to host the 2013 Juno Awards, he argued one advantage Regina had over competing cities was the weather.

“Well, it’s not that bad,” said MacNaughton, chair of the 2013 JUNO Awards Host Committee. Regardless, the bid worked as Regina will host the show tonight at the Brandt Centre.

In terms of broadcasting, Lindsay Cox admits putting the Junos together each year is a lot of work and a “massive personal sacri-fice,” but in a good way.

“To be a part of the level of challenge, both techni-cally and creatively, is in-toxicating,” said Cox, vice-president of production and supervising producer with Insight Production Company.

This is the 19th year Insight has produced the broadcast, including every year since CTV was awarded the broadcast rights in 2002.

“Even when you’re in the middle of it and you’re working really hard and you’re feeling so much pressure executing every-thing in such a short time — you always know this is a dream job.”

Insight is only one part of the collaboration that puts the Junos on each year.

“My role is to produce the television show along with CARAS, who produces the event. And we do it all together,” said Cox.

Phil King, president of programming and sports, said CTV decided to get involved with the Junos because it fit with the broadcaster’s “big-event strategy,” along with broad-casting the Oscars and the Golden Globes. Securing the broadcast rights also helped CTV become more involved with the music industry, he said.

Besides airing the show, CTV’s role involves adver-tising and marketing the event — including a com-mercial that aired during the Super Bowl.

A noticeable change since CTV took over the broadcasting rights is the change of venue each year. Previously, the Junos were mainly held in Toronto, with occasional shows in Vancouver and Hamilton.

However, since CTV took over, the show has been spread out to places like St. John’s, Halifax, Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon.

King said the rationale behind moving the show around is to prevent it from becoming stale and to bring it to the fans.

“It used to be, basically, an industry event ... you know, a bunch of people in suits sitting around,” he said. “But let’s face it. It’s music. It’s supposed to be fun and there is supposed to be fans yelling and scream-ing and clapping.”

King added, “I’m not so sure you could sell it out every year in Toronto anymore.”

Cox also likes the idea of moving the show around because it gives the staff and crew setting up the

event a new challenge each year. She notes many of her staff and crew have been in-volved with the Junos since 2002, and in some cases, prior to that when CBC held the broadcasting rights.

“We go to different arenas every year, so we’re not in a position where we can learn the nuances of an arena and apply it the next year — it just doesn’t work that way,” said Cox. “There is no predictability, and it’s really exciting because of that.”

Having the same staff with expertise in live television is also key to the show going off without a hitch each year by avoiding technical issues and ensur-ing rehearsals are done on time.

With this year’s event at the Brandt Centre, Cox said the plan was to make the Junos more intimate by placing the three stages in such a way as to give audi-ence members a 360-degree view of the show.

“The ambition this year was not to build up a lot of structure behind the set, which is typical, because we want people to be a part of it — so the audience is the background,” said Cox.

In addition to the three stages, putting on the show requires more than 9.4 ki-

lometres of lighting power cable, 720,000 watts of light-ing power, 63,500 kilograms of equipment hanging over the stages, more than 150 speakers, 2.7 km of camera cable, 13 cameras, four km of optical fibre cable and 11,000 hours of labour ― half of which is local.

Buble hosting

On the production side, Cox says one of her most important tasks is booking the musical performers and the host — a process which involves input from CTV and CARAS.

“Really, it’s about us go-ing to (the hosts) — making it work with their schedule (and) making sure they’re going to get out of it what they need, you know, if they’re promoting some-thing or if it’s just some-thing they’ve always wanted to do,” she said.

“We do spend quite a bit of time going back and forth with agents and man-agers.”

With respect to this year’s host — Michael Buble — Cox said she has been trying to book him for several years. But this year, the timing was right and everything came together.

“There were a number of

people who made calls and finessed that deal,” she said.

On Juno night, the show will be directed from a tele-vision mobile unit. Cox will be in another room, with network executives and pro-ducers, watching the show from what is informally known as the “producer’s palace.”

“We don’t tell our director what shots to take, but we communicate. My job is to keep the show on time and be prepared to drop things if we need to and respond to challenges. So, I do not sit with the director — he would not want the distrac-tion,” she said.

Cox and CARAS have already begun discussions around organizing next year’s show in Winnipeg, but the actual planning begins about a month from now.

Still, “it all starts pretty early because it impacts every department,” she explained.

The process to bring the Junos to Regina started about three years ago, said MacNaughton. The work in-volved making a video and preparing documents that anticipated what the Cana-dian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) — the Junos’ producer — was looking for in a host city. The committee also had to make a formal presenta-tion to CARAS.

“It was a fair amount of work just to get the bid in,” said MacNaughton.

MacNaughton, also the owner of Twisted Pair Productions, said the com-mittee was “pumped” when it found out the bid was

successful.One advantage with the

Regina bid was that funding was already in place — with $350,000 from the City of Regina, $50,000 from the City of Moose Jaw, $1.5 mil-lion from the province for the licence fee and $150,000 from the Regina Hotel As-sociation, he said.

Funding is used for marketing and to support events and venues in Regina and Moose Jaw during Juno week. In addition, about 600 volunteers are helping out with various aspects of the event, such as security and working in ticket booths.

The rationale for pro-moting Regina’s weather stemmed from the 2010 Juno Awards in St. John’s when “many people almost didn’t make it,” said MacNaugh-ton.

“Even though it’s chilly here right now, flights are landing — there are no real logistical problems.”

The event’s estimated eco-nomic impact is $10 million for Moose Jaw and Regina, but MacNaughton is hoping the Junos will have a lasting effect on the province’s cul-ture and music industry.

“There is such a wealth of artists in Saskatchewan creating music — trying to eke out a living — and to be able to have the eyes of the country show up on our market from a business perspective (and) a cre-ative perspective — really elevates these folks,” said MacNaughton.

“The fallout from this would be another couple of Sheepdogs. (That) would be nice.”

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150 speakers in 14 clusters

hD mobile with 13 cameras

more than 180 rigging points with over 4,535 kg of equipment overhead

60 strobe light fixtures, 731 metres of lighting trusses, 720,000 watts of lighting power and 587 moving head lighting fixtures

The PA system is capable of producing 275,000 watts of audio power

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11,000 person hours to set up the show, half of which are local crew

2.74 km of camera cable, 4 km of optical fibre cable and 9.4 km of lighting power cable

360-degree viewing of the show on 3 stages100 channels of radio

frequencies for micro-phones and intercom

1,800 LeD panels on 13 suspended towers

12 video projectors on 6 giant screens

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extravaganza — to be hosted at

Regina’s Brandt Centre tonight —

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planning and logistics. Here’s last

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don HeaLy/sunday PostLindsay cox, supervising producer for the 2013 Juno Awards tonight at the Brandt centre, says moving to different cities and venues is

one the of the big challenges for the show.

don HeaLy/sunday PostLights need to be adjusted for the show.

Transforming the Brandt Centre for tonight’s Juno Awards is a massive undertaking

Bryan sCHLosser/sunday Postcrews prepare the elaborate stage for the Juno Awards being held at the Brandt centre tonight.

Bryan sCHLosser/sunday Postcameras are adjusted at the Brandt centre Thursday.

Bryan sCHLosser/sunday PostStaging the Junos requires 9.4 kilometres of lighting power cable.

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BRUCE WARD Postmedia News

In early December 1961, Brian Epstein drew up a contract that bound the Beatles to him for five years. Only Paul Mc-Cartney was hesitant about signing it. McCartney told Epstein that he hoped the Beatles would make it big, as

Howard Sounes recounts in Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney. “But I’ll tell you now, Mr. Epstein,” McCa-rtney declared, “I’m going to be a star anyway.”

Macca was 19 at the time. He turned 71 on June 18, and the steely resolve he showed Epstein has never wavered.

McCartney, worth about $650 mil-lion according to Forbes magazine, is on the road this summer to burnish his musical legacy. Not only his own, but the Beatles’ legacy too. The plan is to cement his place in pop history by giving fans what he calls, with Liv-erpudlian understatement, “a good night out.”

McCartney’s Out There tour de-livers a Springsteenian-length show — nearly three hours — filled with Beatles’ classics, rarities, tributes to John Lennon and George Harrison, plus best-loved songs from his solo and Wings career. McCartney wraps up the North American leg of the tour Wednesday in Regina with his next shows scheduled for mid-November in Japan.

The current tour also features his hot backing band — drummer Abe La-boriel, Jr., guitarists Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray, and keyboardist Paul Wickens. Laboriel, bless him, hits all the high notes now beyond Macca’s range.

In recent concerts, McCartney has looked positively Beatlesque, with his famous Hofner bass, black Nehru jacket and black boots with Cuban heels. The only jarring note is an au-

burn tint in his hair. McCartney was always the hard-

est working Beatle, the most prolific and the one who truly enjoyed play-ing live. He was the most successful ex-Beatle by far in the 1970s.

Millions of us tapped the steer-ing wheel in time as the radio played hits by McCartney in various com-binations with his wife Linda and band Wings — Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Jet, Band on the Run, Silly Love Songs, Listen to What the Man Said, and Live and Let Die, still the best of the James Bond themes.

McCartney’s concerts have steadily evolved over the years. At first, he played only Wings songs, then he add-ed Beatles’ numbers he wrote solo — The Long and Winding Road, Yester-day, Blackbird, Lady Madonna.

Now his shows feature some of the famous collaborations with Lennon, including Eight Days a Week, a No. 1 hit in March 1965.

There’s a cute story with that one. McCartney was being driven to Ken-wood, Lennon’s country estate, for a songwriting session when he fell into casual conversation with the chauf-feur.

“How have you been?” McCartney asked. “Working hard, eight days a week,” grumbled the driver. When he got to Kenwood, he told Lennon what the driver had said. “John said, ‘Right, Ooh, I need your love babe ...” and we wrote it. We were always quick to write,” McCartney told one inter-viewer.

That’s how utterly in sync they were then. Their partnership has been described as a magical blend of McCartney’s sunniness undercut with Lennon’s broody cynicism.

Somehow, the McCartney who wrote the mournful and evocative El-eanor Rigby disappeared as the 1970s wore on. The Band on the Run album from 1974 was the only time he has ap-proached the drive and density of his work with the Beatles.

Later, his lyrics became insipid — rhyming words that fit the mel-ody but didn’t add up to much of anything. The craftsmanship was always evident on his albums, however, even if the music wasn’t memorable.

If McCartney’s albums got kind of sucky, his singles often provided the kind of slick and powerful rock he’d created on Abbey Road. His catalogue is filled with grand pop radio confec-tions — Jet, Band on the Run, My Love, Helen Wheels, Maybe I’m Amazed.

These songs work well in concert because, as Sounes notes in Fab, live rock music is as much theatre as it is a listening experience. With records, you can’t help notice the triteness of McCartney’s Wings-era lyrics. Played live, though, the songs deliver big-time drama. Live and Let Die, to name one, is a stunner on stage: a flames-and-fireworks tour de force.

Maybe it’s a generational thing, but when McCartney sings on stage, the memories come flooding back. These are songs that changed the social fab-ric of the world.

Lately, McCartney’s post-Beatles work has been getting a critical reas-sessment. Ram, his second solo album with Linda, was trashed by the critics when it came out in 1971. Now it’s be-ing praised for the cheery tunefulness of The Back Seat of My Car and Heart of the Country, among other songs. In a recent issue, New York magazine urged readers to revisit Wings Over America — the CD/DVD of the band’s 1976 tour of America. “Maybe you’ll be amazed,” the review said.

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Joe coutureLeader-Post

With the help of guest pia-nist Michael Kim, the Re-gina Symphony Orchestra gave a strong performance on Saturday evening of a variety of impressive works from the 19th and 20th cen-turies by well-known French composers.

Joining the orchestra to perform the challeng-ing Symphony on a French Mountain Air by Vincent d’Indy, Kim was excellent, as his impressive resume would suggest. Having received his

master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees from the Julliard School of Music, Kim’s career has included roles as academic adminis-trator, professor and concert artist. He has received many awards, performed on sev-eral continents and made multiple recordings.

The spectacular Sympho-ny on a French Mountain Air, composed in 1886, is based on French folk songs and highlights many parts of the orchestra in addi-tion to the piano. Certainly a powerful point in the eve-ning’s show, the RSO and Kim earned a standing ova-

tion for the performance.The evening began prior

to that with the orchestra performing Hector Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, which was created in 1843 drawing on music from an unsuccessful opera the Sym-phonie Fantastique compos-er had written years earlier. The triumphant-sounding work was a great way to get

the Mosaic Masterworks se-ries concert at the Conexus Arts Centre started.

After the intermission, the orchestra was back with two selections from French impressionist composers. Three movements of Claude Debussy’s Iberia were up first. Composed in 1909, the style of the powerful work was a clear contrast to the

music performed in the first half of the show. The same was true for La Valse — Maurice Ravel’s tribute to mid-19th-century waltzing — which was first performed in 1920.

The second half of the concert was fascinating and enjoyable, and many differ-ent parts of the orchestra had opportunities to shine in the complex works, each of which Maestro Victor Sawa took some time to explain to the audience in his char-acteristic entertaining style. The audience responded as the full evening of fantastic music concluded with more

appreciative applause.As the RSO continues its

search to replace concert-master Eduard Minevich, who recently retired, there was a guest concertmaster on Saturday night. Lance Ouellette, an accomplished Canadian violinist, dis-played some good humour as he aptly filled the concert-master’s role.

Overall, the well-attended Une Soirée à Paris show was a lovely journey through some French musical his-tory, with rich scores and en-grossing performances mak-ing the concert experience memorable.

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Regina Symphony Orchestrawith guest artist Michael Kim

When: Jan. 26Where: conexus arts centre

Gord Downie steals the show with his antics

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Anyone expecting a typical rock show Friday night at the Brandt Centre was destined to leave entertained and more than a little perplexed.

The Kingston, Ont. quintet known as The Tragically Hip have been the de facto Canadian rock band since the late 1980s and know exactly how to make a 6,000-seat hockey rink feel like a loud, raw bar show.

Led by enigmatic vocalist Gord Downie, indescribably quirky through much of the band’s 23-song perfor-mance, The Hip gave unrelenting energy from the stage for the nearly two-hour set. Obviously his bandmates were no slouches either, with Rob Baker and Paul Langlois handling the guitars, Gord Sinclair on the bass, and Johnny Fay manning the drums, all with expert meticulousness.

As the band hit the stage, opening with At Transformation, the lead sin-gle from their November album Now For Plan A, the crowd howled approv-ingly as Downie shout sang the lyrics. Looking quite dapper in black jeans, white buttoned shirt, black vest, skin-ny tie, and accented with a jean jacket and black hat, the singer was his usual eccentric self, maniacally dancing and stalking the stage throughout the bulk of the show.

Notorious for stage banter that some-times comes across as being a little out there, the 48-year old vocalist failed to disappoint noting at one point, “The goal is Friday night. Ergo, the goal is Friday night. It’s Friday night and it’s too f**king cold out to do anything but hang out.”

The Downie-ism resonated with the fairly diverse audience as the com-ment elicited a roar that signalled the bulk of those in attendance were ready to let loose as well.

As The Hip’s road crew prepared the stage for their set, two large LED video screens on each side of the stage noted the tour was using 100 per cent renew-able and sustainable energy, yet the show never once felt like it was lacking due to the band’s environmental con-scientiousness. Somewhat minimalist, save for a phenomenal lighting rig and top notch sound system, the stage had a few LED lights around the platform and a backdrop consisting of multiple hang-ing rectangular panels that glow from the lights and appear to have some kind of crystallization on them. The panels also matched the front of the platforms holding the guitar cabs and drum riser.

The video screens on stage left and right showed a continuous stream of live concert footage from three camer-as, ensuring that everyone in the arena could see the show as well as those in the front row.

Musically, the band played many of their hits, though they also included songs like Fireworks and It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken that were played for only the third time in the 27 shows they’ve had so far this tour.

With the band preparing to play the 18th song of their set Downie advised, “This is the last (song) because I have another thing I have to do. This isn’t my only gig you know? I work the night shift.”

Amid the crowd screaming and the band playing the opening chords of My Music at Work, the singer yells out “Who’s working?,” leading the crowd to escalate further.

After leaving the stage to regroup for a few minutes, The Hip returned as three of the panels spelled out H-I-P at the back of the stage. Finishing with a handful of crowd-pleasers, Downie was especially gracious thanking the audience multiple times for their fan-dom and longtime support of the one-time bar band.

Hamilton group Arkells opened the evening with a spirited 40-minute set that began with a relatively dis-appointing number of fans in atten-dance.

Despite a crowd that took most of the band’s set to start to fill the stands, the quintet showed it’s definitely ca-pable of entertaining the masses from bigger stages across Canada. Its peppy alt rock, combined with their obvious enthusiasm, instantly translated and had many up and dancing in their

seats much earlier than most fans an-ticipated.

While the band is in no way un-known with multiple singles and a constantly growing fan base, there’s no doubt its lively set won over many a new fan Friday night.

Regardless, The Hip was the main attraction on Friday evening and they definitely paid it forward with a per-formance that demonstrated the truly unique appeal of this Canadian band.

Downie, who’s eyebrow raising an-tics included multiple variations of im-provisational modern dance using his white handkerchief and microphone stand throughout the set, periodic shout singing, and Bill Murray-like clowning may come across as odd, yet they make total sense within the inner dialogue that is The Tragically Hip.

A truly professional group in every sense of the word, Downie’s mates are content to let the frontman steal the spotlight, keeping everyone on the edge of their seats to see what he’ll do next.

Interestingly enough, it’s actually his graciousness that is the real take away from a Hip show as the singer ensured the fans at the show truly knew how appreciative the band was for their attendance and loyalty. Even after the show ended, the video screens froze the message “Thank You Regina”

out to the crowd as people left the are-na.

A totally eccentric and truly Cana-dian band, members of The Hip were also 100 per cent classy, awesome, and entertaining from start to finish.

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tragically hip frontman Gord downie entertains the crowd at the Brandt centre on Friday.

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1. at transformation2. Grace, too3. Man Machine poem4. Gift Shop5. Greasy Jungle6. it’s a Good Life if you don’t Weaken7. the Modern Spirit8. ahead by a century9. courage 10. Flamenco11. Streets ahead12. Springtime in Vienna13. Fireworks14. We Want to Be it15. poets16. Fully completely17. new orleans is Sinking18. My Music at Workencore19. Wheat Kings20. at the hundredth Meridian21. Bobcaygeon22. nautical disaster23. Fifty-Mission cap

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NICK PATCHTHE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — After the spectacular success of his Christmas album — eight times platinum in Canada, thrice in the U.S., a Juno Award win for album of the year — Michael Buble might have felt a certain pressure in trying to create a followup, the sleigh bells ringing in his ear turning gradually deafening.

Instead, he says he went into To Be Loved — sched-uled for release on Monday — feeling more blithely self-assured than he’d ever been in the past, committing to a breezy live-off-the-floor re-cording strategy and declin-ing to polish away the resul-tant small blemishes in his production.

He had the most fun he’s had recording an album, he says. And the principal rea-son he was so unfettered?

He says the news that his wife, Argentine model Lui-sana Lopilato, was expect-ing their first child made everything else seem a little less pressing.

“I think the whole lack of trying (to top Christmas) came from me fi nding out I

was having a baby — I think when that happened, it made me very brave,” Buble said during a recent chat in Toronto.

“The truth is, really, my priorities just flip-flopped, and I went: ‘What’s im-portant to me?’ My wife’s health. My baby’s health. My family. And THEN this record.’ If people love it, that’s awesome. If they don’t love it? You know what, I’ve done pretty well.

“Not that I didn’t care, be-cause of course I care, but I wasn’t insecure.”

Buble, of course, has been provided plenty of reasons for such validation within the industry.

There’s the aforemen-tioned commercial success, which is especially remark-able in this era of spindly sales. Even beyond Christ-mas — which topped the charts in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Sweden and the Netherlands — he can lay claim to four con-

secutive bona fi de smashes, with his entire catalogue having now amassed more than three dozen platinum plaques in his home country .

And his pop-culture pro-file has grown well beyond his core group of fans. He starred in cheerfully retro Christmas specials for NBC in back-to-back years, and his hosting gig at this week-end’s Juno Awards will pro-vide a national platform for his winking wit — though he dismisses his role as mere “traffi c cop.”

He made himself com-fortable on To Be Loved by working with the same circle of collaborators who have been popping up on his albums for years: producer Bob Rock, songwriters Alan Chang and Amy Foster, and performers Naturally 7 and the Puppini Sisters.

Buble calls it “creating a subculture.” Furthering the sense of familial warmth fi lling the studio, Buble even had his parents sit in on some of the sessions.

On To Be Loved, his new-found confidence leads the Burnaby, B.C., crooner to aim at a number of different genres, incorporating ele-ments of country, straight-ahead jazz, Cuban music

Buble’s new priorities refl ected in album, To Be Loved

JEFF DEDEKKERLEADER-POST

It may be the Juno Awardsbut Sunday’s broadcast will put its emphasis on the mu-sic.

John Brunton, executive producer of the Junos, be-gan the rehearsal process at the Brandt Centre on Friday morning. During a break.

Brunton said the broad-cast, which will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on CTV, will be “a full-on rock concert.”

“An award show exists to celebrate music,” explained Brunton.

“An award show exists to celebrate, specifically with the Junos, Canadian music.

My philosophy is the best way to celebrate Canadian music is to play it. We have a lot of awards and over the course of the two-hour eve-ning we review every single award that was won, not just the Sunday night awards but we make sure to run video of the winners from Satur-day’s gala.

“We present every winner in the show but we still re-ally believe the best way to celebrate Canadian music is to listen to it.”

An impressive and eclec-tic list of performers has been confir med for the show — Metric, Billy Talent, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hannah Georgas, k.d. lang, Mari-anas Trench, Serena Ryder, The Sheepdogs and Michael Buble will all have the op-portunity to shine in the Juno spotlight.

When it came to selecting performers, Brunton decid-ed on an inclusive strategy.

“We celebrate all different kinds of music in our show so it’s just not the stars who are selling all the records,” said Brunton. “It’s people who are making a buzz on the Internet or people who are making a buzz on social media. We try to have a bal-ance of established artists, points of discovery artists and artists who are on their way up that climb.

“We want artists that are going to kick ass and take

prisoners.”While many aspects of

the show have been con-fi rmed — in addition to the roster of performers, Buble will host the show and lang will be inducted into the Ca-nadian Music Hall of Fame — Brunton said he’s got “a couple of surprises up his sleeves.”

He declined to go into any further detail about those surprises but added that the live broadcast is capable of revealing a surprise or two of its own.

“You never know who is going to emerge as the star that night,” said Brunton.

“It’s interesting that the fi rst night Leslie Feist performed on the show, she was sing-ing by herself in a spotlight with a guitar. Who would have thought that night that she would be the one to steal the show in many ways ? It’s

hard to know, with the excite-ment and live (show) and the fans going crazy, who is go-ing to deliver. There’s many, many people that can knock the ball out of the park.”

BRYAN SCHLOSSER/Regina, Leader-PostExecutive producer John Brunton speaks as the Juno

Awards stage was unveiled at the Brandt Centre on Friday .

and rock into his typically swing era-influenced adult contemporary. And Buble’s tickled at the opportunity to try on so many hats.

“It’s amazing I can get away with what I do as an en-tertainer, but especially that I can make a schizophrenic record, you know what I mean?” said Buble, who co-wrote all four original songs on the album. “I can do all these different genres and somehow there can be some kind of through-line that keeps them all together.”

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC

BRYAN SCHLOSSER/Leader-Post

The stage for the Juno Awards was

unveiled at the Brandt Centre on Friday .

Strong performance lineup will be a highlight of Sunday’s show

Michael Buble will host the Juno Awards on Sunday.

See MUSIC, D2

See BUBLE, D2

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SECTION B TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013

ARTS LIFE &

ANDREW MATTEFOR THE LEADER-POST

It’s all about explosions, projectile bleeding and per-formers made to look like cartoon characters.

Subtlety doesn’t exist in the world of Kiss, the American rock band that built its own culture by pro-ducing circus-like concerts and finding ways to gener-ate revenue like no other musical act.

A f t e r f o u r d e c a d e s , founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley continue to play catchy rock songs in the shadow of a frantic light show, a simple but successful formula they de-veloped as young New York musicians.

Today, Kiss no longer releases albums that reso-nate with the public, which means the band exists as a celebration of its reputation for delivering groundbreak-ing rock spectacles. And without fellow founders Pe-ter Criss and Ace Frehley,

long ago replaced with Tom-my Thayer and Eric Singer, debate rages whether the faces behind the face paint even matter or whether the modern-era Kiss is merely a half-tribute act. Judging by the size of the crowds, it ap-pears the issue isn’t enough to keep fans from buying tickets.

Audiences in 2013 are made up of fans with grey temples and memories of hearing songs like Beth and Hard Luck Woman on the ra-dio. Younger music fans buy tickets out of a sense of duty, curiosity and respect for Kiss’s place in rock history.

While it’s easy to poke fun at the old guys who wear makeup, spit pretend blood and wear costumes that look like football padding spray-painted silver, dismissing their success is impossible.

Kiss shares company with the likes of The Who, The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan when it comes to al-bum sales, and is in its own category when it comes to success in the retail world.

With more than $500-million in sales in merchandise in 3,000 categories, maximiz-ing profit is as much a pri-ority for Kiss as its artistic endeavours.

But for many fans, the focus is the music. Built from a foundation of per-formance and stage produc-tion, Kiss songs are often viewed as an afterthought, or something that merely facilitates the more impor-tant visual component.

But there are enough members in the Kiss Army fan club who argue Kiss’s contribution to music is just as worthy of acknowledg-ment as its success in the music business. Kiss mem-bers aren’t exactly known as rock’s leading musicians or for experimenting mu-sically like they have with fi re, lasers or stage-platform

hydraulics. However, many view Stanley’s voice as one of the enduring in rock his-tory and more than a few musicians say they were infl uenced by Frehley’s free-wheeling guitar work.

Nobody argues that songs like Rock and Roll All Nite, Detroit Rock City or Shout It Out Loud are anything but stand-alone, rock-anthem jewels.

But with 20 studio al-bums, many believe there is enough great material that isn’t known in the same way, songs like Shock Me, God of Thunder or Lick It Up. There are enough songs, however, that are diffi cult to forget for the opposite reason.

Musical missteps include Shandi from 1980s Un-masked album, Dance All Over Your Face from 1983’s Lick It Up, or anything on the 1981 album Music From The Elder.

Here’s a list of buried treasures, a guide to the best of the rest.

MORE THANA SPECTACLECircus-like concert sure to showcase rock-anthem jewels

K I S S(with Shinedown)

When: Tonight, 7:30 p.m.Where: Brandt Centre

JEFF DEDEKKERLEADER-POST

Losing her sea legs turned out to be a stroke of good for-tune for Genevieve Leclerc.

After eight years of per-forming on cruise ships, Leclerc decided it was time to pursue opportunities on dry land after she began suf-fering severe bouts of sea-sickness.

For Leclerc, the following fi rst audition resulted in the role of Fantine in the U.S. touring company of Les Miserables, which opens six-day, eight-show run at the Conexus Arts Centre. Two days after fi nishing her final cruise, Leclerc audi-tioned for the musical and the rest, as the cliche goes,

is history.“I didn’t expect to land

this gig. I thought when I went to the audition that my dream would be to get the chance to cover Fantine,” said LeClerc. “If I could just be in the ensemble, oh my god that would be a dream. So when they called me for the U.S. tour and also the sit-down in Toronto starting next September, I was like, ‘What?’

“It’s still nice that it’s like that way because I really don’t take things for grant-ed. I know there’s probably a million girls as good or even better than me. It’s about working hard, getting an op-portunity and being lucky.”

While some performers frown on working on cruise ships, Leclerc stressed the op-

portunities are what enabled her to develop into a profes-sional singer and actress.

Leclerc also understood that if she wanted to move on to bigger and better things, she needed to con-tinue to work at her craft to ensure she was prepared to take the next step.

“That’s when the work and experience matters — you’ve got the chance, now what are you going to do with it?” said Leclerc. “You work really, really hard so that you are prepared when an opportunity comes.”

Les Miserables tells the story of Jean Valjean, a man sentenced to 19 years of hard labour for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister’s starving child. Released on parole, Valjean must deal with hatred and suspicion while hoping for a new life. Set during a revolutionary period in France, Les Mis-erables is story of courage, love and atonement.

In addition to playing in London and on Broadway, Les Miserables has been produced in 42 countries and is a popular choice for regional theatre groups.

Audiences have been get-ting drawn into the story since it debuted on London’s West End in 1985.

PREVIEW

Luck and hard work pay o� for Les Mis’s LeclercLES

MISERABLESWhen: July 16-19, 8 p.m.July 20, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.July 21, 2 p.m. & 7: 30 p.m.

KYLE FROMANGenevieve Leclerc worked on cruise ships before landing

the touring role of Fantine in Les Miserables.

See KISS, B2

See LECLERC, B2

MICHELLE BERG /The StarPhoenix photos Paul Stanley and Kiss will be rockin’ Regina tonight.

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley carry on the Kiss

mantle long as the remaining original members.

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Section B Monday, July 22, 2013

arts life &Country star tells stories in regina Jeff dedekker

Leader-Post

Reba McEntire, singer, ac-tress, tour guide ... tour guide?

Yes, it seems the talented redhead also knows how to plan a trip, a skill she dis-played Saturday night at the Brandt Centre.

“Let me tell you what we’ve got planned for you,” Reba explained to the audi-ence early in her 18-song, 85-minute set. “We’re going to take you on a journey with some songs and stories. We hope you like the journey.”

Given the majority of those in attendance where already Reba fans, it was highly unlikely that the journey wouldn’t be enjoyed by the audience. Yet even the most ardent Reba fans would have been thrilled with Sat-urday’s show as the 58-year-old wove together a set of hit songs and entertaining stories.

The tales gave the night a bit of an intimate feel, like Reba was in your home swapping stories across the kitchen table over a pot of coffee.

Before delivering Who-ever’s In New England, Reba talked about the pre-MTV world where only HBO played music videos and that was between their movies.

“After we finished the video, I was sitting in a hotel watching HBO and hoping,” Reba said. “A video from Aretha Franklin came on and then they played mine. It was like I died and had gone to heaven.”

She also delved into the history of Somebody Should Leave, which was written by Harlan Howard, one of the

most productive songwrit-ers in Nashville. Among his other hits, Howard penned Patsy Cline’s I Fall To Pieces and Buck Owens’ Tiger By The Tale.

Much to Reba’s surprise, she didn’t like either of the first two songs Howard pitched her.

“I couldn’t believe I was going to pass on Harlan Howard songs,” she said. “Then he played one more song and I don’t know if the angels were singing but the hair on my arms stood up. It was the saddest song I had ever heard. I recorded it and it became my fourth No. 1 re-cord.”

The production for the performance was quite min-imal — Reba and her eight band members performed on a stage without any bells, whistles or video screens.

But when you have a voice like Reba does, stage produc-tion isn’t a necessity. She told me recently that she works her voice every day — “It’s a muscle and I’ve got to keep it in shape.”

If Saturday’s show is any indication, the daily rou-tine is working perfectly. Reba’s voice was remark-able. It was strong and it was tender and it had a range that most singers can only dream about.

As Reba worked her way through the set list, it soon became evident that it would be impossible for her to play all of her hits.

One method to give a little more depth to the set list was the inclusion of a couple of medleys. It turns out mini versions of hits are better than those songs not being on the set list at all.

Jennifer Wrinkle, one of the band members, stepped in and sang the Linda Davis

part of the 1993 hit Does He Love You (1993) and earned a well-deserved ovation.

And of course it wouldn’t be a Reba show without her taking to the stage for her encore in a shimmering red dress and matching shoes, bringing the house down with Fancy.

Gord Bamford got the night off the right foot with an vibrant 10-song, 40-min-ute set. Bamford, who recent-ly received seven nomina-tions for the 2013 Canadian Country Music Association awards, rolled through a set of recognizable tunes from Postcard From Pasadena, Is It Friday Yet?, Drinking Buddy, Farm Girl Strong and Blame It On The Red Dress.

Bamford was almost up-staged when he brought a young girl and boy up on stage. He asked the little girl, a seven-year-old from Lums-den named Jocelyn, “So how did you get up on stage?”

Without missing a beat the youngster replied, “I took the stairs.”

Bamford, like the crowd, could only laugh at the unin-tentional quip.

Reba Set List1. can’t even Get the Blues2. the fear of Being alone3. one Promise too late4. Whoever’s in new england5. Why not tonight6. Somebody Should leave7. the night the lights Went out in Georgia8. is there life out there9. and Still10. Medley (the Heart is a lonely Hunter, Walk on and i’d rather ride around With you).11. i’ll Have What She’s Having12. does He love you13. Strange14. Because of you15. consider Me Gone16. i’m a Survivor17. Medley (take it Back and Why Haven’t i Heard from you)18. turn on the radioEncore:19. fancy

Reba knows how to plan a journey r e b a

(with Gord Bamford)When: July 20Where: Brandt centre

MichaeL BeLL/Leader-Postcountry singer reba Mcentire performs at the Brandt centre in regina Saturday night.

irene SeiBerlinGLeader-Post

It wasn’t your typical back-yard bash. On the contrary.

For one thing, each guest paid from $1,000 to $5,000 to attend.

Saskatchewan’s premier Brad Wall emceed the fund-raising event.

And Blue Rodeo singer/guitarist Jim Cuddy per-formed for the crowd of about 125 at the Hope’s Home Howl.

It wasn’t traditional back-yard fare on the menu either. Gold Medal Plates-winning chef Milton Rebello of the Hotel Saskatchewan Radis-son Plaza created a delec-table array of impressive appetizers, finger foods and mini desserts for the event. Each break in the evening’s entertainment featured a unique menu offering — from melon, feta and mint skewers to mini Dungeness crab cakes accompanied with tangy mango jalapeno salsa and baby greens, to mini tiramisu in brandy snap cups, dusted in cocoa.

The majority of the ap-proximately $125,000 raised will go to Hope’s Home, Canada’s first medically in-tegrated early learning cen-tre, which provides daytime

and extended respite ser-vices — along with fun and educational programs — to medically fragile children, their siblings and typically healthy children from the community.

Proceeds from the Hope’s Home Howl event will kick off a capital campaign for

a new, larger building, an-nounced Jacqueline Tisher, founder and executive direc-tor of Hope’s Home.

A small portion of the eve-ning’s proceeds will go to the Dog River Howlers rugby club, to help support a vari-ety of charities.

“This is a first for Regina,”

event host Karl Fix (a mem-ber of the Dog River Howl-ers) said in an interview be-fore the event.

“A few years ago, this type of thing would have been unheard of in this city,” he said. “These are the kinds of events that they have in major centres like Toronto,

Montreal and Vancouver … That tells you something about where Regina has gone to.”

“This is the new Sas-katchewan!” the premier declared as bids escalated as he auctioned off a guitar autographed by Cuddy. Tim Schaefer of Varsity Homes had the winning bid of $26,000.

Fix was quick to point out that while he got the ball rolling, and he and his wife, Sandy Beug, offered to host the fundraiser at their Was-cana View home, the event was a team effort.

“It’s a really good team!” he said.

In addition to Fix and Beug, the organizing com-mittee included Brad DeLo-rey of Mosaic, Tim Schaefer of Varsity Homes, Denis Jones of Deveraux Develop-ments, Kevin Tell of Cinder-crete, Marla Preston of the Hotel Saskatchewan Radis-son Plaza, and Hope’s Home representatives Stephanie Kohlruss, Renae Hunter, Joe Moffat and Jacqueline Tisher.

Mosaic was the major sponsor of the event, kick-ing in $30,000.

“Brad (DeLorey) always steps up to the plate,” Fix said.

“Mosaic’s generosity to

the community is amazing!”Cuddy agreed to perform

at the event “for a substan-tial reduction in his fee,” Fix pointed out, adding that the entertainer also donated $10,000 “because he feels it’s such a worthwhile cause.”

“Part of my fee goes back to the charity. It’s easy to do,” Cuddy said humbly in an interview prior to per-forming. “We came specifi-cally for this.”

Cuddy is no stranger to giving back to charity events. He does a literacy event ev-ery year in Edmonton.

Fix credited Jones for steering the organizing com-mittee in the direction of Hope’s Home, a charity the premier was eager to sup-port.

“I spearheaded it,” Fix said. “I got a group of friends of mine together — commu-nity-minded people … These are all people who are happy to give a good donation to a good cause.”

“Saskatchewan has a his-tory of going above and beyond the call of duty,” he said proudly. “We may not have the population of To-ronto, Vancouver or Calgary, but we are doing things that were just unheard of not too long ago.”iseiberling@leaderpost.com

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Backyard bash raises $125K for local charities

MichaeL BeLL/Leader-Postanne lindsay and Jim cuddy perform at Hope’s Home Howl fundraiser held at the home of

karl fix and Sandy Beug in regina on Saturday.

Mark AllanPresident and CEo

Another Record Year

The year 2013 will go down as yet another record year for Evraz Place (operated by the Regina Exhibition Association):

• Record revenues of $34.8M • Three extraordinary high profile entertainment offerings – the nationally televised Junos Award

Show with the Gala Juno Awards dinner and Red Carpet Event; a Mosaic Stadium Paul McCartney Concert and ….

• Hosted over 70,000 people for the 101st Grey Cup Festival with 3 concerts in the Brandt Centre and 7 different team venues in the Co-operators Centre and Agribition Building.

• Record capital reinvestment of $3.3M in our existing infrastructure and equipment, including a new roof for the Canada Centre

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I am very proud of our amazing team of employees and managers that have a huge passion for all the events we host and produce. We were also fortunate to have earned the confidence and support of the Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club and the Canadian Arts and Recording Sciences organizations – they put their trust in us to be a big part of hosting their signature national events. We are also fortunate to have tremendous corporate participation in our business – our top partners are referenced in this report. A special thank you to the Regina Hotels Association and the Regina Regional Opportunities Corporation for their assistance with event bids; we value their support.

In this annual report, you will gain some insight into who we are, what we do and our financial performance. You will see:

• that we have a richly diverse full time and part time employee base • that we are a major employer in Regina • that our business has been steadily growing • that our new and refurbished facilities are busy and highly valued by our community

Governance

In 2012, we finally made application to the Province of Saskatchewan to step away from our original (1907) Act. It has served us well for over a century, but had become outdated for our current business activity and contemporary governance model. In 2014, The Regina Exhibition Association Limited will continue under The Non-profit Corporations Act, 1995, with one voting member, the City of Regina, which owns the land and buildings known as Evraz Place. The Regina Exhibition Association Limited

Jeff MacphersonChair of the Board

The status quo possesses just as much risk for an organization as change itself and the “what might be” that comes with change. While it doesn’t seem like both the status quo and change bear risk, they can; doing nothing has its own risks. The leadership challenge around change is acknowledging uncertainty. The key to successful change is to let go of the apprehension and put your energy into the execution of your plan.

My Chairman’s reports, dating back to the first one in 2007, have a common embedded theme. Change for the betterment of the organization has and is necessary to place our organization on the path of success. This year saw the culmination of one of the last elements of our governance change that was needed to support the ongoing business changes. Near the end of 2013 we received confirmation The Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) would continue under the Non-profit Corporations Act, 1995 (Saskatchewan) leaving behind its Act created in 1907.

The dawn of 2014 brings with it just as much continued business change and just as much potential ambiguity. The construction of a new stadium on the Evraz Place site housing the Saskatchewan Roughriders begins. The construction project is managed by the City of Regina. our challenge in the interim will be to integrate that construction project with our day to day operations including conventions, entertainment and sporting events, maintaining our high level of service delivery. Looking forward and in preparation for the stadium opening in 2017, we begin the process of determining what managing this new facility will mean for our organization. While the stadium building is not physically attached to the current buildings that reside on the property, we anticipate adjusting for its management and delivery to ensure this facility is seamlessly interconnected with the other properties on the Evraz Place site.

The REAL Board of Directors, Executive, Management and Staff are up for the challenge. We have shown many times over the past 10 years that we don’t let uncertainty hold us back. In the words of Barack Obama, “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek”. I do like our chances of success and I welcome the change and the potential opportunity it creates for REAL and for this City and the Province of Saskatchewan.

OfficersJeff Macpherson Chair of the Board

Mark AllanPresident and CEo

Ben AntifaiffVice President and CFo

Denise WannerCorporate Secretary

DirectorsBrian BarberKaren GibbonsReg HowardPatrick A. KellyMike MacNaughtonMarty MelocheRob nisbettRon nugentLaura SoparloMark StefanGrant Wasnik

BoARD oF DiReCtoR’S MeSSAGeIn 2013 Evraz Place had 1,190 employees engaged in delivering entertainment value and enriching our guests’ experience. Like the changing demographics of our guests and community, Evraz Place is proud to have a richly diverse workforce. 27.26% of the workforce is Aboriginal; 15.26% are Visible Minorities and 5% are People with Disabilities. Evraz Place has continued to experience an exciting increase in employee representation from Africa, China, Philippines, Japan, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. The payoffs in creating and maintaining a diverse workforce touch every area of our business and we have experienced an increase in creativity, productivity, language skills and as importantly stronger guest and community loyalty.

As part of the rich diversity of our workforce, the ages of our employees range from 16 years up to 77 years, which brings a complimentary blend of experience, enthusiasm, and new attitudes to the workplace.

Employees are the cornerstone of our business and Evraz Place remains committed to maintaining and supporting our employees by providing ongoing staff training, professional development as well as health and wellness support services. As an employer, Evraz Place is very pleased to provide employees with family oriented events such as theCo-operators Centre family skating days, Pumpkin Patch Fun Day and the Children’s Christmas party.

Evraz Place employees continue to demonstrate their commitment to the community through their active involvement as volunteers for the Wascana/Herchmer School partnership. Evraz Place encourages and supports the Wascana/Herchmer’s literacy program as well as student leadership and academic achievement by sponsoring their monthly and annual virtue awards. In 2013, employees donated over 300 new and used books for the Wascana/Herchmer School literacy program.

Employees at Evraz Place prepare and serve a Christmas lunch for Wascana/Herchmer School students and their families, where gifts are provided to the students. Employees are also involved in hosting and serving at the end of the year barbecue where student success is recognized and celebrated. At this event, the top student in each class receives a day tripper pass for the Queen City Exhibition.

To encourage well-being and fitness, Evraz Place donates the Credit union EventPlex for the Wascana/Herchmer students to participate in a variety of physical activities to supplement their physical education program.

In 2013, Evraz Place is very proud to have awarded a scholarship in the amount of $2,500 for a former graduate of Wascana/Herchmer School attending a post-secondary institution.

board of directors EmploymEnt & social responsiBility

exeCutiVe MAnAGeMent teAM (as of April 2014)Mark Allan, President and CEOBen Antifaiff, Vice President and CFoneil Donnelly, Vice President Events and EntertainmentGraham Edge, Vice President Food and BeverageReid Pedersen, Vice President Sport and RecreationElma Shoulak, Vice President Human ResourcesBill Stoner, Vice President Property and FacilitiesDenise Wanner, Manager Executive Office

MAnAGeMent (as of April 2014)Lori Adams, Manager Catering SalesDean Churchill, Director Finance and ITKenneth D’Souza, Assistant Catering ManagerFred Fink, Manager, Event DeliveryAshley Frohlich, Assistant Catering ManagerDarwin Godlien, Manager SecurityChris Hutchinson, Director Corporate DevelopmentShirley Janeczko, Manager Business Development CFPSnormie Jay, Conference and Catering ManagerBret Jenkins, Manager Sport and Recreation OperationsAlicia Knapman, Box Office ManagerKyle Lamkey, General Manager Sport and RecreationReagan Lowe, Director Employee RelationsBrenda McIntosh, Director Events and EntertainmentAllison McLaughlin, Manager Human ResourcesMario Melendres, Sous ChefDegan Middleton-Machdanz, Food and Beverage Managernaimesh Patel, Custodial ManagerMaria Pia, Manager Human ResourcesKent Roberts, Food and Beverage ManagerRay Rondeau, Financial ManagerDave Senger, Manager operations Sport and RecreationRob Swan, Food and Beverage ManagerKen Taylor, Director Trade and Consumer ShowsRoger Weldon, Manager Financial AnalysisAlison Wilkie, Catering and Events ManagerMichael Zech, Executive Chef

Evraz Place was once again a hub for the hottest entertainment in Saskatchewan. 2013 was an exciting year as we hosted a diverse collection of high-profiled artists and performances. Residents of Regina were treated to the live performances of top notch performers such as Great Big Sea, Leonard Cohen, KISS, Reba McIntyre, The Tragically Hip, Alice in Chains, Brad Paisley, Eric Church and the legendary Paul McCartney. Evraz Place strives to please a wide range of tastes by presenting entertainers such as comedian Jeff Dunham, Volbeat, Five Finger Death Punch and the WWE Smackdown tour. The World famous “Harlem Globe Trotters” and nHL game gave opportunity for the entire family to visit Evraz Place.

The Brandt Centre is a 6,000-seat facility that has been hosting home games of the WHL’s Regina Pats for over 35 years. Evraz Place is proud to have Pats fans recognize the Brandt Centre as the home of this beloved hockey team in the Queen City. Go PATS Go!

Evraz Place has become a well known destination for people, all year round. Whether it’s to bring your dreams to life at the popular Spring Home & Garden Show, the pavilions during Mosaic, or the annual Majestic Car Show, Evraz Place is the place to be for events and entertainment.

The Aboriginal community once again arrived in masses as the Brandt Centre served as home for their Annual First nations university Pow Wow in April. The sounds and smells of traditional food, authentic dance, ceremonial costumes and music filled the air during this 3 day weekend event.

Juno AwardsIn April of 2013 Evraz Place was host to the Junos. The journey began in 2012 when the Regina Host Committee was awarded the 2013 JunoS bid. There was considerable prep work and the Evraz Place staff rose, as always, to the challenge. This incredible event turned the Brandt Centre into the premiere venue for the nationally televised awards show seen by 1.91 million viewers. The JUNOs festival activities included: the JUNOs hockey game played in Moose Jaw’s Mosaic Place; Fan Fare at the Cornwall Centre where fans got to get up close and personal with some of the Artists; Fan Fest – multiple venues throughout the City of Regina took part, with over 1,000 passes sold through our Box Office; Gala Banquet for 1,150 people in our Credit union EventPlex (this is where most of the awards are given out to the Artists); and our Agribition Building was transformed as the venue for the prestigious Red Carpet.

101st Grey Cup FestivalThe 101st Grey Cup Festival, a Celebration in Rider nation, emanated our prairie spirit and our welcoming hospitality as Evraz Place staff worked hand-in-hand with nearly 2500 volunteers to share with the Nation an outstanding showcase of sport, culture and celebration.

Evraz Place was the epicenter for seven CFL Team Hospitality Rooms including Riderville, Tigertown, the Double Blue Bash, Touchdown Manitoba, the Lion’s Den, the Stamps House and the Atlantic Schooners Down East Kitchen Party as the first ever Team Party Pass allowed Festival goers to experience all Team parties all in one place, all for one price, creating the ultimate fan experience.

We also hosted the Molson Canadian Live Champion’s Concert Series featuring Hedley, Barenaked Ladies and Big ‘n Rich in the Brandt Centre; along with the CFLAA Legends Lunch, the Pre-game Party with the Sheepdogs and the Countdown to Kick-Off Luncheon.

our multi-purpose facilities and expert staff, that only a week prior hosted Canada’s largest livestock event – Canadian Western Agribition, performed with rave reviews. The final tally had over 75,000 happy festival goers through the doors.

Prairie Mobile Taste of SpringGuests welcome this time of year as it’s one of the first signs that they can say good bye to the winter weather and warm up their taste buds at the highly anticipated Prairie Mobile Taste of Spring. Regina’s most anticipated spring event brought a crowd of more than 7,500 over three nights to enjoy the best of fine wines, spirits and food in the Queen City.

Canada’s Farm Progress Show presented by ViterraVoted as “The Largest Trade Show in Canada” for the 3rd year in a row by Trade Show News Network, was the icing on the cake for another successful event. The CFPS has taken pride over the years of not only maintaining, but greatly increasing the number of International Buyers that attend this show every year. In 2013 there were over 800 International buyers who came to view and buy Canadian made agricultural equipment. Having an opportunity to display and explain product to so many buyers, not to mention the local farmers who attend this show as well as from across the Prairies, is an opportunity that cannot be matched.

Queen City Ex presented by MosaicThe five day Summer Fair once again surpassed 200,000 visitors. Fairgoers crashed the gates in full force, resulting in a 6% attendance increase, and record setting numbers for north American Midway. The crowds enjoyed new and exciting on-site attractions highlighted by the addition of the Family Fun Zone in the Co-operators Centre. The QCX Parade which has traditionally been held on the Saturday morning prior to the start of the Exhibition was moved to Tuesday evening and received rave reviews that drew massive crowds that lined the streets of Regina. The Parade was followed by Fireworks in Wascana Park, kicking off the week and “Exploding Into The Ex”.

The Molson Canadian Live Grandstand always attracts huge nightly crowds to Confederation Park, and 2013 was no exception. Music fans enjoyed upcoming Canadian Pop Group, Walk Off The Earth, rockers Three Days Grace, classic rock icons Loverboy, the pop chart topping group Simple Plan, and country music superstar, Rodney Atkins closed out the Queen City Ex.

other popular attractions and thrills acts included Extreme BMX Freestyle Show, Milord High Dive Show, Craz E Crew, Hypnotist Wayne Lee, Comedic Juggler Randy Cabral and Speed Painter, Dave Sharp. Last year Evraz Place and Mosaic teamed up to serve 10,154 pancakes and raised over 11,400 pounds of food for the Regina Food Bank during Mosaic’s Flip For Hunger Pancake Breakfast. In the last 3 years this initiative has raised over 28,200 pounds in non-perishable food donations for the Regina Food Bank during August which is a difficult month for the Regina Food Bank. Once again, Mosaic and Evraz Place joined forces for “Experience The Ex”, a program which donated 1,000 gate admissions and 200 Daytrippers to underprivileged youth and charitable groups.

EvEnts & entertainment

Food & Beverage

2013 was an exciting year at Evraz Place as we played host to some of the most dynamic regional and national meetings, conferences, gala dinners, trade shows, and sporting events. There were new and exciting changes for Evraz Place’s Food and Beverage Division during the past year. 2013 marked the division’s first full year at Evraz Place while operating independently. The Queensbury Convention Centre introduced a new catering menu featuring a great selection of prairie and international cuisine which beautifully complimented the new china, glassware and flatware. Evraz Place’s conference and catering staff covered over 500 Food and Beverage shifts during the Queen City Ex, Canada’s Farm Progress Show and Agribition. In total, over 500 catered events took place in 2013, to the great success of the staff and their dedication to great service.

The Food and Beverage department introduced Subway and Western Pizza as new franchise partners at Evraz Place. These join the already successful Tim Horton’s franchise where over a million cups of coffee were served this year.

While the past year was one of the busiest years to date for the Food and Beverage division, the focus is always to provide its clients with a great experience.

2013 Event Highlights:

Saskatchewan Safety Council 2013 Industrial Safety Seminar• Four Day Conference and Tradeshow with 800

Delegates from across Saskatchewan.

Juno Gala Dinner• 1,200 Guests from across Canada enjoyed a three

course meal. The event had several exclusive musical performances and award presentations.

Juno Awards Broadcast• The Food and Beverage team served a sold out crowd

at The Brandt Centre.

Prairie Mobile Taste of Spring• Three day Tradeshow featuring local restaurants and

top wine, spirits and beer.• Over 7,500 attendees visited the Credit Union

EventPlex during these three days.

2013 Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Trade Show• Over 300 indoor and outdoor exhibitors and over 1900

delegates from north America attended this show.

Ducks Unlimited Dinner• Dinner and Auction for over 700 guests.

Ken Goff Boxing Memorial• 900 guests enjoyed dinner while watching multiple

world class boxing matches.

2013 Annual Premiers Dinner• Plated dinner served to over 2,200 Sask Party guests.

2013 Plaza of Honor Dinner Gala• One of Saskatchewan’s most prestigious dinners• Played host to over 1,600 guests.

Saskatchewan Oral Health Profession Conference and Tradeshow• Three day conference, tradeshow and banquet.

101st Grey Cup Championship Festival• The Co-operators Centre hosted 6 teams in the arenas

with full service bars and entertainment.• Multiple catered events in the Queensbury Convention

Centre• Riderville alone saw 5,000 guests daily and served

81,000 Pilsner beers, 21,000 liters of pop, 5 football fields’ worth of hot dogs, 76,000 pounds of ice.

• Riderville’s Western Pizza served over 800 pizzas – that’s 6,400 pieces of pizza, 2,200kg of mozzarella and 56,000 pieces of pepperoni.

The future goals for this world-class venue are to develop new business and maximize the space while keeping the facility competitive and a leader in the industry. Evraz Place’s Food and Beverage division strives to be the desirable option for clients and event planners near and far. new strategies with a higher commitment to green initiatives and positive economic impact for the community by giving locally are on the horizon.

Queensbury Convention CentrePhone: (306) 781-9200

www.queensburycentre.com

2013NEW MENUIntroducing our

sport & recreation

2013 was a busy year for the Sport and Recreation Division managing the fourth season of operation of the Co-operators Centre as well as the Credit union EventPlex and ice operations in the Brandt Centre.

The Co-operators Centre has emerged as one of the premier ice and sports facilities in Canada hosting local, regional and national competitions twelve months a year. new to the facility in 2013 is Peak Performance, A state of the art dry land training facility operational year round.

The Skate Canada Centre of Excellence entered its third season in operation. 2013 was highlighted with an olympic visit to Sochi for Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers. Paige and Rudi train in the Co-operators Centre daily during their off season.

2013 saw continued growth for the Co-operators Centre Hockey Leagues (CCHL). Registration numbers included 3,500 men, women, boys and girls in Co-operators Centre recreational leagues with games on more than 330 nights of the year.

The Credit union EventPlex had its busiest year ever in 2013. From October to April the facility is booked to capacity with youth and adult soccer activity. over 3,000 registered soccer players utilize the facility in addition to other turf sports such as ultimate Frisbee, adult touch football, cricket, etc.

For the ninth year, the indoor soccer season culminated with 1,200 players, 100 volunteers and over 20,000 fans participating in the WCP World Cup event.

In 2013, The Credit Union EventPlex was outfitted with a new artificial turf system manufactured by AstroTurf LLC.

The Sport and Recreation Division was pleased to host three major national championship events in 2013, the Skate Canada Challenge, Canadian National Broomball Championships and the U15 Volleyball Championships.

On the event calendar, 2014 will bring the Skate Canada Adult Nationals and 2015 has already penciled in the ASHn north American Championships and International Association of Fire Fighters Association tournament ensuring Regina, and Evraz Place, will be at the forefront of the Canadian sports scene.

MAJoR eVentS HoSteD:2013 Skate Canada Challenge

Canadian national Broomball ChampionshipsU15 Volleyball Championships

Western Prospects Hockey CampWorld Player Cup Soccer Championships

Skate ReginaIce Carnival

Living Skies Synchro ChampionshipsSkate Saskatchewan Championships

Ringette tournaments:Jim Benning TournamentQueen City Tournament

Ringette ProvincialsSaskatchewan Ringette Provincials

Lacrosse Tournament:Sask Lacrosse Festival

Soccer tournaments RAZZ TournamentACFC Tournament

RSA Adult Tournament Youth Provincials Timbit JamboreeCo-ed Playoffs

Saskatchewan Hockey Association

Skills of GoldZone Camps

Sask First FemaleSask First Bantam TournamentSask First Midget Tournament

Hockey tournamentsHR – Bantam Tier IHR – Bantam Tier II

HR – FemaleHR – Midget Tier IHR – Midget Tier IIHR – novice Tier IHR – Atom Tier IHR – Atom Tier IIHR – PeeWee Tier IHR – PeeWee Tier II

HR – Junior CRCMP Tournament

Sask Power / Energy TournamentOskana Cup

Spring AAA Classic Minor Hockey Tournament

Co-operators Centre Hockey league CCHL – Winter League both male and female

CCHL – Summer League both male and femaleCCHL – 3 on 3 Youth Hockey

The Co-operators Centre Classic

Major events upcoming 2015 International Firefighter Hockey Championships

2015 National Adult Hockey Championship2016 U15Volleyball Hockey Championships

Major events in the bid process2016 Keystone Cup

2016 Canadian Under 18 Women’s Championship2016 World Broomball Championships

SportS tournamentS and Special eventS hoSted by the Sport and recreation diviSion in 2013:

eVRAZ plACeenRiCHinG ouR CoMMunitYTogether with our Corporate Partners, we here at Evraz Place are enriching our community by providing the people of our City, Province, and Country with opportunities to experience world class events and entertainment and participate in sports and recreation in first class facilities.

The property and facilities of Evraz Place are owned by the City of Regina and leased to The Regina Exhibition Association Limited.

In 2013 over 2.7 Million people patronized our property, events, and facilities. In 2014, and into the future those numbers are expected to soar, as we begin construction on the new stadium and continue to evolve as a property and partner in this community.

At Evraz Place we recognize none of this would be possible without the support and dedication of our in-valuable corporate partners!

MAnAGeMent RepoRt

The accompanying financials of The Regina Exhibition Association Limited have been prepared by the Association’s management in accordance with Canadian Accounting Standards for Not-For-Profit organizations and necessarily include some amounts based on informed judgment and management estimates.

To assist management in fulfilling its responsibilities, a system of internal controls has been established to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements are accurate and reliable and that assets are safeguarded.

The Board of Directors have reviewed and approved these financial statements.

These financial reports have been examined by the independent auditors, Virtus Group LLP and their report is presented separately.

to the Shareholders,the Regina exhibition Association limited operating evraz place

Report on the Financial StatementsWe have audited the accompanying financial statements of The Regina Exhibition Association Limited, operating Evraz Place which comprise the balance sheet as at December 31, 2013, and the statements of income and retained earnings, and cash flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Managements Responsibility for the Financial StatementsManagement is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ ResponsibilityOur responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

opinionIn our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Regina Exhibition Association Limited, operating Evraz Place as at December 31, 2013, its results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations

Chartered AccountantsRegina, CanadaMarch 26, 2014

Ben AntifaiffVice President and CFoMarch 26, 2014

community partnerships Financial statements

Mark Allan President and CEoMarch 26, 2014

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Regina Exhibition Association Limitedoperating Evraz Place

Statement of Income

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013

2013 2012$ $

Revenues

Sales 18,909,375 14,888,337Rentals 7,956,584 7,262,355 Contributions and other income 3,849,705 3,755,221 Sponsorships and advertising 1,514,948 1,530,050 Revenue continuance (note 9) 2,600,000 2,600,000

34,830,612 30,035,963

Expenses

Administration 1,407,567 1,249,121 Amortization 3,916,548 3,676,948 Cost of goods sold 3,702,352 3,277,525 Repairs and maintenance 607,083 581,633 Supplies, equipment and contracted services 7,585,470 5,216,497 Utilities 2,077,898 2,024,206 Wages and employee benefits 14,765,915 12,925,625

34,062,833 28,951,555Net income for the year 767,779 1,084,408 Retained earnings - beginning of year 4,605,440 3,521,032 Retained earnings - end of year 5,373,219 4,605,440See accompanying notes

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Balance Sheet

As at December 31, 2013

2013 2012$ $

Assets

Current AssetsCash 3,043,106 4,801,352 Accounts and grants receivable 1,854,647 924,576 Inventories 407,449 250,967 Supplies and prepaid expenses 48,881 176,760

5,354,083 6,153,655

Tangible capital assets (note 3) 72,873,544 73,043,13278,227,627 79,196,787

Liabilities and Net Assets

Current liabilitiesAccounts payable and accrued liabilities 4,220,394 2,870,257 Deferred revenue and deposits 2,069,773 2,418,005 Current portion of long-term debt (note 4) 180,718 -

6,470,885 5,288,262

Long-term debt (note 4) 336,863 - Deferred grants and other contributions (note 5) 66,036,940 69,293,365

72,844,688 74,581,627

Share capital (note 6) 9,720 9,720 Retained earnings 5,373,219 4,605,440 Net assets 5,382,939 4,615,160

78,227,627 79,196,787

See accompanying notes

Approved by the Board:

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Regina Exhibition Association Limitedoperating Evraz Place

Statement of Cash Flows

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013

2013 2012$ $

Operating activitiesNet income for the year 767,779 1,084,408 Items not affecting cash

Amortization 3,916,547 3,676,947 Deferred capital contributions recognized (3,256,424) (3,256,424)

1,427,902 1,504,931

Net decrease in non-cash working capital balancesrelated to operations 43,230 120,258

1,471,132 1,625,189

Financing activitiesProceeds from long-term debt 517,581 - Repayment of long-term debt - (1,520,337)

517,581 (1,520,337)

Investing activitiesPurchase of tangible capital assets (3,746,959) (1,003,158) Decrease in cash during the year (1,758,246) (898,306)

Cash, beginning of year 4,801,352 5,699,658

Cash, end of year 3,043,106 4,801,352

See accompanying notes

Regina Exhibition Association Limitedoperating Evraz Place

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013

1. Description of the business

The Regina Exhibition Association Limited (the Association) is a not-for-profit organization incorporatedunder a private act of the Province of Saskatchewan. Under its bylaws dividends cannot be paid and itsshares cannot appreciate in value. On May 01, 2012 the shareholders of the Association passed a Specialresolution that the Association be continued under the Non-Profit Corporations Act, 1995 and transferownership and control of the Association to the City of Regina. The Association, under it's existing Act, isrequired to obtain approval from the Lieutenant Governor in Council to apply for the Continuance and is currentlyawaiting that approval.

2. Accounting policies

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian accounting standards fornot-for-profit organizations which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect thereported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of thefinancial statements and the reported amount of revenue and expenses during the year. Theseestimates are reviewed periodically and adjustments as necessary are reported in the period of review.

a) Tangible capital assets and amortization

Buildings -straight-line over 10 to 30 years Equipment -straight-line over 3 to 20 years

b) Revenue recognition

c) Grants and other contributions

Grants and other contributions received by the Association are accounted for as follows:

i) Grants and other contributions to assist with the financing of capital asset additions are recorded as deferredcapital contributions (see note 5). The portion of the grant and other contributions equivalent to the annual amortization expense of the related asset is recognized annually as Contributions and other income.

ii) Grants and other contributions intended for grounds and buildings repairs and maintenance are recorded inrevenue in the period in which they are received.

iii) Grants and other contributions that are restricted and not specifically intended for capital asset additions arerecorded in revenue in the period the related expenses are incurred.

d) Financial instruments - recognition and measurement

All financial instruments are recognized at fair value upon initial recognition.

All of the Association's financial instruments are measured at amortized cost following initial recognition.

When an indication of impairment is indicated, and when actual impairment has occurred, the financial instrument'scarrying amount is reduced to its realizable value.

Tangible capital assets are recorded at cost. Amortization is recorded over the estimated useful life of the assets as follows:

Sales revenue, including catering, concessions and events, and Rental revenue are recognized as services are provided. Sponsorship and advertising revenue is recognized based on the terms of the contract.

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3. Tangible capital assetsAccumulated

Cost Amortization 2013 2012$ $ $ $

Buildings 95,683,176 25,922,200 69,760,976 72,532,642Equipment 7,213,467 4,100,899 3,112,568 510,490

102,896,643 30,023,099 72,873,544 73,043,132

4. Long-term debt2013 2012

$ $

Loan payable to Royal Bank of Canada in monthly payments ofof $15,415.60 including interest at 3.68%. Specific equipment ispledged as security. Due September, 2016. 483,402 -

Loan payable to Roynat in monthly payments of $774.43 includinginterest at 14.7%. Specific equipment is pledged as security. DueNovember, 2016. 21,936 -

Loan payable to RCAP in monthly payments of $436.49 includinginterest at 11.8%. Specific equipment is pledged as security. DueSeptember, 2016. 12,243 -

483,402 -

Less current portion 180,718 - 302,684 -

The estimated principal repayments in the next three years are as follows:

2014 180,718$ 2015 188,5362016 148,327

5. Deferred grants and other contributions2013 2012

$ $

Opening deferred grants and other contributions 69,293,365 72,549,789Amounts recognized in year 3,256,424 3,256,424Ending deferred grants and other contributions 66,036,941 69,293,365

6. Share capital2013 2012

$ $Authorized-2,000 shares of $10 par value each

Issued-9,720 9,720

7. Financial risk management

The association has a risk management framework to monitor, evaluate and manage the principal risksassumed with financial instruments. The significant financial risks to which the Association is exposed are.

Credit riskCredit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other partyby failing to discharge an obligation. The Association is exposed to credit risk on the accounts receivablefrom its customers, however, does not have a significant exposure to any individual customer or counterpart.In order to reduce its credit risk, the Association has adopted credit policies, which include the review of anew customer's credit history and financial position before extending credit and conducting regular reviewsof its existing customers' credit performances to reflect the Association’s credit policies. The Associationhas incurred insignificant bad debt expense during the past three years.

972 shares (2012 - 972 shares)

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8. Financial instruments

The Association's recognized financial instruments consist of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payableand accrued liabilities, and long-term debt. The fair value of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payableand accrued liabilities approximates carrying value given the short term nature of the amounts. Thefair value of long-term debt approximates carrying value based on the terms of the debt agreements.

9. Revenue continuance

On November 22 1997, the Association ceased operating its casino. In accordance with an agreement between the Association and the Province of Saskatchewan, a 30 year agreement was entered intowhereby the Association will receive $2,600,000 annually to maintain its earnings.

10. Contingencies

The Association is subject to certain legal matters arising in the normal course of business, none of which areexpected to materially affect the financial results of the Association.

11. Related parties

In the normal course of operations, the Association has relationships with Directors' businesses. Thesetransactions are conducted at market prices and at comparable terms as with unrelated parties.The Association requires Directors' to adhere to its Conflict of Interest policy.

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THE REGINA EXHIBITION ASSOCIATION LIMITEDOperating Evraz Place

P.O. Box 167 1700 Elphinstone Street, Regina, SK, S4P 2Z6Phone (306) 781-9200 Fax: (306) 565-3443

www.brandtcentre.com www.queensburycentre.com www.cooperatorscentre.com www.evrazplace.com

Queensbury Convention CentreBrandt Centre

Credit Union EventPlex Co-operators Centre