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Jones gets civic theatre board

LONGTIME West Van
resident Art Jones has
been named to the
Vancouver Civic
Theatres Board.

The = municipally run
Vancouver Civic Theatres
(VCT) operates the
Orpheum, Queen Elizabeth
Thestre and 9 Vancouver
Playhouse as venues for live
entertainment, the pertorm-
ing arts and public assembly.

Jones, 72, said his appoint:
ment to the board builds on
his involvement with civic
theatre events and projects
over the years. Wich fellow
board member Hugh Pic
and chairman of the VCT
board Norman Young he has
worked to establish the B.C.
Entertainment Hall of Fame
Society and develop Starwaik
atthe Orpheum. In January,
Jones produced the
Orpheuin’s 75th anniversary
celebrations, which was a
sold-out event.

“Fr’s almost as if Uve been
there ad officio,” joked Jones.

‘A oresident. oof West
Vancouver for more than 50
years, Jones has enjoyed 2
diverse career in’ marketing,

advertising, broadcasting,
public relations and business
management.

Jones worked as a newspa-
per journalist in the “40s, and
afilm and television producer
in the *50s and ’60s. Also in
the “60s he became the
founding president and man-

The Good News

ART JONES ... appointed to
Vancouver theatres board.

aging director of CHAN-TV,
now BCTV.

Jones also established and
operated West) Vancouver's
Panorama and = Hollyburn
Film Studios. In the “80s he
led a group of investors who
were awarded the first Pay-TV
license for B.C. and the
Yukon, which is today known
as Superchannel.

A recipient: of Tourism
Vancouver's Lifetime
Achievement Award, — he
served for 20 years as 4 diree-
tor and officer of the Greater
Vancouver Convention and
Visitors Bureau. Jones also
served three terms as presi-
dent, or “Chief Barker,” of
the Variety Club of B.C.

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