Search is on for cash to buy building By Michael Becker

News Editor

DEEP Cove drummer Roger Baird is a man on a mission.

Baird needs to raise a quick half million bucts to renew an artistic love affair.

Baird and trombonist- composer Ralph Eppel, sup- ported by numercus volun- teers, worked eight years to shape the Gless Slipper venue into a showcase for jazz, improvised music, poetry, film, dance and visual art.

The arts venue was destroyed by fire on Dec. 20.

Paird has identified an ideal building for a new Glass Slipper in the Victory Square area of downtown Vancouver,

The Nortl: Vancouver- based Musart Cultural Society would like to buy it.

A benefit show for a new Glass Slipper is set for 6 p.m.,

- Seb. 9 at the Vogue Theatre.

The lineup includes Gypsalero with John Revchman, Sal Ferraras and friends, Celso Machado, Brad Turner Quartet, Coco Alcorn, Christine Duncan and some surprise guests.

"More benefits are planned to raise funds so that the building might be purchased this year. Said Baird, “I can pet financing for sure if I yet

alfa million bucks, but I’m not going to get it just from benefits.

“Pm going to raise this from people in the communi- ty who understand the value of the arts. This has been a schoo) for young musicians, where young performers can get started.”

i Until the fire, the Gas ipper was supporte Baird, Eppel and Polunteers. 4

The 30 {G00 square foot building they'd like to own has the potential for revenue

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NEW York musicians Daniel Carter (left to right) and William Parker join loca! musicians Roger Baird, Fegyy Lee, Jim Knodle of Seattle and jocal musician Tony Wiison on the porch of the late, great Glass Slipper.

from existing tenants and an “absolutely fabulous” 5£0- seat space for the venue itself. Said Baird, “ft lends itself to every kind of performance. There’s enough space and there’s enough room for expansion. It has a wooden floor and the acoustics are fabulous.”

He would fike to install recording facilities to docu ment the performances of the musicians who will play there.

“Pm really excited about the building. It would be a

come truce, especially for ‘the arts scene in Vancouver,” said Baird.

The seed for Baird’s first

dream of the Glass Slipper was fanted in New York City in 972.

“My whole musical path got subverted at that point.”

Jazz sax player Sam Rivers had a loft in New York that he opened to the public.

Baird hung out there a Int and eventually hooked up with other musicians to form

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“These guys were heavily into improv, that was my big fove and it was reinforced by my meeting with Sam.”

The scene at Sam’s loft was a big inspiration for what was to become the Glass Slipper in Vancouver.

Said Baird, “It was a place where musicians were able to play their own music. The music was tremendously excit- ing.”

sird said focal musicians are devastated by the loss of the Glass Slipper.

“Every time Isee some- body they say there’s just a huge hele. The Slipper was the one place that every musi- cian loved to play and it was- n’t because they made a lot of money there. The room was

listener-oriented. People would come in there to listen, not to pick up women or men or yak their heads off.”

The first Glass Slipper was located at [1th and Main from 1988 to 1993.

The second, formerly an old church, sat behind the Biltmore Hotel on Kingsway.

The club seated 120.

The Glass Slipper saw approximately 10,000 people pass through its doors annual- N

December's fire destroyed $50,000 worth of equipment and approximately $70,000 worth of renovation work.

Contributions to rebuild the Glass Slipper may be made by contacting Musart Cultural Society, 1867 Deep Cove Rd., North Vancouver, V7G 157.

Send e-mail to slipper@ bhdc.com. And visit the Web site at (www.bhdc.com/slip- per).

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