Death by a thousand cuts

Delta Community Music School, like everyone else has lost the financial support of the Goverment of BC with cutting of the Direct Access grants from Gaming.  We have been receiving this grant for many years, in fact it is the only support we receive from any level of Government; municipal, provincial or federal.  Last year we received about $18,000, which amounts to about 8% of our operating costs. While none of those funds goes directly into operating this program, those funds do go towards the operating costs of the school, which include our studios, utilities, admin staff, and the like. So indirectly those cuts will effect the operation of the of our summer jazz program as well.