Save Massey Theatre!

So there's this major dilemma in New Westminster, BC! A major major maaaajor problem. Nobody wants to take Massey Theatre. It's a theatre that has been the home for generations of students and citizens of New Westminster. Every music concert has been there. As a band student who has performed numerous times in this theatre, I don't want it to be torn down. Apparently it is the "only" piece of land where they can build the school!?! The current high school was built on top of an old cemetery that was never decommissioned. Why it was never decommissioned I don't know. And It's already been built on, wouldn't most of the bodies have already been displaced? (I don't want to be rude and disrespect the relatives but how does this become such a large problem?) So the school board tells us that there will be a 500-seat theatre in the new school, and I have also heard there will be a black box theatre on the waterfront. IF these two theaters were both built, they still would not equal to the seating capacity of Massey Theatre. I have information that says that the new school has no plans at all, that have been made to the public. ALSO, we were supposed to have the brand new school YEARS ago! How long will we have to wait for this school? And how long will we have to wait for the theatre, IF it was built. I also saw a newspaper article from the New Westminster Record that said the school board has NO intentions of running a theatre in the new school. The current lease on Massey Theatre will expire in June. Please help!

1. Help us convince the provincial gov't to decommission the cemetery
2. Convince the school board to keep the theatre!
3. If the school board won't run it, help convince our local gov't!

There are some school board meetings and some meetings at city hall coming up. Show up and show your support!

Here's the blog for more info:
http://savethemasseytheatre.blogspot.com/

Here's the twitter:
http://twitter.com/Masseytheatre

Facebook Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=146548417996

HELP!

-Duke

EDIT: I just wanted to talk a bit more about by experience. I'm a performer. I love it! It's just great to be on a proper stage performing in front of so many people! I have performed in gyms, halls, conference rooms, and best of all.. real stages. Two of which are the Massey Theatre and the Bell Center in Surrey. It's an amazing rush that I get! It's a mixture of anxiety, excitedness, fear, and happiness, but that's what makes it special! I get this feeling NO WHERE ELSE. It's a unique experience to be on a stage performing music with friends. If they take the Massey Theatre building away from us, it would have a major impact. Our band rooms are just beside the theatre, and if they tear it down, our band rooms go away too. I shudder to think our school may go without a band program for my final senior year. If they tear it down now, and the new school isn't built right away (which obviously it won't be. We don't live in a world of magic.), we will be without a place to practice something we really enjoy. Please help.