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gramming changes," says Exec-
utive Director David Gad-Harf.
"The Council leadership and the
board are in the process of de-
liberating how to reorder our pri-
orities to account for the
significant cut."
Federation made the cuts af-
ter one of its review committees
determined that Council pro-
gramming should be stream-
lined.
Federation also made cuts to
the Jewish Home for Aged (for
the closing of Borman Hall nurs-
ing home in Detroit), to the Jew-
ish House of Shelter (a program

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that merged with a S) and to a
supplementary school scholar-
ship fund, which subsidizes en-
rollment to congregational
classes, or those affiliated with
independent organizations like
Workmen's Circle.
The decrease to this scholar-
ship fund, from $75,000 to
$65,000, is intended to free up
monies for day schools. Federa-
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next year. Meanwhile, they say,
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Singer's Gaffe
Floors Audience

JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER

he lead singer of the group
Blood, Sweat & Tears is-
sued a formal apology this
week for a remark he made
before the band began its perfor-
mance Saturday night in West
Bloomfield's Marshbank Park.
The 1970s group, which found
popularity with hits like "Spin-
ning Wheel" and "When I Die,"
came to town to help the town-
ship celebrate the 25th birthday
of its Parks and Recreation Corn-
mission.
Members of the audience,
many of whom were Jewish,
heard David Clayton Thomas re-
mark that the evening was "as
hot as the last train car to
Auschwitz."
"Several people I was sitting
with were astonished," said
Parks and Recreation Commis-
sioner Maurice Freed, who is
Jewish. "I was sitting in the
bleacher stand in the far back of
the park, and I heard it as clear
as a bell."
After the show, Mr. Thomas
privately apologized to Judy
Schare-Vine, public information
officer for Parks and Recreation.
Ms. Schare-Vine's husband,
George Vine, is a survivor of the
Auschwitz concentration camp
and a member of the board of di-
rectors of the Holocaust Memor-
ial Center in West Bloomfield.
He also happened to be in the
3,000-member audience Satur-
day night, but did not hear Mr.
Thomas' remark.
"The people he was with were
all in shock. They repeated it to
him, so he was fully aware of
what was said. He told me after-
war that his feeling was it was
justa stupid and arrogant kind
of thing to say. He didn't think it
Was a platform for an anti-Se-
mitic gesture," said Ms. Schare-
Vine.
In his apology, issued by his

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New York agent, Mr. Thomas said
the comment was inadvertent.
"I'm not making any excuses,"
he said. "When you front a band,
sometimes you put your foot in
your mouth. I put my foot in my
mouth and I'm sorry about it."
The remark Saturday night
came after Mr. Thomas and the
entourage had been griping
about everything from the stage
size to the spotlights.

"People make stupid
remarks."

— Judy Schare-Vine

"I doubt I would ever bOok
them again," Ms. Schare-Vine
said. "Aside from the remark —
a remark that was horrendous
— they were just hard to deal
with."
Booking agent Vincent Ric-
cobono, who brought Blood,
Sweat & Tears to West Bloom- L '
field, echoed Ms. Schare-Vine's
sentiments, saying the band
members did not endear them-
selves to anyone.
Ms. Schare-Vine isn't sure if
Mr. Thomas's gaffe caused peo-
ple to leave the park, which is lo-
cated at Commerce and Hiller
roads. But the audience seemed
to be able to "separate" it from the
90-minute performance, which C\
was greeted by calls for an encore.
It cost the township $19,000,
not including extras, to bring the
eight-member band and its show
to West Bloomfield.
"I think if I could say anything
on behalf of the township, I would
hope to attribute (the remark) to
something that came out stupid-
ly. People make stupid remarks.
As producers, we don't have any L \
control," Ms. Schare-Vine said. ❑