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Dear Editor,

We are writing, on behalf of the Bermuda Society of the Arts (BSoA), to thank you and your readers for the generous support given to the BSoA since our notice of eviction from the Hamilton City Hall and Arts Centre became public knowledge.

All of us at the BSoA are grateful for the many, many pledges of support, particularly as they have come from people representing such a wide cross-section of our community.

We are pleased that the Corporation of Hamilton has agreed to let us stay in our purpose-built gallery space until the end of the year.

However, our fate in 2009 and beyond is not guaranteed - and, until we receive a new, long-term lease on preferential terms from the Corporation we consider that the battle to stay at Hamilton City Hall and Arts Centre is still on.

In that regard, we encourage your readers to continue writing to the Corporation to express their opposition to our eviction, making sure to copy the letters to the Bermuda Sun.

We are pleased that the community has been clear in its message that arts and culture play an important role in our community - and we thank everyone for their support.

Jean Gardner, Edwin Smith, Charles Anderson, Laura Bell, Duncan Hall, Christopher Grimes, Irving Minors, Joanna Shillington, Juliette O'Connor, Mike Kane, Victoria Evans-Cracknell.[[In-content Ad]]

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