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One of the headline acts at Ottawa’s Capital Pride festival says a collection agency is being sent after festival organizers after their cheque bounced.
RuPaul’s Drag Race, Battle of the Seasons, headlined the Saturday night show at Ottawa City Hall and is still owed “a pretty significant amount,” according to David Charpentier, the founder and manager of Producer Entertainment, which represents the artists.
“We did attempt to deposit the cheque from them but the funds were not available so it has since been sent for collection by our bank,” said Charpentier. “We have not been paid.”
Capital Pride said they intend to release a new statement on Tuesday about the situation involving their finances.
RuPaul’s Drag Race featured performances by some of the best contestants from past seasons of the popular reality show hosted by famous drag queen RuPaul Charles and designed to find “America’s next drag superstar.” RuPaul wasn’t in Ottawa for the show, although one of the judges from the show was present.
“I think we were surprised because everything leading up to the event was very legit and organized and there wasn’t anything that would leave any suspicion that something may be going wrong as far as the funding,” he said. “There are a lot of entertainers and staff and travel costs that we fronted that need to be paid for.”
Capital Pride festival organizers said last week that they were investigating “accounting irregularities” that surfaced following the completion of the festival last month and could lead to a criminal investigation.
That announcement came after a pair of suppliers reported their cheques bounced and they were still owed money.
Guillaume Tasse alleges he is still owed $42,000 for providing a stage, tables, chairs, fences and other infrastructure for the festival, while Sebastien Provost, the president of production company House of SAS, alleged he is out nearly $24,000 after the cheque he was provided to buy alcohol bounced.
Montreal DJ Stephan Grondin also said his payment from the festival didn’t clear.
Another supplier for the event, Allegra Design Print Mail on Carling Avenue, told the Citizen they too are out about $8,500 after Capital Pride organizers failed to pay their invoice for printing signs, badges and other materials.
Owner Jim Gillespie said Capital Pride’s treasurer was supposed to meet him on Monday Aug. 25 to pay the invoice but never showed up. Gillespie said he was later told that he’d receive the payment by Friday of that week, but that deadline “came and went.”
“I want to get paid for the services rendered,” said Gillespie. “We’re a small business. I’ve got some costs I need to recoup.”
Gillespie said Capital Pride paid an earlier invoice for about $20,000 in June.
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RuPaul’s Drag Race, Battle of the Seasons, headlined the Saturday night show at Ottawa City Hall and is still owed “a pretty significant amount,” according to David Charpentier, the founder and manager of Producer Entertainment, which represents the artists.
“We did attempt to deposit the cheque from them but the funds were not available so it has since been sent for collection by our bank,” said Charpentier. “We have not been paid.”
Capital Pride said they intend to release a new statement on Tuesday about the situation involving their finances.
RuPaul’s Drag Race featured performances by some of the best contestants from past seasons of the popular reality show hosted by famous drag queen RuPaul Charles and designed to find “America’s next drag superstar.” RuPaul wasn’t in Ottawa for the show, although one of the judges from the show was present.
“I think we were surprised because everything leading up to the event was very legit and organized and there wasn’t anything that would leave any suspicion that something may be going wrong as far as the funding,” he said. “There are a lot of entertainers and staff and travel costs that we fronted that need to be paid for.”
Capital Pride festival organizers said last week that they were investigating “accounting irregularities” that surfaced following the completion of the festival last month and could lead to a criminal investigation.
That announcement came after a pair of suppliers reported their cheques bounced and they were still owed money.
Guillaume Tasse alleges he is still owed $42,000 for providing a stage, tables, chairs, fences and other infrastructure for the festival, while Sebastien Provost, the president of production company House of SAS, alleged he is out nearly $24,000 after the cheque he was provided to buy alcohol bounced.
Montreal DJ Stephan Grondin also said his payment from the festival didn’t clear.
Another supplier for the event, Allegra Design Print Mail on Carling Avenue, told the Citizen they too are out about $8,500 after Capital Pride organizers failed to pay their invoice for printing signs, badges and other materials.
Owner Jim Gillespie said Capital Pride’s treasurer was supposed to meet him on Monday Aug. 25 to pay the invoice but never showed up. Gillespie said he was later told that he’d receive the payment by Friday of that week, but that deadline “came and went.”
“I want to get paid for the services rendered,” said Gillespie. “We’re a small business. I’ve got some costs I need to recoup.”
Gillespie said Capital Pride paid an earlier invoice for about $20,000 in June.
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