Graham Jaehnig/Daily Mining Gazette The Calumet Theatre Board met in regular session Monday evening and among the items on the agenda of the President’s Report was an update on the status of the insurance. President Dan Jamison (in blue) addressed the board. On the left is Director Mark Dice.

CALUMET — A round of questions from the new insurance carrier of the Calumet Theatre was addressed early last week by Theatre President Dan Jamison. Jamison updated the insurance status during the President’s Report period of the regular theater board meeting Monday evening.

One of the questions, he said, was whether the theater planned on having Heavy Metal shows.

“I said probably not,” Jamison chuckled. “Not really our audience.”

“When you got some of the tribute bands and some of the other stuff that have come back, like Edgar Winter, would have been Heavy Metal back in the day.”

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that includes a group of related styles that are intense, and powerful. Heavy metal is driven by the aggressive sounds of the distorted electric guitar, heavy metal is arguably the most commercially successful genre of rock music. More renowned heavy metal performers include Ozzy Osborne, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and Slayer.

In an odd development, one of the pieces of insurance that did get set into place was liability insurance covering liquor, specifically, beer and wine.

“As of Friday, we’re insured for liquor,” Jamison said. “It isn’t the one I would have led with, but it is effective back to the First of December.”

Jamison said that there were no outstanding questions from the carrier, though the company did have a couple of concerns.

“They were concerned that we might bring people up from the audience and make them part of the show, and that’s a no-no,” he said.

If a member of the audience has purchased a ticket, he explained, he or she cannot be conscripted to be up on the stage.

If the person bought a ticket, that person cannot be conscripted to be up on the stage.

The other piece they want on this, said Jamison, is that contractors with the theater have insurance, naming the Calumet Theatre as additional insured. Jamison said that may be a problem for people who are doing fairly simple, straight forward things, but that will be figure out soon.

“And it could include making people part-time employees,” he suggested. “That solves the problem right away. You guys are going to write down a play book, I think, on what we finally have with this.”

Jamison also updated the board members on the theater’s status with Calumet Village.

The Village Council, he said, discussed with him the subject and approval of sending the Theatre Board a letter notifying them of a 45-day period in which to have the insurance in place. He also said that within the next couple of weeks, the village may want to begin discussions on the details of the new lease.

Village Manager Amber Goodman, who was present for the meeting, said that may wait until after the holidays, because the village is still waiting to hear back from their attorney. Jamison expressed again that he would appreciate a member of the Village government sitting on the Theatre Board, which would keep communication open and current between the Village Council and the Theatre Board.

Jamison also re-stated his invitation to the public to attend the monthly theater board members, so that they also have a voice in regards to the theater.