The Northland Players gave the first $1000 to the Opera House fund for a feasibility study in 1973. From left to right: Roger Williams, vice-president of the Arts Council, Midge Shaw, president of Northland Players, Henry Podgorsky, treasurer of Northland Players, Shirley Heiss, Chairman of the Opera House Committee of the Cheboygan Area Arts Council, and Ron Driscoll, past president of Northland Players.