year if Track Entertainment is secured as producer of music festivals.

Lee Heiman, president of the American company, announced yesterday plans to make a portion of the ticket price, a charity donation. And elated with the success of the Jazz Festival during the past weekend, Mr. Heiman has also revealed plans to hold another major festival at the end of May.

"I am planning an big R&B concert at Clearwater for May 27,'' he said.

Unable to divulge who he is aiming to bring in for that event, Mr. Heiman said he would be ironing out those details over the next month.

He revealed the plans immediately after making a $10,000 cheque donation to the Sunshine League home for foster children and noted that both gestures are a sign of his commitment to the Island. Speaking about the cheque presentation he said: "We want to do this every year, to make a substantial contribution to charity and for the Jazz Festival we will stick with the Sunshine League.'' "I admit I didn't have a chance to do research on who to give it to this year and there are so many causes; aids, cancer, breast cancer, in fact this is breast cancer awareness month,'' Mr. Heiman said. "But I thought that it would be most benign to give it to the kids. If we are helping them, we are helping the future.'' Mr. Heiman said he was looking at adding $2 to the $50 to $65 purchase price of festival tickets next year.

"That money would go to the Sunshine League,'' he said, "and I would aim for it to grow upward of $20,000 every year.'' "I will work with the charity closely,'' he continued, "but will not tell them how to use it. It's about making money. I have to make money. But if I can bring money into the country by increasing tourists and then still give more money back to the country, then I've accomplished all my objectives.'' While a beneficiary charity has not yet been chosen for proceeds from the planned May concert, Mr. Heiman said his crew would be conducting that research over the next two months. "Last year, we didn't make any money of the Jazz Festival,'' he said. "We just broke even. But this year was outstanding.

"We are planning to be here for a long time and I recognise that bringing in these acts is not only good for attracting tourists, but it's also good for Bermudians who are starved for good entertainment.''