Orchestra makes pin-up calendar

CANTON, Ohio -- The Canton Symphony Orchestra is shedding its uptight image -- and some clothes -- in a fund-raising calendar.

"More Than You Expect from an Orchestra" features 18 women from the symphony, its staff, board members and supporters in several risque poses.

"We need to change the symphony's image, to get it away from being stuffy," said Linda Moorhouse, the symphony's president and chief executive who appears atop a piano in the 2005-2006 calendar in a shimmery purple outfit.

"We want people to know we have a first-class orchestra and some pretty classy ladies, too."

Symphony supporter Roberta Gordon proposed the idea after seeing the movie "Calendar Girls." The symphony hopes to raise $50,000.