Mega Partnering V Event Yields Teamwork For Two National Commemorations
Online, May 15, 2012 (Newswire.com) - In a remarkable twist of fate, three attendees at the JT Foxx Mega Partnering event held in Dallas, Texas found common interests in their two commemoration projects. While on a tour of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium Mr. Guy Graves, Project Administrator and Founder, of the JFK 50 Years Later Citizens Report project met Ms. Graciela Blackstone who represented the Blackstone Memorial Auditorium Theater For Humanity based in Annapolis, Maryland.
Ms. Blackstone has undertaken the design and planning for 24,000 sq. ft. amphitheater with proscenium seating, thrust stage, sound room with seating for 750 to 1,000 people. Lobby space will be expanded into community multi-purpose space with adjoining warming kitchen for catered events. Adequate administrative offices and parking with generous open space, greenery and buffers all lie within the 10 acre site. The project involves the transforming a 140+ year old family farm in Anne Arundel County of Maryland that will be put to use as historical public use.
The Historical Cinema Center will showcase historical documentaries as well as films pertaining to the Tuskegee Airmen and other achievements by African American personalities. Mr. Graves was very pleased to lend his notable support to this project due to its relevance with the JFK 50 Years Later Citizens Report effort. Here is a lady inspired by President Kennedy to do what she could for her country rather than seek out what the country could do for her.
A retired United States Army serviceman, Ms. Blackstone wanted to honor the services by her father and fellow veteran. Master Sergeant James Blackstone Sr. served as Chief of Mechanical Engineers 99th Aviation Corp and later Tuskegee University Flight instructor for the Red Tails in World War II. Thus her interest in the Tuskegee Airmen who served so valiantly in service the United States.
Joining with Mr. Graves and Ms. Blackstone, Deborah Scott Thomas President and CEO of DST Inc. (retired United States Army) has loaned her corporate and personal services to this project. A video was made on the playing field of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium that provided an exuberant view of the Blackstone project and support to the JFK 50 Years Later effort. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAgMKAGi1hM
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