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WELCOME TO, IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON, AND WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TODAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED HERE WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IN JUNE.
IT IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE EVENTS, AND WE HAVE TWO OF OUR FAVORITE GUESTS.
WELCOME PASTOR DIXON, YOU GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.
AND WELCOME TO YOU DENISE GARE.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL AND TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT'S COMING UP IN JUNE.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE A BIG EVENT COMING UP.
OUR JUNETEENTH AND IT IS MORE THAN JUST ONE DAY AND ONE EVENT.
IT'S GOING TO ENTAIL A LOT OF THINGS, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, SUCH A MOMENTOUS WEEKEND.
WE ACTUALLY STARTED A NEW VOLLEYBALL EXTRAVAGANZA ON A THURSDAY, AND SO IT'S A THREE DAY CELEBRATION WHEN WE CELEBRATE FREEDOM AS IT RELATES TO EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH.
THURSDAY EVENING AT THE DOW ROOT RECREATION CENTER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, COMPETITION VOLLEYBALL, UM, IN-N-OUT BURGERS WILL GIVE AWAY FREE FOOD THAT NIGHT OH WOW.
AND THEN THIS BIG DEAL IN THE GREAT GRAND CITY OF GRAND PERRY AT EPIC CENTRAL, WE WILL HAVE A FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE BAND LINE DANCING, FOOD TRUCKS, SNOW CONES, YOU NAME IT.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A FREEDOM CELEBRATION.
WE ALWAYS LINE UP AT THE LIBERTY BELL HERE DOWNTOWN, AND WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL PARADE AND WE'LL CLIMAX AT TYREE PARK IN THE DOWARD COMMUNITY WHERE VENDORS AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, TELL US IT'S GONNA BE A FREEDOM CELEBRATION.
AND THE MINUTE YOU GET THERE, YOU GET OUT OF THE CAR AND YOU CAN START SMELLING.
WHAT'S COOKING ON THE GRILL? OH YES.
BURGERS, HOT LINKS, HOT DOGS, CHIPS, WATERMELON, SODA.
THAT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT.
AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HAVING VOLLEYBALL.
I CAN BE A, AT LEAST A SPECTATOR
NOW, IF IT WAS PICKLEBALL, I'D BE OUT THERE PLAYING, BUT VOLLEY WE'LL GONNA BE ON THE SAME TEAM.
'CAUSE I'M GONNA SPECTATE TOO.
NOW, I THINK IT'S SO EXCITING THAT YOU TWO HAVE WORKED ON THIS EVENT FOR MANY YEARS, AND THE FACT THAT YOUR COUSINS MAKES IT EVEN MORE, UH, INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE YOU ALL, UH, HAVING THE HISTORY THAT YOU DO IS WHAT HAS GIVEN YOU THE HEART TO CONTINUE THIS EVENT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, OUR, UH, PATERNAL, MY, IT'S MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER AND IT'S HIS MATERNAL GRANDFATHER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR GRANDDAD, SAM BROWN, HE WAS, HE WAS GRAND PRAIRIE.
HE HAD, HE DID A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
HE, UM, HE USED TO PICK UP STUFF, HE'D TAKE PEOPLE PLACES AND HE WAS LIKE 80 SOMETHING THEN.
AND SO, UM, HE WAS AL IT WAS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HIM THAT WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WE VOTED AND WE DID WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS IMPORTANT AND WHAT, WHAT MADE ME SO, UM, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT I DO WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.
I FOUND HIS POLL TAX RECEIPT IN SOME THINGS.
AND THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT YOU TELL YOUR CHILDREN AND THEN TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A BLESSING TO BLESS SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND THAT WAS MY GRANDMOTHER COURT'S MOTTO, HELP YOU NEVER COULD COME TO THEIR HOUSE AND BE HUNGRY BECAUSE THEY FED EVERYBODY.
AND SO, AND SO WE, UH, DO THE SAME THING.
WE, WE, WE TRY TO HELP PEOPLE.
WE TRY TO HELP PEOPLE AND DO WHATEVER WE CAN BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOVE YOUR FELLOW MAN.
AND I'M SO PROUD OF HIM FOR PASSING THAT ON.
UH, TO YOU IT IS, UH, IN YOUR DNA TO HELP PEOPLE AND TO DO THE THINGS THAT HE, UH, NOT ONLY SAID, BUT DID.
AND PRESTON, YOU TOLD ME SOME, UH, A LITTLE QUOTE THAT MISS RUTHIE USED TO SAY SHE LOVED SAM BROWN AND WORKING WITH HIM AND KNEW THE VALUE HE WAS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SHE ALWAYS REMINDED ME WHO HE WAS.
AND BECAUSE HE WAS MY GRANDFATHER.
AND FOR THAT, I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.
AND JUST LIKE YOU, YOUR MOTHER WAS SUCH A JEWEL AND ALPHA, DON'T
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FALL TOO FAR FROM THE TREE.SO ARE YOU, THAT'S A GENERATIONAL BLESSING, ISN'T IT? YES MA'AM.
NOW, DENISE, WE KNOW THAT JUNETEENTH, TO SOME PEOPLE, IT'S JUST ANOTHER HOLIDAY.
BUT GIVE US SOME OF THE REAL MEAT AND POTATOES OF WHAT JUNETEENTH MEANS TO US.
IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE SAY FREEDOM, BUT WHAT DOES FREEDOM REALLY MEAN? BECAUSE ON THAT DAY WHEN, UH, GORDON GRAINGER CAME AND SAID, OKAY, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE BREEDING, AND YOU ALL ARE FREE.
UM, AND THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING LIKE, HMM.
SO, WHICH MEANT THAT THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE, GO ANY PLACE.
BUT REALLY, THEY COULDN'T GO ANY PLACE BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE, THEY COULDN'T READ, THEY COULDN'T WRITE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO LEARN HOW TO READ AND WRITE.
SO WHERE WERE THEY GONNA GO? RIGHT.
SO THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH SOME THINGS ON, ON HOW TO, TO, TO MOVE TO PLACES WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO GO, WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO SURVIVE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
WERE THEY GOING TO SURVIVE? AND A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T SURVIVE BECAUSE IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A LOT GOING ON BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY DESERVED TO BE FREE.
BUT THOSE OF 'EM THAT DID, THEY WORKED TOGETHER AND THEY LEARNED HOW TO READ AND THEY DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE THEIR BROTHERS FORWARD.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS, AS JUNETEENTH IS ALSO A FAMILY THING BECAUSE THEY PUSHED INTO THE, TO THE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SURVIVE, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE WHAT? EDUCATION.
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, PUT IT, IF YOU CAN'T READ, PUT IT IN A BOOK.
IF YOU CAN'T READ WHAT YOU GONNA DO, WHERE THE MAP, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, AND I, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH 'CAUSE I'M ALWAYS FINDING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND SO THIS YEAR IT'S A MILESTONE YEAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S 160 YEARS OF FREEDOM.
IT'S, BUT IT, AND, BUT LOOK AT IT, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S REALLY NOT A LONG TIME.
WELL, I KNOW YOU HAVE THE HISTORY AND IT'S SO MEANINGFUL TO HEAR IT AND TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT TO, UM, TO THE NEW, UH, THE NEW GENERATION.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, SOMETHING THROUGH THE NEW GENERATION WITH SCHOLARSHIPS, AREN'T YOU TO HELP GET THAT MESSAGE OUT? WELL, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE ESSAY AND THEY HAVE THE, THE ESSAY HAS A TITLE AND THEY HAVE TO USE THAT TITLE.
THEY HAVE TO RESEARCH AND, UH, AND SEND THAT ESSAY IN.
AND THEN THE, THE, THE BEST ESSAY WE HAVE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PLACE.
AND SOMETIMES IF WE HAVE EXTRA, WE GIVE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER BECAUSE IT COSTS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
AND SO, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO GIVE TO THE, TO THE STUDENTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION IS REALLY, IS A KEY, YOU KNOW, TO, TO LIFE, PERIOD.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO, TO, TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF AND DO SOME THINGS.
AND SO, AND, UM, I, I JUST, THAT SCHOLARSHIP IS JUST TO MY HEART.
BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD, FOR WHATEVER REAL, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHY, BUT WE HAD TO CANCEL THE FISH FRY.
AND SO WE GOT TOGETHER AND SAID, OKAY, SO WE, WE COME UP WITH THAT, UH, SCHOLARSHIP, YOU KNOW, MS. STANTON AND ALL OF US, WE CAME UP WITH THIS TITLE.
AND SO WE, WE, WE, WE BLESSED KIDS FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY TO 12TH GRADE THAT FIRST TIME WE DID IT.
AND SO, AND FROM THAT ON, WE JUST SAID, WELL, OKAY, WE ARE JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE GENERATIONS BECAUSE WE NEED TO.
IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GIVE BACK.
AND DENISE, I'M SO GLAD YOU, UH, MENTIONED MS. STANTON BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING THIS, YOU, AND YOU'VE BEEN VICE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
AND FOR HOW LONG? WELL, I'M GONNA SAY I STARTED IN 1999.
UM, AND WHEN I STARTED, IT WAS A REC PROGRAM.
AND MS. STANTON, SHE WAS THE, THE HISTORICAL BODY MEANT OF JUNETEENTH BECAUSE SHE HAD THAT REC BECAUSE I WORKED AT THE REC AT THAT TIME, AND SHE WAS TELLING US ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THEN, UH, UH, WHAT OR WHY WE NEED TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE THE, THE REC STAFF DID IT FOR THE LONGEST TIME.
AND THEN, UM, THAT ONE YEAR, I, AND I'M, IT HAD TO BE 2004 OR FIVE, I'M NOT SURE MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I DONE SLEPT SINCE THEN.
BUT THEY HAD A NEW PERSON THAT BECAME DALWORTH REC CENTER, A SUPERVISOR, AND SHE DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED TO GIVE THIS TO A COMMUNITY PERSON.
AND THAT PERSON BECAME THE PRESIDENT.
AND THEN, SO WE ALL BECAME A COMMITTEE.
AND THEN THAT PERSON FOUND, WENT AND, AND SEARCHED MY COUSIN AND BROUGHT MY COUSIN
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AND HIS WIFE ON.AND SO WE JUST BECAME A FAMILY COMMITTEE AND WE JUST KEPT WORKING.
AND, AND I WANNA SAY THIS, MS. STANTON, SHE WORKED SO HARD WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
DO YOU KNOW THAT MS. STANTON WORKED ON THIS COMMITTEE UNTIL SHE, SHE WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD IN 2012.
AND SHE WAS HOW OLD WHEN SHE, I DON'T KNOW.
AND SHE WAS CLOSE TO 90, WASN'T SHE? OR WHAT? SHE WAS CLOSE.
BUT SHE GAVE SO MUCH BECAUSE SHE LOVED HER COMMUNITY.
AND SO, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT, THAT DID, YOU KNOW, THINGS WITH JUNETEENTH, BECAUSE IN 1989, THIS IS PRIOR TO US, UM, PERRY PRUITT AND SHIRLEY PERRY, THEY GOT TOGETHER AND THEY HAD, UH, A JUNETEENTH MS. JUNETEENTH PAGEANT AT SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH.
AND THEN, UM, ROBERT HO HE STARTED, HE WAS A CONJUNCTION WITH MS. STANLEY.
THEY USED TO HAVE LIKE A TECH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A SPORTS PERSON, TECH FOOTBALL.
AND THEY USED TO CELEBRATE THAT WAY, BUT THE, THE, THE, ONCE WE STARTED, LIKE IN 99, HARRY, HARRY AND MS. STANTON, AND THEY SAID, WELL, COME ON A BOY.
AND SO, AND THEN WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER AND DOING THOSE THINGS.
BUT WE ONLY CELEBRATED THAT ONE DAY.
WE HAD THE PARADE AND EVERYTHING, AND THEN THE, ALL OF THE KIDS ENTERTAINMENT.
AND THEN THAT IN 99 WE DID HAVE A PROGRAM AND CITY HALL ALLOWED US TO HAVE OUR LITTLE PROGRAM IN CITY HALL CHAMBERS.
AND THAT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE.
AND, UH, SO, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.
WE ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE.
WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD AND WE WANNA PUT SOME MORE HISTORY SO THOSE KIDS CAN KNOW WHY NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S FUN TO GO OUT AND HAVE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
BUT WHAT WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND IS FREEDOM, COST.
I LOVE THE HISTORY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US AND HOW YOU ARE ROLLING IT INTO THE FUTURE NOW, PRESTON.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS JUNETEENTH ONE MORE TIME.
LET'S JUST RECAP WHERE OUR, UH, VIEWING AUDIENCE WILL KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHEN.
THURSDAY, UH, JUNE THE 12TH, WE'LL BE AT THE DOWARD RECREATION CENTER HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND THEN THAT FRIDAY NIGHT EVENING FROM SIX TO 9:30 PM WE'LL BE AT EPIC CENTRAL, THE NEW LOCATION THAT IS JUST AWESOME FOR EVERYONE.
YOU HAVE TO BE LIVING LIKE AN OSTRICH WITH YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE EPIC CENTRAL IS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, SATURDAY WE'LL BE AT TYREE PARK, WHERE WE'LL HAVE VENDOR BOOTS AND A PARADE CLIMAXING WITH ALL OF OUR DIGNITARIES AND PRAYERFULLY, YOU'LL BE WITH US OH LORD, LORD, THAT MORNING.
AS WELL AS WE GIVE AWAY FREE FOOD, FREE SWIMMING FOR KIDS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW OUR HISTORY, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
AND SO OUR T-SHIRTS SAY THEY'RE NOT LIKE US.
AND WHAT IT IS, IT IS JUST A HISTORICAL CENTERPIECE TO REMIND THE YOUNG GENERATION THAT'S DENISE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR STORY GIVES GOD GLORY.
AND OUR STORY IS THAT WE CAME FROM SLAVES, BUT WE'RE NOT SLAVES ANYMORE.
OUR STORY IS THAT FREEDOM DOES CAUSE BUT ALSO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SPREAD LOVE.
AND SO JUNETEENTH WEEKEND WILL BE A WEEKEND OF LOVE.
REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, AGAIN, I SAY IT, RED OR YELLOW, BLACK OR WHITE.
WE'RE ALL PRECIOUS IN GOD'S SIGHT.
AND SO WE WANT TO TELL OUR STORY BECAUSE IT BRINGS HIM GLORY.
AND WE'LL DO THAT THREE WHOLE DAYS, THIS WONDERFUL JUNE.
AND IF WE WANT TO BE IN THE PARADE, WHERE DO WE MEET? AND WHEN YOU'LL MEET HERE DOWNTOWN, UH, AT THE LIBERTY BELL.
AND, UH, OF COURSE DENISE IS IN CHARGE OF THE PARADE LINEUP.
AND SO SHE'LL GIVE, UM, INSTRUCTIONS AND JURISDICTION.
TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO START AND END.
AND IS THERE ANYONE THEY CAN CONTACT IF THEY NEED FURTHER INFORMATION? OR IS THERE A WEBSITE OR ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DIRECT THEM TO? I HAVE WONDERFUL FLYERS.
MY, UM, PHONE NUMBER'S ON THERE.
AND THE DOWARD RECREATION CENTER IS ON THERE.
DALWORTH REC WOULD BE A GOOD CONTACT AS WELL.
WELL, AND, UH, YOU SAID MEET AT THE LIBERTY BELL.
THE LIBERTY BELL IS MIA, RIGHT NOW BEING REPAIRED, BUT WE HAVE, WE'RE STILL OUT THERE.
WE STILL HAVE THE LOCATION WITH THE LITTLE AWESOME COVERING SO WE CAN MEET THERE.
I'M SO EXCITED AND I'M SO GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, ALL THAT YOU ARE AND ALL THAT YOU MEAN TO US.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US PROMOTE OUR WONDERFUL DAY.
AND I'LL SEE YOU SOON, LORD WILL.
PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST THE WEST NILE VIRUS.
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AND WE WELCOME OUR NEXT GUEST, BONNIE CORUM, WITH THE HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
BONNIE, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO CITY HALL LATELY, WHICH I'VE COME HERE FREQUENTLY, I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SOMETHING WAS MISSING.
OUR LIBERTY BELL, OUR LIBERTY BELL, THAT HAS BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.
UH, IS OUT RIGHT NOW FOR REFURBISHING.
NOW, BONNIE, TELL US, WHEN DID THE LIBERTY BELL COME TO LIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE? WELL, IT CAME TO LIVE, EXCUSE ME.
UM, ABOUT 1973 IT BEGAN TO GET BORN.
THE IDEA OF CREATING A LIBERTY BELL AND, UH, UH, WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO THEY APPROVED IT, EXCUSE ME.
AND, UH, THE DAR BLUE BONNET CHAPTER WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN RAISING MONEY AND CREATED A COMMITTEE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF BUSINESS PEOPLE, A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED.
THERE WAS A UNIT OF STUDY ON THE LIBERTY BELL AND THE HISTORY PRESENTED IN CLASSROOMS AND CHILDREN WERE, UH, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND ENCOURAGED TO DONATE A QUARTER.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, A LOT OF MONEY WAS RAISED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
THERE WERE FUNDRAISERS, THERE WERE DINNERS.
UM, THEN, UH, GETTING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE WHO DID SO MUCH OF THIS, WHICH I'M NOT GONNA MENTION ALL THE MEMBERS, BUT CECIL BRUNER WAS ELECTED THE CHAIRMAN.
AND OF COURSE YOUR MOTHER WAS THE INSTRUMENTAL PERSON TO GET ALL OF THIS ORGANIZED AND KIND OF FOLLOWED THROUGH AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY.
UM, THEY EVEN HAD A BIG CARNIVAL, UH, JULY 4TH OF THAT YEAR.
SO ANYWAY, AS THE MONEY WAS RAISED AND TIME WENT ON, THERE WERE, UH, MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE ACTUALLY RECORDED THAT HAD DONATED MONEY.
THEY WERE SIGNED IN A BOOK OR ON A SHEET OF PAPER.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY THE HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION.
WE WEREN'T AROUND AT THAT TIME.
WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 50TH YEAR THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE ARE GATHERING ARCHIVES FAST AND FURIOUS ON A LOT OF CITY EVENTS FROM BEGINNING TO TO NOW.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING TOGETHER A TIMELINE THAT'LL GIVE US BETTER INFORMATION, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE GETTING SOME RECORDS OF THE ACTUAL ORDERS OF THE BELL, WHO, WHAT, WHAT FOUNDRY MADE IT AND SO FORTH.
UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I ENJOYED READING ABOUT IN A COUPLE OF RESEARCH PAPERS THAT I LOCATED WAS THAT THE BELL WAS TO NOT HAVE A CRACK IN IT.
IT WOULD JUST LOOK LIKE THE CRACK IN THE ORIGINAL LIBERTY BELL, BUT THAT IT WOULD RING BEAUTIFULLY.
SO AS YOUR MOTHER HAD DONE FOR MANY YEARS ON DECKMAN DAY IN JANUARY, SHE WOULD RING THAT BELL, TAP IT WITH HER SHOE, AND UH, IT GAVE A NICE LITTLE SOUND, A NICE PING.
AND OF COURSE, THE CLAPPER HAD BEEN USED ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS OVER THE YEARS MM-HMM
UM, IT WAS COMMISSIONED IN FRANCE.
SO THE ORIGINAL LIBERTY BELL WAS ALSO COMMISSIONED IN FRANCE.
AND SO IN 1974 IT ARRIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE IN AUGUST.
AND UH, SO THEN THE SMITH AND WATER, UH, COMPANY THAT WAS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM DESIGNED THE COVERING.
AND IT HAS HAD A BEAUTIFUL COVERING A LARGE ENOUGH FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GET AROUND IT AND DO THEIR CELEBRATIONS OR PARTICULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS OR WHOEVER MIGHT GATHER THERE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
AND WE'VE HAD SO MANY WONDERFUL GATHERINGS THERE AT THE LIBERTY BELL.
AND, UM, I WAS TOLD THIS MORNING THAT IT ACTUALLY WEIGHS OVER A TON.
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LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THE IMPLEMENT THAT LIFTED IT.THE INSTALLATION AND THE REMOVAL FOR REFURBISHING.
AND EVERYONE, WHEN YOU COME UP HERE, DON'T PANIC.
I'VE HEARD THAT THEY ARE WONDERFUL OF THE BEST, OF THE BEST TO DO THE REFURBISHING.
AND, UH, I LOVE THE FACT THAT IT WAS A HUGE COMMUNITY PROJECT MM-HMM
BACK THEN FROM THE BEGINNING THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
SO, UM, WE ALL FELT LIKE WE HAD A LITTLE PART OF MM-HMM
BRINGING THE LIBERTY BELL TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND, UH, IT IS, UH, A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL WITHOUT THE CRACK IN IT.
UM, BONNIE, IT IS BEING REFURBISHED AND WE HOPE TO HAVE IT BACK.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE GUESSTIMATING THE SUMMER OF 26, SO IT'S GOING TO BE IN GOOD HANDS AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THEIR TIME MM-HMM
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, PEOPLE CAN STILL COME UP AND LOOK AT THE COVERING.
AND IS THAT WHERE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NAMES ARE OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE THAT, UH, PARTICIPATED? YES, THERE ARE FOUR PLAQUES AND NAMES ARE LISTED.
I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, OF COURSE, MISSED WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT DONATED, BUT MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS AND OUR, UH, NEWSLETTER CHAIR AT THE TIME, JUANITA WAGNER AND HER HUSBAND CAME AND TOOK REALLY NICE PICTURES OF THE ENTIRE BELL SURROUNDING PLAQUES THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST WONDERFUL PICTURES THAT WE, UH, HAVE IN OUR ARCHIVES AT THE MUSEUM.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CAN COME UP AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO SHOW 'EM THOSE PHOTOS.
ANYONE WHO THINKS THEIR NAME MIGHT BE ON IT.
UM, BUT THE PLAQUES ARE THERE, EXCUSE ME.
I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, TAKING PHOTOS AND JUST POSTING THOSE MM-HMM
MAYBE ON SOCIAL MEDIA MM-HMM
WHERE PEOPLE COULD SEE MM-HMM
IF MAYBE SOME OF THEIR RELATIVES YES.
HAD PARTICIPATED IN THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
AND IT HAS BEEN USED FOR SO MANY WONDERFUL EVENTS.
UH, PARADES, UH, WE GATHER THERE.
WE'LL ALWAYS SAY, WE'LL GATHER AT THE LIBERTY BELL MM-HMM
AND, UM, DURING THE RENOVATIONS AT CITY HALL AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON, WHEN IT RETURNS, IT WILL BE MOVED SLIGHTLY THAT, UH, BUT IT WILL STILL BE THERE IN ALL OF ITS GLORY.
AND WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES THAT HAVE GONE ON WITH OUR LIBERTY BELL, UM, I KNOW WE, YOU MENTIONED DECKMAN DAY, BUT I KNOW ON JUNETEENTH MLK DAY, ANYTIME WE HAVE A BIG PARADE MM-HMM
IT'S USUALLY WE MEET AT THE LIBERTY BELL, READ THE PROCLAMATION, GATHER AROUND THERE, AND GET TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.
UM, WE, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GATHERING MORE INFORMATION DAILY ON, ON SO MANY THINGS IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND, BUT IT'S, THE LIBERTY BELL WAS A BIG PROJECT.
AND IT WAS A BIG, AS YOU MENTIONED, A COMMUNITY PROJECT, LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUALS.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE GLAD TO SEE IT BACK NEXT YEAR.
AND IT WAS INCORPORATED TO BE PART OF THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
AND, UM, WHEN WAS THE DEDICATION, ACTUAL DEDICATION? THE ACTUAL DEDICATION WAS JANUARY 19TH, 1975.
AND THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION THEN WAS THERE AT THE BELL IN 76, JULY 74TH, UH, JULY 4TH.
SO, UM, IF THAT BELL COULD TALK, IT COULD TELL US A LOT OF HISTORY.
IT HAS SEEN A LOT OF GRAND PRAIRIE PEOPLE.
AND GRAND PRAIRIE PEOPLE HAVE LOVED THE BELL MM-HMM
AND I HEAR PEOPLE THAT COME UP SPECIFICALLY TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE MADE BY THE LIBERTY BELL.
WELL, AND THE GRAND PRAIRIE HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION WAS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE SPECIAL GATHERING THERE IN JUNE AS PART OF OUR 50TH BIRTHDAY, UH, CELEBRATING RUTHIE'S ACTIVITIES SENATE IT, BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE THAT STARTED THE HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION.
AND SO WE WANTED TO GATHER AT THE BELL.
AND SO THE BELL WILL BE GONE, BUT WE ARE STILL GONNA BE REMEMBERING IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOMETHING HISTORICALLY WHEN IT'S REINSTALLED NEXT YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE DO, UH, AT DECKMAN DAY, WE USED TO HAVE THAT OUTDOORS AND JANUARY, IT
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WAS ALWAYS SO BLUSTERY COLD.AND THE WIND WOULD BLOW EVERYTHING.
SO NOW WE'VE STARTED HAVING THAT INDOORS MM-HMM
AT THE HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION MUSEUM.
AND WE HAVE THIS LITTLE TINY LIBERTY BELL THAT I FOUND ON MOTHER'S DESK.
YOU BROUGHT THAT UP AND IT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE.
BUT BONNIE, IT'S A WONDERFUL MEMORY FOR US TO DO THAT FOR HER.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY SURE.
AND GIVING US A LITTLE UPDATE ON OUR BELOVED LIBERTY BELL.
AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A SURPRISE.
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AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE NOT IN THE STUDIO.
WE'RE IN OUR NEW BEAUTIFUL, FINE DINING RADII AT EPIC CENTRAL.
AND WE WANNA KNOW ALL ABOUT RADII, ALL ABOUT YOU, ALL ABOUT TIFFANY DERRY, ALL OF THOSE GREAT THINGS.
SO GIVE US SOME GOOD SCOOP ON RADII.
WELL, STARTING WITH RADII, IT MEANS ROOTS IN ITALIAN.
AND YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT TIFFANY AND I HAVE ROOTS SOUTHERN TABLE AND ROOTS CHICKEN CHECK.
FOR US, ROOTS IS WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER.
IT'S WHAT WE AS A FAMILY HAVE GROWN TOGETHER.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS REALLY BRING GUESTS INTO THE RESTAURANT AND HAVE THEM FEEL THAT CONNECTION.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT ROOTS FROM A FRESHNESS PERSPECTIVE, THE FORM TO TABLE THE SEASONALITY OF IT.
UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S DEEPER THAN THAT.
IT'S ABOUT BUILDING THE CONNECTIONS AROUND THE TABLE.
UH, YOU ASKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TIFFANY.
SO I HIGHLIGHT MY PARTNER, UH, TIFFANY DERRY IS, UH, AN AMAZING PERSON, UH, FROM A CHEF TO A BUSINESS PARTNER TO A A, A PERSON THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON.
UH, SHE REALLY LEADS WHAT WE CALL POTS AND PANS.
AND I'M AN ATTORNEY BY BACKGROUND, UH, THAT WAITED TABLES, UH, TO PAY MY WAY THROUGH LAW SCHOOL.
AND SOMEHOW FULL CIRCLE, I'M WAITING TABLES AGAIN,
BUT, UH, HERE WE ARE, UH, WAITING TABLES AND WE LOVE IT, BUT I'LL HANDLE THE PENS AND PAPER, UH, LEVERAGING THAT LEGAL BACKGROUND.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A, A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE LOVE WHEN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND SEE OUR PARTNERSHIP, AND THEN WE GROW AND, AND HAVE GREATER FRIENDSHIP.
NOW TELL US HOW YOU ENDED UP IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S COMPLIMENTS TO YOU AND, AND THE LEADERS IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND THE CITY MANAGERS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, THE INTENTIONALITY AROUND CREATING A DESTINATION.
UH, I HADN'T SEEN EPIC CENTRAL IN THE BEFORE, ASIDE FROM MAYBE A, A GOOGLE FLYOVER FROM YEARS AGO.
BUT TO TAKE THIS AREA INTO INTENTIONALLY DEVELOP IT THE WAY THE CITY HAS DONE, UH, IT'S HARD NOT TO WANT TO BE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
IT'S HARD NOT TO WANT TO BE PART OF THIS EPIC CENTRAL AND THE COMMUNITY EVEN MORE.
AND AFTER MAKING THE DECISION AND, AND BUILDING OUT THE RESTAURANT, UH, EVEN IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WE'VE BEEN OPEN, YOU CAN FEEL THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
NOT ONLY THE, THE CURRENT OFFICIALS, BUT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE FORMER MAYOR WHO WAS THE MAYOR FOR 25 YEARS.
AND, UH, MS. WALKER HAS BEEN IN AS WELL.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY BEEN EMBRACED BY THE COMMUNITY, WHICH FOR US, UH, MAKES IT FEEL SPECIAL.
SO YOU GOT TO MEET SOME OF OUR ROOTS AS WELL.
NOW, TOM, IF, UM, WHEN I COME HERE, I LIKE TO HAVE ADVICE ON WHAT TO ORDER.
SO IF YOU ARE COMING HERE, WHICH YOU ARE HERE, BUT WHAT DO YOU ORDER? YOU KNOW, I, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING WHEN WE THINK ABOUT COMING TO A RESTAURANT, IT'S THE EXPERIENCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL SAY, TODAY, YOU EAT WITH THE PHONE FIRST.
UH, WE REALLY THINK YOU EAT WITH YOUR MIND FIRST.
UH, AND IT'S THE EXPECTATION OF WHAT YOU ENJOY.
SO OFTENTIMES I WILL SAY, WHAT REMINDS YOU OF YOUR FAMILY DINING TABLE? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF, WHAT DO YOU ENVISION WHEN YOU SEE THAT? AND THEN LET'S HAVE A DISH THAT MAY PULL BACK
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THOSE MEMORIES.SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR MEMORIES WILL BE SPARKED BY SMELLS AND TASTES.
SO WE REALLY TRY AND DRIVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
FOR ME, I'VE GOT THE MOM FROM BNO, ITALY, UH, THE NAPLES AREA, SAN MARZANO TOMATOES.
SO EVERYTHING IN OUR HOUSE WAS RED SAUCE.
WHETHER IT WAS A MARINARA, WHETHER IT WAS AN RABATA, WHETHER IT WAS JUST A SIMPLE POMODORO SAUCE.
MOM WOULD ALWAYS LEAN INTO THE RED SAUCES.
AND BEFORE PRACTICE, I'D HAVE SOME PASTA WITH A RED SAUCE BEFORE WE GOT ON THE ROAD.
SO FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT IS HOME.
SO, UH, WHEN GUESTS ASK ME, I SAID, IF IT'S A RED SAUCE, I'M IN.
UH, BUT WE HAVE SOME AMAZING DISHES.
UH, OUR LASAGNA'S FROM MODERNA, NORTHERN ITALY, MORE OF A WHITE BASED WHITE SAUCE LASAGNA, WHICH IS AMAZING.
UH, SO I'M BIASED IN THE SENSE OF I GO WITH THE RIGATONI MARE, A LITTLE BIT OF THE SPICE, ALMOST LIKE AN RABATA SAUCE.
UH, AND IT REMINDS ME OF HOME.
AND THEN THE SECRET WEAPON OF TIFFANY IN THE KITCHEN.
AND I LOVE MY MOM AND MY MOM'S SAUCE WAS AMAZING.
TIFFANY TAKES IT TO THAT NEXT CHEF LEVEL, WHICH IS JUST AN AMAZING TO ENJOY.
WE ARE REALLY THRILLED TO HAVE YOU IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND, UM, JUST SINCE WE HEARD ABOUT YOU, SINCE YOU WERE FIRST HERE, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, IN HER EXPERIENCE OUT ON, UH, ON THE GROUNDS OF EPIC CENTRAL, UM, THAT WAS VERY EXCITING.
AND THEN SINCE THEN, SHE HAS JUST SKYROCKETED INTO BEING A FAMOUS CHEF, HASN'T SHE? WELL, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK, YOU KNOW, HOW DID TIFFANY AND I MEET? YES.
AND IT WAS IN 2015, TIFFANY AT THE TIME WAS LOOKING AT OPENING A RESTAURANT AND SOMEONE HAD SUGGESTED YOU SHOULD GET SOME LEGAL ADVICE AND MAYBE LEGAL ADVICE WITH SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
AND AT THE TIME, WE WERE DOING SOME WORK AROUND FRANCHISES, AND TIFFANY AND I MET, UH, AT THAT POINT IN 2015, AND SHE HAD BEEN ON TOP CHEF, SHE HAD THAT CELEBRITY CHEF RIGHT NAME.
AND WHEN WE MET, WE ASKED, OR I ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR VISION AS YOU GROW? AND VERY QUICKLY HER PERSONALITY IS ENGAGING, YOU KNOW THAT SHE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE BOTH WITHIN THE RESTAURANT AND OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT.
AND WE HAD THAT SYNERGY AND WE JUST DECIDED WE WOULD PARTNER TOGETHER.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE VIEW THAT IT'S AN EXPLOSION NOW, BUT AS YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THE DARK, RIGHT.
UM, BEFORE YOU'RE SHOWN IN THE LIGHT.
SO IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS OF HARD WORK AND EFFORT, UH, THAT REALLY HAS BROUGHT TIFFANY AND MYSELF WITH T 2D CONCEPTS, UH, TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND YES, TIFFANY IS ON MASTER CHEF
UH, SO THAT IS, UH, KIND OF THE, THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY AND, AND WE HOPE BETWEEN RADII AND ROOTS CHICKEN SHACK AND ROOTS SOUTHERN TABLE, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES.
NOW WE JUST NEED TO GET SOME OF THE HOUSEKEEPING THINGS LIKE WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED AND YOUR HOURS.
WE ARE IN EPIC CENTRAL, UH, WE ARE AT 29 79 SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY 1 61.
BUT WE ALWAYS GOOGLE US TO GET TO THE DIRECTIONS BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE NEWER ADDRESSES ALWAYS GET A LITTLE CONFUSED ON GOOGLE MAPS.
SO WE ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT FROM CHICKEN AND PICKLE.
UH, SO VERY EASILY, EASILY SEEN, UH, CONVENIENT FOR PARKING, UH, IN EPIC CENTRAL AND HOURS.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE OPEN, UH, AT FIVE O'CLOCK FOR RESERVATIONS.
UH, AND THEN WE CLOSE EITHER 10 OR 10 30 FOR THE LAST RESERVATION.
UH, SO WE CERTAINLY WELCOME YOU AT 10 30 AND THEN ENJOY THE REST OF THE EVENING HERE.
UH, TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, CLOSED ON MONDAYS, UH, WE ANTICIPATE OPENING FOR BRUNCH, UH, AS WELL.
WE HAVE RIDI AND FARMERS BRANCH WHERE WE SERVE BRUNCH ON THE WEEKENDS.
BUT STAY CLOSE, LOOK@RIDIWOODFIREGRILL.COM AND THAT'LL ALWAYS SHOW YOU THE HOURS.
AND DO YOU GET A RESERVATION THAT WAY ALSO ON THE WEBSITE? ABSOLUTELY.
SO IF YOU GO TO RIDI WOODFIRE GRILL.COM, YOU'LL SEE THE AREA TO MAKE RESERVATIONS.
WE ARE PARTNERS WITH OPENTABLE, SO WE ARE ON THE OPENTABLE NETWORK.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A RESERVATION, EITHER DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR THROUGH OPENTABLE, UH, AND OF COURSE WALKING IN IS, IS ALWAYS WELCOME.
WE'RE SO THRILLED TO HAVE YOU IN GRAND PRAIRIE, AS WE'VE ALREADY SAID.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO LOTS MORE FUN THINGS HAPPENING HERE AT THIS RESTAURANT, RADICI.
WELL, WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES.
SO IT'S NOT JUST WHAT WE THINK OF AS GREAT FOOD AND GREAT SERVICE AND GREAT CONVERSATION.
IT IS THOSE GREAT EXPERIENCES.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY? WHAT CAN WE DO TO CREATE UNIQUE ASPECTS, WHETHER THAT'S A, A WINE TASTING, A BALSAMIC TASTING, A COCKTAIL MAKING EXPERIENCE, OR A SPIRIT FREE COCKTAIL MAKING EXPERIENCE.
WE WANNA MAKE THIS FEEL LIKE PART OF YOUR HOME, AN EXTENSION WHERE YOU CAN COME AND REALLY CREATE EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES HERE.
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US.THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING US IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND I WANTED TO ADD ALSO, WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL DINING ROOM THAT OUR VIEWERS CAN SEE BEHIND US.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE A ROOM, DON'T YOU, FOR, UH, MAYBE A SPECIAL EVENT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR COMMENTING ON THE DINING ROOM.
ALL THE DESIGN, I'LL TELL EVERYBODY IN ADVANCE IS MY DESIGN, SO JUST BE GENTLE.
ON YOUR CRITICISMS,
UH, BUT WHEN WE DESIGNED IT, WE DESIGNED IT INTENTIONALLY.
EVEN IF YOU CAN SEE ALL THE TABLES ARE ABLE TO BE MOVED.
UH, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE JOINED US FOR OUR GRAND OPENING WHERE THIS BECAME AN OPEN AREA FOR COCKTAIL SEATING.
AND WITH THE ACCESS FROM BOTH THE FRONT AND THE BACK WHERE YOU CAN GO INTO THE PATIO AREA AND THE LAWN AREA, IT JUST BECAME VERY OPEN AND FLOWING.
UH, SO IF YOU HAVE A, AN EXPERIENCE, A SMALL WEDDING VENUE, A, A CELEBRATION, WE FIT THAT.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A PRIVATE DINING ROOM, PDR IN THE BUSINESS AS EVERYBODY SAYS.
UH, WE HAVE THAT PRIVATE DINING ROOM THAT CAN SEAT UP TO PROBABLY 35 OR 40 PRETTY COMFORTABLY, UH, FROM COURSED EXPERIENCES TO PRESENTATIONS OR OTHERWISE, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FUTURE THINGS GOING ON HERE AT RADII.
AND COME VISIT US AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON, AND REMINDING YOU AS ALWAYS, IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.