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WELCOME TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON, AND WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TODAY TO START OFF THE NEW YEAR.
SO HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO OUR FIRST GUEST OF THE YEAR, DR.
AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR'S TO YOU.
AND WE KNOW WHEN IT'S JANUARY, THERE'S SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM OF COMMUNITY, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A FANTASTIC MARTIN LUTHER KING, UM, WHOLE WEEK OF EVENTS AND A PARADE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE HAVE ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AT THE TABLE.
WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE CHANGED THE PARADE ROUTE.
UM, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP SAFETY IN MIND.
SO THIS YEAR WE WILL NOT BE CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
UM, THE PARADE WILL BE BACK ON THE HOLIDAY ON JANUARY THE 19TH AND LINEUP WAS START AT 8:00 AM THAT MORNING.
AND THE NEW PARADE ROUTE IS 2,600 HOSPITAL BOULEVARD.
AND THAT'S RIGHT THERE BY THE OLD HOSPITAL.
UM, THERE, UM, THAT ONCE WAS IN EXISTENCE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, SO WE WOULD DO THE LINEUP THERE, START ARRIVING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK FOR THE LINEUP.
THE PARADE WOULD TAKE PLACE AT 10 O'CLOCK, IT WOULD MOVE.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, UM, STREET, THE PARADE WILL THEN ENTER INTO THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY.
THERE WILL BE A, A GREAT PROGRAM WITH SPEAKERS, WITH STUDENTS PERFORMING AT THE DALWORTH RECREATION CENTER.
WE WILL HAVE FREE HOT DOGS, CHIPS, COOKIES, DRINKS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO WE HAVE FREE T-SHIRTS, SO GET THERE EARLY BECAUSE T-SHIRTS ARE LIMITED.
SO ONCE THEY RUN OUT, THERE WILL BE NO MORE T-SHIRTS.
BUT JUST TO TALK ABOUT SOME MORE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO HAVE PLANNED ON THURSDAY, JANUARY, JANUARY THE EIGHTH, UM, ALONG WITH CHIEF SESAME AND SOME OF HIS POLICE OFFICERS, ALONG WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, ALONG WITH OUR FAITH LEADERSHIP MM-HMM
UM, FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT CHURCHES HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THEY WILL BE, UM, PRAYING, UM, A PART OF THE KICKOFF CELEBRATION, JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS PEACEFUL, UM, THE NONVIOLENT WAY HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO THAT WOULD BE ON JANUARY THE EIGHTH, WE WOULD BE INSIDE THE POLICE COMMUNITY ROOM AND THAT WOULD START AT 10:00 AM SO IF YOU ARE, UM, A LEADER OF A CHURCH, WE WELCOME YOU TO COME OUT AND JOIN IN WITH THE OTHER MINISTERS AND JUST HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER ON JANUARY THE EIGHTH AT 10:00 PM AND FOLLOWING THAT WEEK ON FRIDAY, JANUARY THE 16TH, WE WILL BE OVER AT UPTOWN THEATER.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT EVENTS IS BECAUSE WE'RE CALLING IT UNITY IN MUSIC AND ARTS AND THAT EVENT IT SHOWCASE, UM, A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, THAT'S A PART OF G-P-I-S-D, FINE ARTS, AMY FRANCIS IS COORDINATING THAT PART WITH THE STUDENTS THAT'S GONNA BE PERFORMING.
WE HAVE MUSICALS TO WHERE WE'LL HAVE STUDENTS, UM, PIANISTS PLAYING THE PIANO SAXOPHONE, UM, AND PROBABLY DISPLAY ART UP THERE AS WELL.
AND SO THEY'RE RUNNING A, A CONTEST THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF, UM, THE STUDENTS WITH ART WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GET TO DRAW A PAINT, DO A PAINTING, OR A JOIN OF DR. KING.
AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, HAVE THAT DISPLAYED RIGHT THERE WHEN YOU WALK INSIDE OF THE THEATER.
AND AGAIN, THIS EVENT IS FREE, ABSOLUTELY FREE.
THIS IS GONNA BE, IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN A PARADE.
AND ANGELA, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR HOW LONG? OH MY GOD.
UM, I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT FOR GRAND PRIX NAACP FOR 20 YEARS, THIS P 20 YEARS, LAST NOVEMBER, MAY 20 YEARS, UM, AS ME LEADING THAT ORGANIZATION IN THE ROLE AS PRESIDENT.
BUT BEFORE I BECAME PRESIDENT, I WAS ACTUALLY SECRETARY OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR NAACP.
SO WHILE I WAS SECRETARY, I ACTUALLY STARTED THE NAACP PARADE PART BECAUSE BEFORE WE DID THE PARADE, WE ACTUALLY WAS MARCHING BECAUSE DURING THAT PARTICULAR TIME, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, GRAND PRIX WAS NOT CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY.
SO WHAT STARTED AS A MARCH ENDED UP BEING NOW A PARADE.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING EVERY YEAR.
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AND I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, I KNOW YOU'RE FOLLOWING IN YOUR MOM, MS. RUTHIE JACKSON'S FOOTSTEPS.BECAUSE SHE WAS A, A, A WOMAN OF, UM, EVERYTHING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, I THINK ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL FABRIC BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE A QUILT.
IF YOU EVER QUILTED, LIKE WHEN I WAS COMING UP, I WOULD QUILT WITH MY MOTHER AND HER MOTHER.
AND SO EVERY PART, A LITTLE BLOCK THAT YOU PUT ON A QUILT AND ACTUALLY KNITTED THE, THE HOW YOU USED TO DO IT THE OLD WAY WHERE YOU CUT OUT THE SQUARES AND YOU KNITTED AND YOU SEW IT.
THAT'S WHAT GRAND PRIYA IS WITH THE FABRIC TO WHERE WE HAVE SO MUCH DIVERSITY AND WE HAVE ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT'S TAKEN A PART OF THE MLK CELEBRATION AND WE JUST GOT ALL THE PIECES COMING TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WHEN I THINK ABOUT MS. RUTHIE JACKSON, SOMETHING THAT SHE SYMBOLIZED BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNITY AND BUILDING THE COMMUNITY AND JUST BRIDGING THAT AND BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
NOW ON THAT SATURDAY, WHICH IS JANUARY THE 17TH, FROM NINE TO THREE, WE WILL BE OVER IN THE EPIC.
AND THAT IS THE DAY THAT WE HAVE A EDUCATIONAL PANEL SUMMIT.
WE HAVE, UM, BUILDING THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE ASKING, IF YOU'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE LEADER THERE BECAUSE WE WANNA KNOW ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT EVERYBODY IS DOING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO THERE WILL BE A PANEL FOR THAT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
AND, AND ANGELA, THAT'S AT THE EPIC THEATER, THE ONE IN THE RECREATION CENTER? YES.
RIGHT OVER THERE BY THE WATERPARK.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA START, UM, FROM NINE TO THREE O'CLOCK.
DUBISKI HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE CULINARY, THEY'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING FOOD, SO WE WILL HAVE FOOD THERE.
UM, JUST ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY ALSO FROM NINE TO THREE, WE HAVE A YOUTH EXPLOSION SIMILAR TO, I KNOW THAT MAYOR JENSEN, WHEN HE STARTED OFF, HE USED TO HAVE THE MAYOR TEENS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, WITH GRAND PRAIRIE NAACP, WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT 150 STUDENTS LAST YEAR.
SO WE, WE CREATED, WE, WE RECRUITED 150 STUDENTS IN NOVEMBER OUT OF DUBISKI, AND THEN WE WENT OVER TO GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH IN SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE AND RECRUITED STUDENTS.
SO WE LOOK TO HAVE MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS TAKING PART IN THE YOUTH EXPLOSION AND WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, WE WANNA HEAR FROM THE YOUNG PEOPLE YES.
ABOUT HOW THEY WANT THEIR GRAND PRAIRIE TO LOOK.
SO JUST A, JUST A GREAT TIME IN GRAND PRAIRIE TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR DR. KING, WHO ALSO NOT ONLY HAD THE DREAM, BUT WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, GET ALONG.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT ABOUT THE QUILT, PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND MAKING SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
AND I'M GLAD YOU TOLD ME THAT WE'RE GONNA START AT A DIFFERENT PLACE.
I DON'T LIKE HAVING TO FIGHT THE TRAIN
SO WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A NEW ROUTE STARTING AT, YOU SAID HOS AT THE OLD HOSPITAL? YES.
AT 2,600 HOSPITAL B BOULEVARD.
AND THAT'S THE OLD HOSPITAL IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
RIGHT THERE ON GREAT SOUTHWEST.
AND, AND SO THE PARADE WILL GO DOWN ABRAMS AND UM, GET INTO GRAND PRAIRIE TO JEFFERSON YES.
AND THEN WILL TURN DOWN ON MARTIN LUTHER KING.
NOW IS THERE A WEBSITE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO IF THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET INTO THE PARADE OR ANYTHING? YES.
IT'S ON THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE WEBSITE.
IF YOU GO THERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CLICK AND REGISTER TO EVEN BE IN THE PARADE.
SO ALL THAT INFORMATION, UM, IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED AND, AND, AND WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST GLAD, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND IT ALL STARTED WITH THIS WONDERFUL LADY NAMED RUTHIE JACKSON
AND SO WE WANNA JUST KEEP THAT SPIRIT, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, HERE IN 2026, JUST MAKING GRAND PRAIRIE GREAT AGAIN.
AND I KNOW YOU SAT IN THE CHAIR ACROSS FROM MISS RUTHIE ON IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR MANY TIMES.
AND NOW WE GET TO CONTINUE THAT LEGACY.
SO IT HAS BEEN A DELIGHT TO HAVE YOU, YOU, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARADE AND ALL THE EVENTS.
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RECEIVE ALERTS FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM BY GOING TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND FOLLOWING THE SIGNUP INSTRUCTIONS ALERT.
GP CAN NOTIFY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A SHORT TIME.
IT TARGETS THE ENTIRE CITY, OR SPECIFIC AREAS OR CRITICAL COMMUNITY ALERTS ARE NECESSARY.
IF WE CAN'T REACH YOU, WE CAN'T ALERT YOU.
VISIT GPTX.ORG/ALERT GP AND SIGN UP TODAY.
WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO OUR NEXT TWO GUESTS FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL.
WE'RE SO GLAD TO SEE YOU BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE SUCH GOOD INFORMATION FOR US.
NOW, SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL IS OR WHAT YOU DO.
MATT, GET US STARTED AND GIVE US A LITTLE INFO ON YOU.
SO THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL KIND OF COORDINATES ALL OF THE ART IN THE AREA, VISUAL ARTS AS WELL AS THEATER ARTS.
AND WE DO HAVE A DISPLAY OVER AT THE HILTON, THE BRAND NEW HILTON, AND WE CHANGE THAT OUT QUARTERLY.
AND EVERY SHOW AT THE UPTOWN THEATER, WE PUT A THEMED SHOW IN HANGING IN THE GALLERY AT THE UPTOWN THEATER TOO.
SO WE KIND OF COVER BOTH VISUAL ARTS AS WELL AS THEATER ARTS.
AND WHAT IS YOUR ROLE WITH THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL? I'M THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL.
AND DEBBIE, WHAT DO YOU DO, MY DEAR? I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL.
OH, YOU DID TAKE CARE OF THE MONEY.
AND NOW, DOES THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GRAND PRIX ARTS COUNCIL? THEY DO.
THEY SUPPORT US WITH SOME OF THEIR HOTEL MOTEL TAX AS WELL AS THE USE OF THE UPTOWN THEATER, SO.
AND YOU HAVE OTHER GREAT SUPPORTERS OF THE ARTS COUNCIL AS WELL? WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT DONATE MONEY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO US FOR SURE.
AND THEN ALL OF ALL OF OUR THEATER PRODUCTIONS, WE CHARGE FOR TICKETS.
SO THAT HELPS US ALSO PUT ON THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
MATT, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE COMING YEAR.
UM, BUT DEBBIE, I KNOW YOU JUST FINISHED, UH, ANASTASIA, TELL US ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL JUST GO BACK AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO WHAT'S COMING.
SO WE FINISHED LAST YEAR, UH, WITH THE SHOW ANASTASIA, AND WE HAD RECORD SETTING AUDIENCES.
THE LAST WEEKEND WAS ALL OVER 200 AUDIENCE MEMBERS, SOMETIMES TWO 50, SOMETIMES TWO 70.
SO WE ARE THRILLED WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THAT SHOW, AND THAT JUST GETS US MORE MOTIVATED TO BRING GREAT SHOWS IN 2026.
WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT 2026, OUR LINEUP.
UM, STARTING IN MARCH WE'RE GONNA DO THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, AND THAT FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF MOSES, BASICALLY.
IT STARTED OUT AS A CARTOON AND THEY DECIDED TO MAKE IT A MUSICAL, AND THE MUSICAL WAS ON BROADWAY.
AND NOW WE'VE GOT, UH, THE RIGHTS TO DO THAT ALSO.
AND THAT'S VERY FAMILY FRIEND FRIENDLY.
AND DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN THAT? THERE WILL BE CHILDREN IN THAT FOR SURE.
AND THEN IN JUNE WE'RE DOING, UH, SOMETHING CALLED SOMETHING ROTTEN.
SO SOMETHING ROTTEN IS BASICALLY BACK IN THE SHAKESPEARE TIME.
AND THERE'S A MAN NAMED SHAKESPEARE AND HIS BROTHER THAT ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF A SHOW TO DO A MEDIEVAL SHOW.
SO IS THAT A COMEDY? IT IT'S A COMEDY, YES.
AND THEN IN JULY, OUR CHILDREN'S CAMP, WE LOVE OUR CHILDREN'S CAMP.
WE'LL HAVE ALMOST 60 KIDS, IF NOT 60 PLUS ON STAGE.
AND WE'RE DOING, UH, SOMETHING THAT DISNEY CAME UP WITH CALLED DARE TO DREAM.
BASICALLY COVERS ALL OF THE, UM, PAST MUSICALS THAT THEY'VE HAD, UM, MOANA AND FROZEN AND ALL OF THOSE TYPE OF MOVIES.
AND IT'S ALL PUT INTO THIS, IF YOU CAN DREAM, YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE STAGE.
SO NOW DEBBIE, SINCE YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THE FUNDS, I'LL SAY ASK YOU HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST IF I WANNA BRING MY GRANDSON TO BE IN THAT? WELL, IF YOU WANT TO DO, WE HAVE TWO, TWO CAMPS.
WE DO A ONE WEEK ART CAMP, AND THEN WE DO A TWO WEEK THEATER CAMP.
SO THE ART CAMP FOR A WEEK IS 175, AND THE THEATER CAMP FOR TWO WEEKS IS 3 75.
BUT THERE ARE DISCOUNTS IF YOU DO BOTH CAMPS OR THERE'S DISCOUNTS FOR FAMILIES.
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THAT COMES WITH YOU, THERE'S A DISCOUNT FOR THAT.AND THEY CAN DO ALL OF THAT ONLINE? YES, YES.
OKAY, SO WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE CHILDREN CAMPS.
IN AUGUST WE'RE DOING SOMETHING.
THIS IS GONNA BE OUR FOURTH YEAR DOING IT.
IT'S AN INDEPENDENT MOVIE FESTIVAL.
SO WE'RE CALLING IT PRAIRIE FEST.
AND ALL DAY LONG THEY'LL SHOW MOVIES THAT WERE ACCEPTED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE'VE HAD, UH, MOVIES FROM AUSTRALIA AND THE UK AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT, RIGHT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE'VE HAD SOME AMAZING FILMS THAT CAME OUT.
UM, AND IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE ALL THE MOVIES AND THE TALENT, ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, ARLINGTON, THE LOCAL DFW AREA.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, SORT OF UNUSUAL THAT YOU'VE JUST DONE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT? YES.
THIS IS, THIS'LL BE OUR FOURTH YEAR COMING UP, SO THAT'S GOOD.
WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT, THAT'S OH, SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO DO JEKYLL AND HYDE.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE DONE A SCARY SHOW.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING TO PUT ON JEKYLL HYDE AND IN OCTOBER WE'RE PUTTING ON SOMETHING CALLED PUFFS, IF YOU KNOW THAT LITTLE BOY WITH LITTLE ROUND GLASSES THAT WENT TO THE WIZARDING SCHOOL.
AND THEN NOVEMBER WE HAVE OUR GALA.
DEBBIE, TELL 'EM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GALA.
THE GALA IS A ONE NIGHT EVENT.
OVER 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED AND WE HAVE DRINKS AND DANCING AND FOOD.
AND THEN WE TAKE EVERYBODY INTO THE THEATER AND WE SHOW THEM ONE NUMBER FROM EACH OF THE SHOWS COMING UP IN 2027.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE START SELLING SEASON TICKETS FOR THE FOLLOWING SEASON.
AND THAT'S QUITE A PRODUCTION.
I WAS SO GLAD I COULD GO TO THAT THIS YEAR.
AND THEN ONE YEAR FROM NOW WE'RE PUTTING ON ANNIE.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'RE PUTTING ON ANNIE IN THE GRAND PRIX ARTS COUNCIL, BUT IT'S SUCH A CLASSIC FOR CHRISTMAS.
SO, UM, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF CHILDREN IN THAT FOR SURE.
NOW, UM, MATT, IF I WANT TO GET MORE INVOLVED AND BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ARTS COUNCIL, HOW DO I DO THAT? WELL, WE HAVE OPTIONS TO GO TO ARTS GP.ORG.
THAT'S A RTS GP.ORG, AND YOU CAN SIGN UP AS A MEMBER AND WE HAVE AS LITTLE AS $40 ALL THE WAY UP TO $500 FOR A YEAR.
AND YOU GET SOME VOUCHERS WITH THAT.
SO YOU CAN COME AND SEE SHOWS, OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME TO ONE OF OUR PRODUCTIONS AND DONATE THERE.
ALSO IN, IN ALL OF OUR, UH, PROGRAMS WE HAVE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY DONATE THOSE SAME AMOUNTS IF YOU WANT TO HELP SUPPORT THE ARTS.
AND, UM, ARE ALL OF YOUR PRODUCTIONS AT THE UPTOWN OR ARE SOME OF THEM ANYWHERE ELSE? FOR 2026, WE ARE MOVING ALL OF THEM BACK TO THE UPTOWN.
TWO YEARS AGO WE MOVED ONE SHOW TO THE EPIC THEATER.
WELL, NOW THE EPIC THEATER HAS EXPLODED ON ITS OWN.
AND SO WE ARE GONNA GO BACK AND DO EVERY ONE OF OUR PRODUCTIONS AT THE UPTOWN THEATER.
AND WE LOVE THE UPTOWN THEATER.
IT'S BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG AND THE RENOVATIONS AND NOW THAT THE ARTS COUNCIL AND OTHER, UM, ENTITIES ARE GETTING TO USE THAT, IT'S SO WONDERFUL.
DID YOU
SO I REMEMBER THE UPTOWN VERY WELL.
AND Y'ALL ARE MAKING GREAT MEMORIES WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.
WE ARE THAT GET TO SEE THE SHOWS.
AND WHAT'S REALLY NICE IS WE PULL IN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE DFW AREA AS FAR AS, UM, ALMOST TO WEATHERFORD ALITO.
WE'VE GOT A, A PERSON THAT'S BEEN IN OUR CAST FOR THE LAST TWO SHOWS AND ALL THE WAY UP TO DENTON AND DOWN TO MANSFIELD AND WAXAHATCHEE.
PEOPLE COME ALL OVER JUST TO BE IN ONE, IN ONE OF OUR PRODUCTIONS.
AND WHEN THEY COME, THEY BRING THEIR ENTOURAGE.
AND WHEN THEY COME, THEY EAT AT OUR RESTAURANTS.
OR MAYBE BUY GASOLINE OR SPEND SOME MONEY IN GRAND.
SO IT'S A GOOD THING FOR ALL OF US.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO COVER? I THINK THAT'S IT.
WELL, WHAT AN EXCITING YEAR WE HAVE PLANNED AHEAD.
AND IF I HAVEN'T PAID MY DUES YET, SOMEBODY SEND ME A NOTICE.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND EVERYBODY ELSE NEEDS TO JOIN AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO THE UPTOWN AND SEEING YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
AND AGAIN, HAPPY, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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YOU ALL.AND I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON REMINDING YOU IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.