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“To lead a community effort to restore, maintain and operate the DeSoto Theatre as a historical, cultural and economic asset.”

A Warm Welcome from the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation!

it down, take a deep breath, and look around. You’re about to experience what’s probably the most special evening that the DeSoto Theatre has seen in our generation. Our Hometown Diva Jamie Barton sings at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on Saturday evening, hops on a plane, and sings at the DeSoto Theatre stage on Sunday evening. We are immensely proud to be the stage that gave Jamie her first audience, and humbled by her wish to return to help with our mission. Not that long ago, the idea of restoring the DeSoto Theatre seemed like an unattainable dream. When the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation was founded in 2008 the plan was to raise funds through an aggressive capital campaign and do as many of the renovations as possible all at once. Then the economy crashed around us, and we had to go to Plan B. “Forget about raising money,” advised our mentor, the Fox Theatre Institute. “Concentrate on raising friends.” This was simple but on-target, invaluable advice that we have stood by. Friends are… priceless! Our thanks to Jamie Barton, Wayne and Pat Vick, Clayton and Connie Vick, Heritage First Bank, Kevin Snodgrass, Helmut Cauthen, AllStar Foundation, Randy Land, Ken & Laura Davis, and so many others, whom by their leadership in supporting this concert are helping inspire even more friends to join our circle, helping us get closer to the next stage of the restoration. The HDTF Board constantly evaluates priorities, balancing the immediate maintenance needs of an old building -such as air conditioning and heat updates, roof repairs, improving electrical safety -with less critical but just as important and, oh so beautiful, updates such as installing a new carpet or improving sound quality. The better we look, the more popular we get! Increased rentals are a welcome source of income for HDTF.

In addition to the recent installation of 500 new seats, renovated auditorium, marble bathrooms and art-deco chrome fixtures that were followed by our new carpet, we finally end this first stage of renovations with the completion of the brand-new concessions area and catering kitchen! Designed by the combined geniuses of architect Mark Cochran and interior designer Tommy Lam, whose grandfather O.C. Lam built the theatre, our concessions counter has an art-deco feel and is a fabulous space for parties and rentals. We thank Ann Arnold and the Downtown Development Authority for helping us secure the $20,000 grant from the Georgia Council for the Arts and the Economic Development Administration, and we thank you, our supporters, for helping us raise the matching funds to complete the project. Going forward, this concert has already allowed us, among other things, to repair and paint the outside of the building so as to protect the plaster from further water damage. The historic plain white color from 1929 didn’t seem to be a popular choice, so we asked our historian Selena Tilly to research alternatives. When the new red marquee was added in the 1940’s the building was painted gray, so our Lam and Cochran team found the perfect shade. With donations earmarked specifically for dressing room renovations and for the gorgeous balcony curtains, our Jewel of Broad Street is spruced up and ready to welcome her Downtown Diva! We are extremely proud of what the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation is achieving. We hope that you, our friends, also feel proud of the role that you play at the DeSoto. Sincerely, Chris Jackson, President, HDTF Michelle Picon, Vice President, HDTF

2015 Board of Directors

Chris Jackson President

Michelle Picon Vice President

Chuck Morris Secretary

Kimberly Prusakowski Treasurer

John Barnett Steven Briggs Mark Cochran David Clonts Chris Davidson Paul Griffin Tracy Hellriegel Chason Mull Jim Powell Roger Smith Todd Williams

Messages from the Event Co-Chairs

he DeSoto Theatre is a Rome treasure and a tradition. It has been a tradition in my family for three generations. My mother and her brother, back in the 1950â€™s, would look forward to the hot dogs and other refreshments at the DeSoto. In the 1960â€™s I would often enjoy visiting the theatre, watching movies such as Topo Gigio, Song of The South, Fiddler on the Roof and, later on, Love Story. For my children the DeSoto was their first theatre experience, and to them the stage was huge. Now another Rome treasure is reliving her first childhood experience on her first stage. What an honor and a privilege to know Jamie Barton! I first heard her sing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York as she performed Norma. My next experience hearing her was at Mt.Tabor Methodist Church in Everett Springs, Georgia. It is difficult to sing hymnals standing next to an Opera Diva. From the big stage to the little stage and back again, none of this would be possible without the hard work of The Historic Desoto Theatre Foundation. Michelle Picon and Jim Powell work tirelessly for the DeSoto and we thank them; and to Jamie Barton, thank you for this past year, I enjoyed the ride, much love!

hen I was a little girl in the late 40's and early 50's, the DeSoto Theatre was a very important place to me. My brother and I would go most Saturdays to see the movies, news reel and the cartoons. We would stay all day. Jamie Barton told her father, Jim Barton, and Wayne Vick, that she would like to do a benefit for the DeSoto Theatre. That was where she spent a lot of her childhood and where she gave her first performance. She wanted to save this building for Rome. Jim talked to Connie Vick, who had gotten involved with the DeSoto and Rome Little Theatre as a volunteer. I told her I would like to help raise money for the preservation of this building. From there Wayne Vick went to Heritage First Bank armed with

Connie Vick information on Jamie and the Theatre. They said YES and off we went. The bank directors have been generous and we all appreciate their help so much. I hounded my friends and neighbors and we are here today with lots of hard work from Connie Vick and our committee, especially Jim Powell. Connie and I knew nothing of the procedures to put on such a show and with his quiet but firm guidance we managed. Thank you to all of the committee for your help and guidance. Thank you Michelle Picon, for pulling it all together. I know you will all enjoy Jamie's concert and hopefully it will be financially successful for the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation.

Pat Vick

A heartfelt thank you to our Sponsors

Conductor Heritage First Bank

Aria AllStar Foundation Kevin Snodgrass, MD

Country Sportsman The Vick Family

Libretto Ken & Laura Davis Honeycomb Products

Randy Land, JL Todd

Brava Reed & Shannon Biggers

Elaine Thomas

Diva Armuchee Auto Collision Parke & Mollie Avery Larry Arnold Everett Bollen Ernie & Karen Bowling Christina Bucher & Sherre Harrington Jamie Clements David & Suzanne Clonts Thomas E Dasher Ryan & Susan Earnest Ford, Gittings & Kane Jason G Fordham Memorial Jim & Edie Ford Paul & Lynne Griffin Julian Harrison Peter & Emily Hjort Wade & Gale Hoyt Clint & Laurie Hubbard Douglas & Diane Huie

Tommy Lam Lavender Mountain Hardware Wright & Kelley Ledbetter Chris & Kim Mauer Matt & Laura Mumber Bruce & Jocelyn Peace Hector & Michelle Picon Jim & Cathy Powell Nathan Roberts Dean & Ansley Saville Doug & Corinne Shows Frank & Sally Shropshire Roger & Ellen Smith Bill & Betty Sparks State Farm, Theresa Lumsden Wes Walraven & Brian Moore J.T. & Megan Watters Thad & Leigh Watters Greg & Cherie Wilkes

DeSoto Theatre History

n early 1928 O. C. Lam, the owner of Lam Amusement Company, laid plans to construct a new movie theatre in downtown Rome, Georgia. Lam wanted to build a movie palace — a luxurious theatre modeled after New York’s Roxy. Lam purchased a section of prime real estate on the main street of downtown Rome for $50,000. The building’s exterior and Georgian interior stylishly housed a number of recent movie palace innovations. Designed as a “talkie” theatre, it was the first venue in the South to be designed and built for sound pictures. Rome’s new house boasted a Vitaphone sound system. And, the theatre was heated and cooled by an innovative blower-fan air conditioning and tubular boiler system. Additionally, the theatre was equipped with state of the art fire safety equipment. Fitted with many exits, the theatre could be emptied in two minutes. Lam named his new movie palace for Hernando DeSoto, who was thought by many historians to have passed through the area that is now Rome in 1540. The DeSoto was completed at a cost of $110,000 and opened in August of 1929. At that time, the theatre seated well over 1000 patrons, making it one of the seven largest movie venues in Georgia at the time. The theatre was an instant success and the pride of Rome. The DeSoto was one of the main sources of entertainment for Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama for the next fifty years. In 1982, The DeSoto closed as a movie theatre, but soon reopened as the venue for Rome’s local amateur theatre group. Now seating 500 patrons, the Rome Little Theatre has staged hundreds of plays in the 25 years it owned the DeSoto, and the theatre is one of the venues for the annual Rome International Film Festival. The DeSoto continues to be a source of entertainment in downtown Rome. The DeSoto still retains its Art-Deco marquee, French mirrored entrance hall, and Georgian interior design. RLT deeded the facility to the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation in order to preserve and protect the building.

The Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation would like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of this event CONCERT COMMITTEE Jim Powell Michelle Picon Connie Vick Pat Vick Suzanne Scott Karen Bowling Jim Curry Jim Ford PATRON PARTY COMMITTEE Sally Wright Shropshire, Chair Linda Couch Elaine Thomas Pat Brotherton Sunny Knauss Matt Knaus Eugenia Marceau Linda Smith PATRON PARTY MUSIC Chase Brackett

FLOWERS Tommy Lam PUBLICITY Jim Powell PUBLICITY PARTNERS Venue Dog Rome News Tribune 95.7 The Ridge Nelle Reagan-WRGA WLAQ Radio PROGRAM Megan Keating EVENT POSTERS JUAN速 Design & Marketing www.juan23.com

LIGHTS Chuck Morris Evan Brackett STAGE Carol Murchland SPECIAL THANKS: Heritage First Bank Board of Directors Dixie Sorrow Greg Wilkes Bruce Peace Mary Ortwein Megan Keating John Barnett Rome Little Theatre David Clonts

A Heartfelt Thanks to J.T. Watters, III and Patriot Mills for turning the Historic DeSoto Theatre into a

Red Carpet Celebrity! Our recently donated custom-made carpet feels like expensive silk and evokes the movie theatres of the past. It has brought the renovation efforts of the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation to a new level, giving us yet another glimpse of what HDTF and the Rome community can achieve together.

J.T. Watters, III, President & CEO 174 Dodds Avenue â€˘ P.O. Box 470 Adairsville, GA 30103 â€˘ 706-602-5112

HistoricDeSotoTheatre FOUNDATION

Thanks PAT VICK for the donation of the Balcony Curtains that now grace our auditorium and for the Dressing Room Renovations that will welcome Jamie backstage. Pat remembers the nice balcony curtains of the past and wanted to bring them back. She also wanted Jamie to be in a very nice dressing room tonight. Inspired by the donation of the carpet in the spring, and knowing that her wish list would not be a financial priority for HDTF at this time, she made a restricted gift to fund her projects. She wants others to know that restricted gifts are a great way to donate to the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation.

We are proud to support the

Historic DeSoto Theatre, our beautiful hometown stage,

and Jamie Barton, our beautiful Hometown Diva, who is now on the world stage.

Congratulations

Jamie Barton and the

Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation.

We wish you continued success!

AllStar Foundation

fter an auspicious debut as Flagstad.” That golden-age sound Sister Sofia in the Rome Little is catapulting her to the stages of Theatre production of The Sound the world’s most famous opera of Music, Jamie Barton’s career houses, including the Metropolitan has skyrocketed. The GrammyOpera, where The New Yorker nominated mezzo has won the described her as “a fresh wonder Cardiff Singer of the of the opera world, World competition possessing a voice “The DeSoto Theatre has (the “Olympics of of preternatural a great deal to do with me Opera”), the beauty and power. being in performance now Metropolitan Opera She makes you – it’s where I saw my first National Council believe show, performed my first Auditions, and the unswervingly in the role in community theater, 2015 Richard Tucker future of the art.” and worked backstage in Award, often This season Jamie college. To be able to go referred to as the performs across the back to the DeSoto, “Heisman Trophy of where everything started, U.S., including and to be living my dream Opera”. According to appearances in at the Metropolitan The Guardian, New York City, Opera, all in the same despite all those Houston, Atlanta, weekend – it feels like my sports references, Washington, D.C., life is coming full circle.” Jamie is “a great San Francisco, Los ~ Jamie Barton artist, no question, Angeles, Tucson, with an and Ann Arbor, as imperturbable well as in England, steadiness of tone, and a nobility Germany, Russia, and Iceland. of utterance that invites Learn more about her at comparison not so much with her jamiebartonmezzo.com, and contemporaries as with mid-20th follow her on Facebook, Twitter, century greats such as Kirsten and Instagram at @jbartonmezzo.

SONG LIST His Eye is on the Sparrow (arr. James Ivey)

I'll Fly Away (traditional hymn tune)

Blackbird (The Beatles)

Oh, Atlanta (Alison Krauss)

Tender Shepherd/ Never, Never Land (Peter Pan - by Jule Styne)

Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz - by Harold Arlen)

Climb Ev'ry Mountain (The Sound of Music - by Richard Rogers)

Stars and the Moon (Songs for a New World - by Jason Robert Brown)

Bill (Show Boat - by Jerome Kern)

What a movie! (Trouble in Tahiti - by Leonard Bernstein)

The Things Our Fathers Loved (Charles Ives)

The Cage (Charles Ives)

Ilmenau (Charles Ives)

Claire de lune (by Claude Debussy)

The Witches Aria (from H채nsel und Gretel - by Engelbert Humperdinck)

Per questa fiamma indomita (from Anna Bolena - by Gaetano Donizetti)

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Name A Seat Campaign Donors Villa S. Hizer

Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Helser

Donated by Villa Hizer

Donated by Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Helser

In Memory of The Sulzbacher Family

Donated by Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Helser

Donated by Villa Hizer

Ann Arnold, DDA Director With Appreciation, HDTF Donated by Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation

In Honor of Lynne Griffin

Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Helser Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Benjamin Burt Donated by Fran & Harris Bagley

The Hubbard Family Donated by The Hubbard Family

The Hubbard Family

Donated by A Friend

Donated by The Hubbard Family

Lynne & Paul Griffin

In Honor of Barbara W. Austin

Donated by A Friend

In Honor of Paul Cooper Griffin

Donated by Barbara & Jim Austin

Contributed by Jim Austin, Jr.

Donated by Joe & Marti Walstad

Donated by Barbara & Jim Austin

O.C. Lam Founder, DeSoto Theatre, 1929

Dr. John Barnett/Mrs. Kay Barnett

Donated by Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation

Nicole & Todd Williams

Donated by Dr. & Mrs. John Barnett Donated by Nicole & Todd Williams

In Honor of Tommy Lam

Anna Barnett

Donated by Molly & Dee Yancey

Donated by Nicole & Todd Williams

Tommy Lam Love, Fran and Carol

Donated by Nicole & Todd Williams

Donated by Fran Bagley & Carol McCann

Suzanne T. Clonts Donated by David & Suzanne Clonts

David G. Clonts Donated by David & Suzanne Clonts

In Memory of Mary Hay Eidson By The Eidson Family

Nash Williams Rebekah & Brandon Wood Donated by Rebekah & Brandon Wood

Aaron Wood Donated by Rebekah & Brandon Wood

Anna Sargent Miller Donated by Rick & Ruthann Sargent

Chris Miller Donated by Rick & Ruthann Sargent

Jenny Sargent

Donated by Sylvia & Randy Eidson

Mary & Urs Maire Donated by Mary & Urs Maire

Donated by Rick & Ruthann Sargent

Will Sargent Donated by Rick & Ruthann Sargent

Dr. & Mrs. Chris Kligora Donated by Dr. & Mrs. Chris Kligora

Ruthann Sargent Donated by Rick & Ruthann Sargent

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Rick Sargent

Wes Walraven & Brian Moore

Donated by Rick & Ruthann Sargent

Donated by Wes Walraven & Brian Moore

Mark Cochran, Architect, HDTF Donated by Mark & Michelle Cochran

Wes Walraven & Brian Moore

Michelle Cochran

Donated by Wes Walraven & Brian Moore

Donated by Mark & Michelle Cochran

Rome International Film Festival Donated by Rome International Film Festival

Wes Walraven Love, Cranes & Freemans

Georgia Power Company Donated by Georgia Power Company

In Memory of Elizabeth Kelley Watters Donated by J.T. & Megan Watters

Jeffrey & Shelly Peller

Donated by Brenda & Jim Crane, Ali & John Freeman

Donated by Jeffrey & Shelly Peller

In Memory of Wesley Caldwel Walraven, Sr.

Donated by Jeffrey & Shelly Peller

Donated by Wes Walraven & Brian Moore

In Memory of Wesley C. Walraven, Sr. Donated by Wes Walraven & Brian Moore

In Memory of Romye Clark Walraven

Jeffrey & Shelly Peller Blanca & Raúl González Donated by Blanca & Raúl González

Dr. Martha L. Tapia Donated by Dr. Martha L. Tapia

In Memory of Dr. Felix C. Nora, Jr. Donated by Belen Nora

Pat Adams

Donated by Wes Walraven & Brian Moore

Donated by Pat & Colleen Adams

In Memory of Stephen Helton

Donated by Pat & Colleen Adams

Donated by Wes Walraven & Brian Moore

Donated by Don & Judy Barcik

Virginia M. McChesney Donated by Virginia M McChesney

Starr Walraven Helton Donated by Wes Walraven & Brian Moore

Linda Walraven Donated by Wes Walraven & Brian Moore

Colleen Adams Don & Judy Barcik Don & Judy Barcik Donated by Don & Judy Barcik

Bill Sparks Donated by Bill & Betty Sparks

Betty Sparks Donated by Bill & Betty Sparks

FPC Medical Alliance 2013-2014 Donated by Floyd-Polk-Chattooga Medical Alliance

Elizabeth Warner Harbin

Albert Cecil Briley, Jr.

Donated by Her Family

Donated by Ansley & Dean Saville

In Memory of Angelique “Kiki” Petropole

Donated by Ansley & Dean Saville

Donated by Wright and Kelly Ledbetter

In Memory of Angelique “Kiki” Petropole Donated by Wright and Kelly Ledbetter

The Santoro Family Donated by The Santoro Family

Karen & Ernie Bowling Donated by Karen & Ernie Bowling

Kimberly & David Prusakowski Donated by Kimberly & David Prusakowski

In Loving Memory Father James A. Miceli Donated by The Picon Family

In Honor of Betsy Goldin Donated by The Andrew Berry Family

In Honor of Eleanor Goldin Donated by The Andrew Berry Family

Will Goldin Donated by Nancy & George Goldin

John Goldin Donated by Nancy & George Goldin

Earl Dean Saville, Jr. Donated by Ansley & Dean Saville

Ansley Briley Saville Donated by Ansley & Dean Saville

Nell Ansley Briley

Barbara Brown Briley In Memory of Debby Brown Donated by Mary & Tommy Ortwein

In Loving Memory of Mary C. Doherty Birthday Gift for Mary Ortwein Donated by Tommy Ortwein, Kathy & Kraig Ingalsbee, Mary Ann & Keith Long

In Memory of Bruce & Freda Hamler Donated by Sue Lee

In Memory of Sherrie Bacon Donated by Charles Griffin Conner

In Memory of Linda Hom Donated by Dr. & Mrs. William H. Conner

In Honor of Charles Griffin Conner Donated by Dr. & Mrs. William H. Conner

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Jackson Donated by Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Jackson

Jackson & Cline Families RLT & HDTF Since 1989 Donated by Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Jackson

The Safigan Family Donated by Steve & Jamie Safigan

In Honor of Christa Jackson Donated by Janet Byington

The McElhone Family Donated by P.J. & Stephanie McElhone

The Picón Family Donated by Héctor & Michelle Picón

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Suzy & Pete Gilbert

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Donated by Suzy & Pete Gilbert

Mike & Margaret Crego

In Memory of Jason Glen Fordham

Donated by Mike & Margaret Crego

Mike & Margaret Crego Donated by Mike & Margaret Crego

In Honor of Pat Vick Donated by the Vick Family

Susan Gilbert Harvey Donated by Susan & David Harvey

David Harvey Donated by Susan & David Harvey

Helen Harbin Keaten

Donated by Jim Curry

A Gift From Jim Curry Donated by Jim Curry

In Memory of Rebecca B. Russell Donated by Jim Curry

In Memory of Jason Glen Fordham Donated by Jim Curry

Donated by Jim & Helen Keaten

In Memory of Dean Durbrow & Margrit Marks

Jim Keaten

Donated by R. Michael Keating

Donated by Jim & Helen Keaten

Chuck Morris & Megan Keating

GE Foundation Peggy & Gordon Leiter

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Matching Gift by GE Foundation

GE Foundation Peggy & Gordon Leiter Matching Gift by GE Foundation

Peggy & Gordon Leiter Donated by Peggy & Gordon Leiter

Jim & Hilde Hudson Donated by the Hudson Family

Alan & Lisa Saye/Lauren & AJ Saye Donated by the Saye Family

Cathy & Jim Powell Donated by Jim and Cathy Powell

Melissa Powell Donated by Jim and Cathy Powell

Suzy & Pete Gilbert Donated by Suzy & Pete Gilbert

Chuck Morris & Megan Keating Donated by Chuck Morris

Joni & Tom Wannamaker Donated by Joni & Tom Wannamaker

Carol Murchland Donated by Hilltop Rentals

Paul Pierce Donated by Paul Pierce

Tracy & Jim Hellriegel Donated by Tracy & Jim Hellriegel

Robert H Ledbetter, Sr Donated by Bob & Betty Ledbetter

Betty W Ledbetter Donated by Bob & Betty Ledbetter

Toby Schneider Donated by Anne Barrows/Toby Schneider

Anne Barrows Donated by Anne Barrows/Toby Schneider

A big thank you to our

Annual Membership Fund Contributors 2015-2016 Annual Membership Fund Contributors MEDALLION Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leiter Evie McNiece Rome Little Theatre BRICKS & MORTAR Dhru & Julia Girhard Steve & Ceci Klasson Jim & Linda Owens Dr. Raymond Young

FOUNDATION Rob & Tina Brinson Dr. Steven Hom Pete & Suzy Gilbert Emily & Peter Hjort Michelle & Hector Picon Mr. & Mrs Dean Saville

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hight Jr. Villa Hizer Dr. & Mrs Robert Hortman Nancy & David Hunter Ginny & Doc Kibler Mary & John Kirkland GROUND BREAKER Anita & Howie Lowden Ms Gena Agnew Mary & Urs Maire Susan S. Anderson Liz Mozley Barbara & Al Briley Dr. & Mrs. Cyrus Parsa Dr. & Mrs Bob Cates Hal & Mimi Richards Annie & John Cowen Jamie & Steve Safigan Rob & Frances Edwards Nancy & Harlan Starr Silvia & Randy Eidson Mary & Frederick Taylor J. Paul Ferguson Tom & Joni Wannamaker Leo & Carol Grajzar Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Hanks, Jr. Joe & Tracy Watters Jane Wentworth Diane & Banny Harbin Quinette & Buford Harbin

Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Self Mr. & Mrs. Bill Sparks D'Ann Downey & Randy Warley

2014-2015 Annual Membership Fund Contributors River City Bank MEDALLION Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leiter Studio Siri Evie McNiece GROUND BREAKER Rome Little Theatre Pat and Coleen Adams

BRICKS & MORTAR Suzy & Pete Gilbert Steve & Ceci Klasson Cheryl Yancey Heritage First Bank Darlington School Fine Arts Dept.

FOUNDATION J. Paul Ferguson Rahul & Ritu Garg Lyons J. Heyman Peter & Emily Hjort Charles and Christa Jackson Michelle & Hector Picon

Gena & Clinton Agnew Jeff & Allison Brooks Fran & Rick Buice Randy & Sandy Davis Sue Anne Davidson-Kalkus Sylvia & Randy Eidson Mr. & Mrs. James A. Ford John & Ali Freeman Leo & Carol Grajzar Gin & Steve Gunther Dr. & Mrs. J. Daniel Hanks, Jr Diane & Banny Harbin Villa Hizer Susan and Bob Hortman Jerry & Patsy Hubbard Nancy & David Hunter Cline & Jessica Jackson

Mary & John Kirkland Becky & Darrell Lowrey Joe & Claire Mangraviti Anita & Randy McGill Penney Mitchell Beth & Rick Muller Melanie Morris Mary & Tommy Ortwein Dr. & Mrs. Cyrus Parsa Shelly & Jeff Peller David & Kimberly Prusakowski Hal & Mimi Richards Dr. & Mrs. Jim Santoro Mr. & Mrs. Dean Saville, Jr. Patricia & Stanley Self Jeffery Self Bill & Betty Sparks Barbara & Jo Stegall Beth Summer Jose Tan/Caroline Yaphockun Mr. & Mrs. Fred Taylor Joel & Lynn Todino

Jason G Fordham

Memorial Endowment Fund We are very pleased to announce the creation of the Jason G. Fordham Memorial Endowment Fund.

The designated purposes of the Jason G. Fordham Memorial Endowment Fund are: (a) to honor Jason Fordham’s contributions to theatre; (b) to serve as Jason Fordham’s legacy; and (c) to provide on-going support for Rome Little Theatre and the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation. Donations may be safely made at romelittletheatre.org or mailed to the Historic DeSoto Theatre, 530 Broad Street, Rome, GA 30161.

4065 Martha Berry Hwy, Rome, GA 30165 • 706-295-0299

2939 Martha Berry Hwy, Rome, GA 30165 706-235-0326