Had a delightful return to my old Liberal Arts College, Birmingham Southern College. I am pictured above with the current head of the drama department, Michael Flowers, in front of Birmingham Southern's outstanding theater---There are only two like it in the world. It was designed by the late Dr. Arnold Powell and John Kitchens and has a split-revolve turn table and was designed to have a proscenium as well as the ability to re-arrange the seating to have it become a Theater-in the-round. When The Olivier Theater in London was being designed, the architects of the Lawrence Olivier Theater in London came to Birmingham to confere with Dr. Arnold Powell and lighting designer, John Kitchens to create a similarly complex and versatile theater in England. This high maintenance venue on The BSC campus has been beautifully maintained and is celebrating it's fortieth year anniversary in 2009. This is a theater all of Alabama can be proud exists.
I had, yesterday, a long, productive and interesting meeting with Jessica Brooks Lane ( Major Gifts Officer at BSC) and Dan Britt, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Birmingham Southern College. I, along with my dear friend and BSC graduate, Helen Palatia Hunt Childers will be attending Birmingham Southern's The Starlight Social fundraiser at The B&A Warehouse on September 20, 2009. It will be a chance to renew old friendships and meet the new generation of leadership at Birmingham Southern College. For more information on the amazing plans in development for this grand institution, please visit:
www.bsc.edu
