BEHIND THE SCENES WORK ON MAY 16th SHOW SPEEDING UP

The poster at right is the final draft poster advertising the May 16^th stage show at Roane Theater. Mark your calendars now, watch this blog, and your local news for more on the finalized “multi-media variety show” that will benefit the efforts to restore the Princess Theater!

This last week saw Bill Landry, Doug Mills, Brooks Benjamin, Michael Golebiewski, Gary Baker, and Paul Mashburn in the field interviewing and getting video footage of our beautiful area. You’ve probably already seen the special on J. D. Williams, local war hero and antique car collector which aired last week on WBIR. Bill Landry talked with J. D. this past week while Brooks Benjamin manned the video camera. Even more footage of the interview will be shown during the Roane State Theater stage show.

While that was going on, Doug Mills, videographer for the “Heartland Series”, and Paul Mashburn were out shooting video and stills from Buzzard’s Bluff and in Riverfront Park in Harriman. (A funny little thing happened on the bluff that you might find interesting! CLICK HERE!)

Earlier that morning the field-team met at the College of Veterinary Medicine on UT’s Knoxville campus. An interview with Dr. Terry Stevens was conducted and will be shown during the May show at Roane State. Doctor Stevens was adopted and raised by Eugene “Gene” Monroe Pickel, giving him a chance at a future he may not have had otherwise. Mr. Pickel is active in the Roane County politics and has become “the man” to talk to about historical facts involving Roane County. His book “A History of Roane County, Tennessee to 1860” was published in 1981.

So, as you can see, there is a lot of action going on behind the scenes and I’m sure you will like the final product. Please, mark you calendars and make a special effort to come see what promises to be a very entertaining stage show!

If you have ideas for the show, or future shows, please let us know! Send you thoughts to: princess.theater AT yahoo.com.