Announcing the Preservation Leadership Class of 2005

Jan 25th, 2005

Tuesday night is a terrible night for television so the most fun you can have is to be part of the production of the 2005 Preservation Leadership Class. Starring the stellar staff of the Mobile Historic Development Commission. All participants will receive a notebook, a snack and a graduation certificate.

Come see Devereaux Bemis explore the difference between a window and a door, a column and a roof and Lombardy Romanesque Revival and Italianate. Watch as John Sledge expounds on the history of Mobile dealing with such hot button issues as the French: founders or flounderers; the Spanish: cannonballs or moon pies; the English: stuffed shirts or party animals; the American: apple pie or whiskey and rye. See the team of Ed Hooker, Anne Crutcher and Wanda Cochran explain the legalities of preservation in a red state.

Special guest star, Ms. Elizabeth Brown, acting director of the Alabama Historical Commission will wow the audience with her song and dance routine of preservation tunes and patters. And a special encore performed by Mr. Ed Hooker as he stage manages a tour of a broken down house and tells us how to design on a quarter million dollars.

Finally, the piece de resistance, the whole class will be dying to see Church Street Cemetery, where graduation certificates will be awarded to those who successfully complete the course. Shovels will be provided for those who do not. John Sledge will undertake this endeavor.

Production will begin February 22nd, 2005 with performances at the Mobile Municipal Archives, 457 Church Street. Curtain rises at 5:30 p.m. promptly. Those not in their seats must provide popcorn for the entire theatre. Admission to this six week series is $50. For information and reservations, please call the Mobile Historic Development Commission ticket booth at 251-208-7281. Seating is limited and by reservation only. Sufficient parking is available for all customers. Applause should come often. Don’t miss this extraordinary production, the likes of which have not been seen since Bacall taught Bogie to whistle.