Yahoo...I'll be working the crowd at both the Princess Theatre Grand Opening Thursday, and at the Marshall Tucker concert on Saturday. I'll be clicking away, and privy to even the "green room"!
I'll be back in touch, once my feet also touch the ground again! I'm so excited, so pumped that my Princess once again is alive and well in Harriman, Tennessee!
Below are two of my recent posts on my Princess Theatre blog:
Post 1:
From Owen Driskill, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Roane State Community College:
March
6, 2012
Grand
opening for Princess Theatre set for March 22
The
grand opening for the renovated Princess Theatre in downtown Harriman will be Thursday,
March 22.
The
Princess Theatre Foundation
is
hosting the 7 p.m. event, which will include performances by area students and
artists. Admission is free, but tickets are required.
Tickets
can be picked up at Rocky Top General Store in Harriman (316 Ruritan Road) or
Harriman Jewelry Exchange (509 Roane St.). Doors for the grand opening will
open at 6 p.m.
The
Princess Theatre Foundation also will host a fundraising concert on Saturday,
March 24 at 7 p.m. featuring The Marshall Tucker Band. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets cost $30 for floor seats and $20 for balcony seats. For ticket
information, call (865)
403-2988.
All
proceeds benefit the Princess Theatre.
The
renovation of the 552-seat Princess, located at 421 N. Roane St., culminates a
decade-long effort. The City of Harriman, Roane State Community College, the
Tennessee Technology Center at Harriman, Roane County Schools, business leaders
and community leaders worked together to complete the renovation. The Princess
Theatre Foundation, formed in 2004, has raised money for the project and will
continue to support the theatre.
The
project was supported by a $317,000 grant awarded to the City of Harriman by
the Tennessee Department of Transportation. In addition, TVA donated $1.7
million to the Princess Theatre Foundation for the renovation following the
December 2008 ash spill. Dozens of individuals have donated time and resources
to the project.
Sparkman
& Associates Architects Inc. designed and oversaw the renovation.
Two
neighboring buildings have been connected to the theatre for restrooms,
dressing rooms, green room, storage and an elevator.
The
City of Harriman owns the theatre. Roane State, with the support of the
Princess Theatre Foundation, operates it.
Megan Anderson, a Nashville native with more than 10 years of experience in
theater production, is manager of the Princess.
The
renovated Princess is part of a performing arts and education center that
includes Channel 15 television station, operated by Roane State and owned by
the City of Harriman. The Princess and the TV station give students
opportunities to receive hands-on education and training in communications.
History
of the Princess
The
Princess Theatre was once downtown Harriman’s crown jewel, a 900-seat showplace
that provided entertainment to movie-goers from Harriman and surrounding areas.
Crescent
Amusement opened the Princess in September 1926, and it was known as one of the
larger movie theaters in a small town. The Princess suffered minor damage in a
September 1932 fire, but was not so fortunate a few years later. In January
1939, a blaze destroyed the building, and the loss led to new theater
construction in Harriman.
The
Princess reopened on Nov. 16, 1939, and began showing movies once again. L.W. Bevel, from Sudekum
Theatres, was the manager of the new Princess.
The
Princess continued on for several years. In 1987, theatre manager Cecil
Johnson began to lease the theatre when he learned that the company that owned
the Princess planned to close it. The theatre stayed open until 1999
when Johnson retired.
For more
information about the Princess, visit www.princessharriman.org.
###
Post 2:
The Princess Theatre Foundation presents an inaugural concert, the first of many to come, on Saturday, March 24th, in the newly renovated facility. The Princess Theatre Foundation will proudly present The Marshall Tucker Band to break in the newly expanded Princess stage, and season the new plaster!
The
Princess Theatre doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets* cost $30 for floor seats and
$20 for balcony seats.
Tickets can be picked
up at Rocky Top General Store in
Harriman (316 Ruritan Road) or Harriman
Jewelry Exchange (509 Roane St.).
In the early fall of
1973 Marshall Tucker Band was a
young and hungry group out to prove themselves every time they hit the
stage. They are still rockin’ today and
continue to prove they are an unforgettable band!
Still led today by
founding member and lead singer Doug Gray, they represent a time and place in
music that will never be duplicated.
Gray is quick to credit the band's current dynamic members with carrying
on the timeless essence of the Marshall Tucker Band sound.
Current members
include slide guitarist Stuart Swanlund who joined the band in 1989, the highly
respected drummer B.B. Borden, a former member of both Mother's Finest and The
Outlaws, multi-instrumentalist Marcus Henderson of Macon, Georgia, plays flute,
saxophone and keyboards in addition to lead and background vocals, Pat Elwood
on bass guitar, and Rick Willis on lead guitar and vocals, both of Spartanburg
SC, are disciples of the Caldwell Brothers.
Together they present a powerful stage presence as they continue to tour
the country and continue to be powerful force in the world of music.
*All proceeds benefit the Princess
Theatre.
Incidentally, tickets for both events sold-out 3 hours after the announcement on the Princess Blog!
Incidentally, tickets for both events sold-out 3 hours after the announcement on the Princess Blog!
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