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Ruth Eckerd Hall is a 73,000-square-foot performing arts venue, located in Clearwater, Florida, in the Tampa Bay area and is part of the Richard B.... Baumgardner Center for the Performing Arts. The concert hall is named after Ruth Eckerd, the wife of Jack Eckerd, and is the regular performance venue for the Florida Orchestra. Its 2,180 seat auditorium features continental seating, with no center aisle. In 1977, the Kapok Tree Corporation donated 38 acres to the City of Clearwater with the stipulation that a performing arts center be built on the property. The bequest mandated that the construction begin within two years, and in 1979 a ground breaking ceremony was held. At its inception, a group of dedicated volunteers in the community stepped forward to organize the effort and obtain the necessary resources for its completion. Among these leaders, Jack and Ruth Eckerd were instrumental in the project’s success. The main auditorium is named in Mrs. Eckerd’s honor. The Center’s main name recognizes Richard B. Baumgardner, the founder of the Kapok Tree Corporation.
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Jack Russell Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Clearwater, Florida. It opened as Jack Russell Stadium in 1955. It had a capacity of 4,744 when it... opened; in 2003 seating capacity was 6,942 people. It was the spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies MLB team from 1955 through 2003. The Clearwater Bombers, a softball team that won 10 National Amateur Softball Association titles between 1950 to 1973, played their home games there from 1955 through 1984. The name of the stadium was changed to Jack Russell Memorial Stadium following Jack Russell's death in November 1990. In 2004, the Philadelphia Phillies moved to Bright House Networks Field, 4 miles to the east. Most of the ballpark was demolished on July 21, 2007. The dugouts, offices, and other elements were retained as the field continues to be used today for amateur instruction and tournaments. The field is now leased from the City of Clearwater by The Winning Inning. In 2007, the Winning Inning pays for stadium rent, utilities, and a full-time groundskeeper. The Winning Inning is responsible for maintenance of the grounds, and the City of Clearwater for plumbing and electrical repairs.
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The Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church in Clearwater, Florida, USA. It is located at 600 Jones Street. On February... 3, 2000, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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Aaron Roderick Gillespie is an American musician, best known for being the former drummer and clean vocalist for the metalcore band Underoath, and... the current lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band The Almost. Gillespie also maintains his own solo project, and released his debut full-length album, Anthem Song on March 8, 2011. Aaron Roderick Gillespie was born on July 18, 1983 in Clearwater, Florida. He grew up in a devout Christian family, attended private schools and went to church regularly. Aaron's parents divorced when he was 18 years old. He has a step brother named Jordan Stone from Livingston, NJ. They have limited contact due to Aaron being on tour frequently. At age 14, Aaron worked at the church and vacuumed for $60 a week. He enjoyed playing the drums at church, but was told he did not play well and that he played too loud but also one of the leads in the church came up to him and said he'll be "playing music that will change peoples lives one day so keep it up." At only 14 years old, he received a call from Underoath asking him to play drums for them. He has been nearly blind in his left eye since birth.
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Timothy Francis McTague is the current lead guitarist for the Christian post-hardcore band Underoath. He is the most outspoken member of the group,... writing much of the journal on their website, and elsewhere. McTague is the current lead guitarist in the Christian metalcore/hardcore band Underoath. He has also written music for Norma Jean, most notably writing Songs Sound Much Sadder. Tim also has a signature guitar swing which he calls the "Mars Volta". Unlike a guitar swing, he swings it onto his back and then swings it back around. He claims he got the idea from a Mars Volta music video. He repeatedly does the Mars Volta during live performances. In an interview during Warped Tour, he claims that the late Casey Calvert of Hawthorne Heights "ripped off" his move in their music video. McTague has a younger brother named Daniel McTague, former bass player for the Tampa-based hardcore Christian band Martyr's Prayer. He lives in a three bedroom house with his wife Elizabeth Nelson whom he married November 17, 2007 on his now brother-in-law Justin's 22nd birthday. They honeymooned in Belize.
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Beverly Mullins is an American model, professional wrestler and valet, better known by her ring names Wesley Holliday and Courtney Taylor, who is... currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment performing on its ECW brand as a backstage interviewer. Mullins is training in their developmental facility Florida Championship Wrestling . Prior to wrestling, Mullins appeared several times in Playboy. She appeared in "Playboy's Women of Hooters 2008" as a Hooters Girl in February 2008. Mullins also appeared in the Hooters calendar, including Miss October 2006. Mullins was approached to wrestling by Lou Maggio in 2007. Maggio had been a judge at both the 2005 and 2006 Miss Hooters International pageant. Her idol growing up was Stone Cold Steve Austin. She was named to the HOOTERS Hall of Fame in 2008 which would go online in 2009. Mullins also appeared in a bikini.com pillow fight that first aired on YouTube in June 2008 which featured three other Hooters girls. In an interview with CW11 News, along with two other "Hooters Girls", Mullins announced that she had signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment.
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Tatiana Thumbtzen is an American actress, model and dancer. She is mostly well known for her role in portraying the love interest of pop star... Michael Jackson in the "The Way You Make Me Feel" music video off his seventh studio album, Bad. Thumbtzen is of black, Cherokee Indian, Cuban and Irish heritage. Tatiana's family name is of German descent. She began to train in ballet at the age of eight, and moved to New York when she was thirteen on a ballet scholarship, where she studied at Juilliard in the school of American Ballet, a training camp for choreographer George Balanchine of the New York City Ballet Company. She stated in an interview that through dance, she acquired a contract for modeling, and by age nineteen, she had gone to Japan to start her career as a model. Once returning to New York, Thumbtzen began working on a Harry Belafonte Production film, Beat Street, before moving to Los Angeles at the end of 1986 to begin working on commercials and print-work. She claims that one of her first print work jobs was a campaign for Billy Dean Williams for LA Eyewear.
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Jordan Wall, is an American television and film actor. Jordan Wall was born and raised in Clearwater, Florida, where he attended Clearwater High... School. Jordan's parents are Dr. David and Batia Wall and his sister is Alona Wall. After graduating in 2003, Wall attended the University of Florida, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and Phi Sigma Pi. He was also a sports anchor on the student-produced WUFT evening news. Wall graduated with a telecommunications degree in 2007. Following commencement, Wall began a professional acting career with roles in independent films and cable television.
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