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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the shakespeare theater companys annual dinner and mock trial. Before we begin, please take this time to silence all Electronic Devices that may disrupt this evenings proceedings. Photography of this trial was tricky prohibited. Please join me in welcoming trustee and chair of the Bar Association, abby david lowell. Thank you for joining us. All the things we do, being involved in the board, doing the things we do to keep this alive. The mock trial in the Bar Association is the most joyous. Tonights annual dinner, and the support of this theater. On the text of the oresteia which was adapted by ellen the goffman and adopted from the original the oresteia with violence that can be stopped when society peers into its own soul and sees the depths of revenge, its complicity and the way out. Our performance and hope everybody got a chance to see it, our beloved artistic director at the end of his 33 years of being an artistic director. Not too long ago to cr
By the Bard Association which many of you are members and those of you are not, hope you will become. It is the Affinity Group of lawyers in washington dc and elsewhere to try to support not only art in general but this from the computer in specific. As you know, tonights argument is based on the text of William Shakespeares macbeth which was produced by the theater this spring and directed by liesel on this very stage. It was a wonderful event and im sure many of you attended it. I want to start with a trend by thanking the people that you will see on the stage and the people who are not on the stage but make this possible. This event comes together in large part because theres a group of people with whom i am honored to work, who work on coming up with the ideas, coming up which plate we will do and figuring out what the legal questions can be. These are the people who year in and year out make this possible. I realize after last winter that while i always think them in general i wan
A group of us felt we would help heal the wounds of our community by celebrating its diversity because back then miami was one of the most Diverse Communities in the company, and we would invite everyone under one gigantic tent to celebrate the written word and begin a conversation together. That conversation hasnt stopped for these 33 book fairs. And i for one want to thank doctor petrone who is president of the Largest College in the country with eight campuses. [applause] for never wavering from that vision. In this years fair you will hear from the best writers of poetry, fiction, history, and memoir. And we need the big tent of the book fair. And the power of the written word to express them. We need this more than ever. [applause] the book fair has grown over all the years as well. We have some remarkable sponsors. We are pleased to announce we have a partnership with the charles de Groot Foundation to launch the Miami Book Fair degroot prize, it is the only one in the country an
[inaudible conversations] this is book tv on cspan2 and we want to know whats on your Summer Reading list. Send us your choices at book tv as our twitter handle. You can also post it on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv or you can send an email to book tv at cspan. Org. Whats on your Summer Reading list, book tv wants to know. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the shakespeare annual dinner and mock trial. Before we begin the trial please take this time to silence all Electronic Device that is may disrupt this evenings proceedings. Photography is strictly prohibited. Please join me in welcoming trustee of association abby david lole. [applause] good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight to the annual dinner and mock trial event presented by the Shakespeare Theater Company and Affinity Group of lawyers associated with the Legal Community and those who support the Legal Community to bring the best that we can to this wonderful theater. As you know, tonights performance, tonights tria