Cheltenham Festivals came close to being ‘sunk’ by the pandemic
Figures showing hundreds of thousands of visitors to 2020’s Cheltenham Literature Festival hide just how close the town could have come to losing its showpieces events.
Just some of the faces that appeared at The Times & The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2020 and helped make it such a success.
Had the team behind Cheltenham Festivals not executed a dramatic last-minute re-write of its business plan, the organisation may have been may have been ‘sunk’, according to its chairperson Diane Hill, OBE (nee Savory).
New figures showing how many people viewed Cheltenham Literature Festival digitally in 2020, underline just how successful and necessary the organisation’s sudden transformation to embrace online was.
Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association adds new board members
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff January 11, 2021
Fran Pearce and Joe Whitt have joined the board of the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association. (contributed)
Former Auburn University football coach Joe Whitt and Pearce Catfish Farms founder Fran Pearce have been elected as the newest board members of the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association (ALBBAA).
“We are extremely pleased that these two Black Belt enthusiasts are joining the board,” said Thomas Harris, ALBBAA founder and board president. “I have no doubt that the addition of coach Joe Whitt and Mrs. Fran Pearce will enhance our ability to promote the incredible recreational opportunities, as well as the thriving arts scene that can both be found all across the region.”
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