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Eisman Center director reports robust season, says former President George Bush to speak at private event
Summary
Eisman Center Executive Director Ali Haines Hamlin reported a busy season of performances and special events, including a near-sellout for the Simon & Garfunkel Story ("well over 1,300 tickets sold") and said a private corporate event will feature "Former president George Bush" as speaker.
Ali Haines Hamlin, executive director of the Eisman Center, told the commission the venue had an unusually busy January because of a three-week rental by Shen Yun and that several weekend shows postponed by a winter ice storm were successfully rescheduled.
Hamlin highlighted upcoming and rescheduled programming, saying the Simon & Garfunkel Story is "well over 1,300 tickets sold so far" and that the venue will host a variety of performances in February and March, including Tribute Masters, the Richardson Community Band, a Simon & Garfunkel Story performance, Drum Tao (taiko drumming) and the 10 Tenors world tour. She also described cabaret programming and a new Lunar New Year celebration.
Hamlin said a private, ticketed corporate event will host a high-profile guest: "Former president George Bush will be the speaker at that event," she said during the presentation.
The report was informational; commissioners thanked the director and offered no formal action.
