The Bibb County Schools Foundation will hold its annual banquet, Thursday, Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m. at the Bibb County High School cafeteria. The banquet is a highlight of the social scene in Bibb County, annually featuring talent from county schools, highlighted by a noted speaker. This year is no different.
The talent will be provided by members of the Bibb County Children’s Theatre, with snippets from their upcoming play, Willie Wonka Jr., a musical based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Bibb County Children’s Theatre consists of children from all over Bibb County. Fifty-six children will be featured in this year’s production, the largest ever.
Other talent will consist of a local band, headed up by twins, and Bibb County High seniors, Lesland and Kelton Clinner. The night will also feature students from Glenn Walker’s workforce essentials class at the Bibb County Career Technical Academy.
The featured speaker will be noted meteorologist James Spann of ABC 33/40. Spann can be seen weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 o’clock. He has been a television weather anchor for 32 years. In 2001 he received an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He was recognized for live coverage of the deadly tornado which hit Tuscaloosa on Dec. 16, 2000, which helped his station received the coveted Edward R. Murrow award for spot news coverage. He has won Best Weather Anchor 12 times from the Associated Press and the ABBY Award for Best Weather Anchor in Alabama from the Alabama Broadcasters Association. He was also one of the first weather anchors in the nation to earn “Certified Broadcast Meteorologist” status from the American Meteorological Society.
The Bibb County Schools Foundation is the 501c3 arm of the county school system and is designed to raise funds for teacher grants that go directly towards helping them in their classrooms. Teachers from every school in the county have received numerous grants to help them in their endeavors.
Officers and board members for 2010 are: Chairman, Lisa Blake, Vice Chairman Boozer Downs, secretary: Stacie Moreland; board members are, Donna Brothers, Matt Hartzell, Mike Culliton, Matt Kornegay, Mike Oakley, Debbie Martin, Ed Patridge, Tracey Mitchell, Candi McKinney, Angela Stevenson, Jan Jamison, Carolyn Caddis and Linda Renn. Ex-Officio members are Dr. Don Elam, treasurer and Beverly Brown, Foundation liaison
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