Ear to Tampa Bay
Michael Francis, music director of The Florida Orchestra, who opened the 2021-22 season
conducting Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons featuring first violinist
Jeffrey Multer, and the world premiere of a la fenestra by Michael Ippolito of Tampa at the
Straz in Tampa, the Mahaffey in St. Petersburg and Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, was
congratulated by Liz and Jim Smith of Clearwater, who attended the Ruth Eckerd Hall
Allison Dolan,
president of
the Clearwater
Historical Society
Museum & Cultural
Center, and Linda
Hamilton, who helps
to promote it and
more, welcomed
guests to its “Let’s
Eat: Historic
Restaurants of
Clearwater” exhibit’s
opening reception
at the museum in
Clearwater.
performance with a group of guests.
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Francis Wilson Playhouse’s Andy Rufo, who is president, general manager and lighting
and sound designer; Rebecca Sipe, box office manager, and Jason Fortner, director and
set designer; were excited to open the 92nd season of the Clearwater theater with Two by
Two, a clever Noah and the ark 1970 Broadway show with music by Richard Rodgers and
lyrics by Martin Charnin, which was written by Peter Stone to showcase the song and
dance talents of movie star Danny Kaye.
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