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Herbert M. (Tippen) Davidson Jr., 81, president, CEO and co-editor of The News-Journal, the last family owned daily newspaper in Florida, is dead. The father of the Florida International Festival, founder of Seaside Music Theater, and driving force behind the News-Journal Center died at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 23, 2007, at Halifax Medical Center.
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N-J/Jessica Webb Sibley Tippen Davidson, seen here guest-conducting the London Symphony Orchestra pops concert in 2005, was instrumental in bringing the LSO to the area as part of the biennial Florida International Festival. Davidson, who attended the Juilliard School of Music, loved music and was committed to bringing the arts to Volusia and Flagler counties. |
Groundbreaking!
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Jay Adams, Immediate Past Board Chairman, Executive Vice President, Brown & Brown, Inc.
Frank Bruno, Member, County Council, County of Volusia
Herbert M. “Tippen” Davidson Jr., Vice Chairman, President & CEO, The News-Journal
Julie Rand, Executive Director, Lively Arts Center, Inc.
Glenn S. Ritchey, Board Chairman, President, Hall-Ritchey Automotive Management
Rick Shiver, Vice Mayor, City of Daytona Beach
Dr. Kathryn L. Seidel, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Central Florida
Julia Truilo, Managing Director, Seaside Music Theater |
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Central Florida Cultural Endeavors, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to preservation of classical music. Largest ongoing project - The Florida International Festival - features the London Symphony Orchestra as the featured attraction of this biennial music festival. www.fif-lso.org
Since 1977, Seaside Music Theater has been bringing the best in professional musical theater to Central Florida and has become an integral part of its cultural heritage. Recognized by Music Theater International as “one of the most adventurous and innovative theaters nationwide,” Seaside Music Theater is unparalleled. Each year more than 48,000 delighted theatergoers, residents and visitors of Daytona Beach, Florida, and the surrounding area, are spellbound by the originality, vitality and spirit that have earned the organization its critically acclaimed reputation. The ever-growing collection of more than 250 productions represents the finest in musical theater, operas, dramas, lost American musicals, new works and children´s productions. Click here to link to the region´s professional theater and the only major resident musical theater company in the Southeast: www.seasidemusictheater.org
The UCF Conservatory Theatre seeks to develop theatre artists of the highest quality. We provide our students with the training, education, and experiences necessary for the successful pursuit of professional theatre careers. Our goal is to develop and graduate student artists who are sensitive, aware, and total human beings by providing our students with conservatory training within the context of a Liberal Arts education. Visit us now by clicking on: www.cas.ucf.edu/theatre
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