HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Government officials from Huntsville and surrounding towns gave wholehearted support to Divine Performing Arts. Decatur Mayor Don Stanford supported the Huntsville show of Divine Performing Arts with a proclamation and a speech. Mayor of Tuscumbia Billy Shoemaker brought his wife, who serves on the board of an arts organization, and gave an official welcome letter to the company.
Mayor Stanford said, “Thank you very much. It was a pleasure for my wife and I to be here tonight. I just don’t see how they keep up with what all they’re supposed to be doing. The colors of the outfits were just beautiful. I don’t know who does the choreography for this, but they do a great job. This was a very unique group of athletes, that performed this. It looked like they never gave out of breath. I know they worked very, very hard in practicing for this. I’m glad to see the culture being handed down from one year to the next and from one family.
“Just keep up the good work, ya’ll and we look forward to seeing it next year.”
Mayor Shoemaker laid on the golden tongued charm and humor. He said, “Dr. Yang asked me if I wanted to talk and I said, talking is not my problem. It’s stopping talking that is my problem. So I promised my wife when we were coming over here that I’m not going to talk too long.” He expressed gratitude for being invited to see “this really fine, talented group of people.”
