I went to the NJ Walk of Fame unveiling at the PAC last evening. It was really nice. Lots of inductee plaques. This is well worth a trip to the PAC. The list is fairly long, it includes: Frank Sinatra, Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Nathan Lane, Ernie Kovacs, Frederica von Stade; plus the names we are most familiar with; Sarah Vaughan, Judith Jamison, Wynton Marsalis, Jerry Lewis, Danny DeVito, plus many more. And of course Queen Latifah. The press release is here. http://www.njpac.org/PDF/PRWalkofFame.pdf I was tickled to find out that Celia Cruz was from Jersey. I understand better why Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma appear to be fairly accessible and why Judith Jamison is here. Of course PAC really is world reknown now. Good for us.
The reception was held outside in the open-air Calcada(sp??) Room. Very nice. They always have good food and pleasant wine. I saw Mamie Hale who is on the PAC woman's board and one of the nicest, kindest women I have ever met. Her husband of 48 years recently died. When I first joined the board assoc. and spoke of how I felt about Mamie, everyone was quick to tell me that her husband was "The Hale" who was the architect for Bethany Baptist. I'm thinking, so what does that have to do with her being nice?
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