[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 129 (Tuesday, September 4, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S11046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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             TRIBUTE TO COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

 Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, today I wish to honor in the 
Record the grand opening of the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
  The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is the first major performing 
arts facility built in metro Atlanta in four decades and upon opening 
will immediately become the new home of the Atlanta Opera.
  A great deal of planning has gone into the development of this state-
of-the-art landmark on Atlanta's horizon by great friends and community 
leaders such as Earl Smith, Travis Duke, Johnny Gresham, Max Bacon, 
Bill Dunaway, Sam Olens, Robert Voyles, and Michele Swann. Special 
gratitude also goes to John Williams, a great benefactor and the 
namesake of this grand 2,750-seat theatre.
  The arts are an essential ingredient for the quality of life of a 
community and the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre will improve the 
quality of life not just for the community of Cobb but for the entire 
metropolitan Atlanta region and the Southeastern United States.
  It gives me a great deal of pleasure and it is a privilege to 
recognize on the floor of the Senate the grand opening of the Cobb 
Energy Performing Arts Centre. I congratulate the community on this 
wonderful new crown jewel.

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