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<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=3
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:normal'>For additional information contact: </span></font></b></strong><font
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</span></font><strong><b><font color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>Neil Thackaberry (330) 342-0800</span></font></b></strong><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><strong><b><font color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:black'>Hudson</span></font></b></strong></st1:City><strong><b><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:black'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></span></font></b></strong></st1:place><strong><b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Porch
Stories</span></font><sup><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>TM</span></font></sup><sup><font size=5 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></sup><font size=5
face=Arial><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Returns to Hudson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Cochin><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cochin'>Actors’ Summit, Hudson’s
professional theater, and Skywave Writers of Hudson, announce their second
annual “Porch Stories</span></font><font size=1 face=Cochin><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Cochin'>™</span></font><font
face=Cochin><span style='font-family:Cochin'>” tour. Scheduled to take
place on July 12, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cochin'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Cochin><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cochin'>“Porch Stories</span></font><font
size=1 face=Cochin><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Cochin'>™</span></font><font
face=Cochin><span style='font-family:Cochin'>” is a tour of Hudson’s
grand old porches with stories of our town’s history told by professional
actors from Actors’ Summit Theater. Stories are told in first person
narration. Skywave Writers of Hudson research and write the stories, building
on oral histories, newspaper articles, letters, and personal journals. Story topics
may include Hudson’s role in the Underground Railway and a nineteenth
century church scandal. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cochin'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Cochin><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cochin'>Volunteers guide participants on a
leisurely stroll through Hudson’s historic village, past beautiful 19<sup>th</sup>
century homes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cochin'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Cochin><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cochin'>Beginning at 3:00 PM tours will
leave from Hudson’s Clocktower Green every fifteen minutes. Each tour
lasts about an hour. The final tour leaves at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $12 for
adults, and $6 for students. Children 6 years and under can accompany their
parents at no charge.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face=Cochin><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cochin'>Timed tickets can
be purchased at the Actors’ Summit box office (330-342-0800) on line at
actorssummit.org, or at select Hudson merchants (Uniquely Ohio, Jake’s
Good Life, and The Learned Owl.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;background:white'>Tickets</span></font></u></b></strong><b><font
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white;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><strong><b><font color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Tickets are $12 for
Adults and $6 for students. Children 6 years and under can accompany their
parents at no charge. Group discounts are available for parties of 10 or more.</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Tickets can be purchased on
line at www.actorssummit.org or by phone by calling (330) 342-0800. </span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h2 style='page-break-after:avoid'><b><u><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Web site<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal'>Actors’ Summit Theater can be found on the web at <u>www.actorssummit.org</u>.
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