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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face=Calibri>PRESS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GREATER CLEVELAND</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>3630 Fairmount Boulevard</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Shaker Heights, OH 44118</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Contact:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>G. Michael Skerritt, Chair</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Music and Fine Arts Committee</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>(216) 932-7480 Ext. 19</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>(216) 533-8077 Cell Phone</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"><FONT face=Calibri size=3> </FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:gmskerritt@aol.com"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>gmskerritt@aol.com</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face=Calibri size=3>March 31, 2011</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 48pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'">“Inherit the Wind”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Theater Production<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT size=6><STRONG>8 pm April 7, 8, and 9, 2011</STRONG></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT size=6><STRONG>2 pm April 10, 2011</STRONG></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Calibri>Summary:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Calibri><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Who:</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Calibri>Arts Outreach Program and Happy Ending Lyric Players<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Calibri><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">What:</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Theater Production – “<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">INHERIT THE WIND”</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Calibri><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The dramatization of the famous Scopes “MonkeyTrial” of 1925<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Calibri><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Where:</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>3630 Fairmount Boulevard (at Eaton Road)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Shaker Heights, OH 44118<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Calibri><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">When:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">8 pm April 7, 8 and 9, 2011<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></I><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Calibri>2 pm April 10, 2011<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Calibri><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Cost:</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>$10 Adults, <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>$8 Seniors and Students<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Tickets</SPAN></I><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Online at <A href="http://www.firstbaptistcleveland.org/">www.firstbaptistcleveland.org</A>, or call the church office (216) 932-7480<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Press Release:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>In 1925 John Scopes, a local biology teacher in Tennessee was arrested for breaking a law that forbid the teaching of evolution in a public school.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The issue at stake is whether the state could forbid the teaching of any science that appeared to contradict the Bible, an issue that has remained a bitter source of controversy to this day.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>At 8 PM April 7th, 8th and 9th, and at 2 PM April 10th, the First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland will present <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Inherit the Wind</I></B>, that classic 1950’s dramatization of what became known as “The Monkey Trial” that pitted William Jennings Bryan in defense of that strict law against Clarence Darrow, a proponent of free thinking.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students and may be purchased online at </FONT><A href="http://www.firstbaptistcleveland.org/"><FONT face=Calibri>www.firstbaptistcleveland.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri>, or by calling the church office at 216-932-7480.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The church is located at 3630 Fairmount Boulevard at Eaton Road in Shaker Heights.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>