So long ago…

if memory serves me, I was the stage manager for the Fantasticks, (October, 1970) and one of the street urchins in The Roar of The Greasepaint (February, 1971). Mr. Hill, through his new contemporary music class, infused the choral program at Nova with just that; contemporary music and an introduction to stage and theatre. Mrs. Hall, who was my best-loved English teacher had a wit and wisdom that blessed the many of us who adored her. From Nova, through graduate work at FSU and now co-owning two businesses – from Fort Lauderdale to California and back to the east coast of Georgia – I continue to feel grateful for the music and acting events that Hill and Hall envisioned and carried out.

With a partner, I’ve my own multimedia design and consulting business, Calhoon and Jopson Multimedia Consulting. We guide companies through the process of creating multimedia kiosk presentations for trade shows, CD-ROM high-production-value training systems, web-delivered training design, and print-based self study courses.

My other business is a tea consulting and education service, Two Cups at My Table. My tea partner and I offer classes and lectures on the origins of tea, it’s properties, cultivation, growing regions and varieties, as well a proper etiquette, how to host a memorable tea party, and how to brew a perfect cup of tea. We teach classes through adult education programs, private training sessions, and are working on developing an instructor’s tea guide to be published by TEA magazine based out of Scotland, Connecticut.