P: I do not know whether the Crisers were there or not, I know the Bryans were there,
 we were there, you were there, and maybe the Emmers. Maybe it was just eight of
 us, and we talked about it and everybody thought how wonderful it would be.

R: Well, the fact that it came to pass [is so surprising] I still sometimes just shake my
 head.

P: What role did you play, personally, then, in the planning of it, where did the
 architects come from, all of those kinds of things?

R: Well, I guess that this is where Bob [Rowe] came in.

P: Bob Rowe?

R: Yes. When this thing looked like it was going to be real, I went to Bob's office.

P: Now, Bob is a local realtor in Gainesville? Greene and Rowe [Greene and Rowe
 Investments Inc.]?

R: Builder, developer, very successful, very bright, self made.

P: He has the two seats next to us and never comes to any performances.

R: Oh, that is too bad. I guess a lot of that had to do with, maybe, his recent divorce.

P: [The seats] are in the name of the company, Greene and Rowe [Greene and Rowe
 Investments Inc., at 5200 Newberry Road] .

R: I went to Bob when this thing looked like it was going to happen. I said, "Now, Bob,
 if this happens, I have no one on the campus who is sophisticated enough to ramrod
 this. The only person I know who can do this is you." I said, "It is going to take a
 lot of time and a lot of energy, and maybe a little bit of money, but I would like you
 to ramrod this project."

 He said, "Let me think about it." About a week passed and he called me up and
 said, "You know, I think I would like to do that." Well, he threw himself into it. He
 checked out books, he read, he traveled, and we came down here to visit a couple
 a times and they told us that Bob Lorelli had really been a lifesaver. That is
 Brannigan and Lorelli Theater Consultants.

P: And where are they?

R: New York. They are a well known, national firm.

P: They have built facilities like this?

R: Yes.

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