First Friday Luncheons

First Friday of the Month (Sept — May) 11:45 a.m. Jubilee Hall

Our delicious luncheons are prepared by Preston Hollow Catering. Our speakers and entertainers will be on time and on target for those of you coming during your work lunch hour.

RESERVATION LINE - 214.368.6348 ext. 252

The reservation line is available for those who want to “Call and Mail” for tickets.. That’s calling with the name and number of $10 tickets desired, then mailing the check, payable to PHPC, Attention: First Friday, 9800 Preston Rd, Dallas TX 75230. Tickets are also available at the Atrium counter two Sundays before that particular Friday event.

A new season, a new team, a new tagline and a brand new way of coordinating First Friday luncheons! Z Zsohar zzsohar@gmail.com, assisted by wife Shirley shirley.zsohar@gmail.com, will lead the new First Friday event team of Dawn Hall, Bill Dix, Jeff and Jane Goodell, and Rosemary and Dave Curtis to bring you an entirely new First Friday experience.

	Dr. C. Edward Spann, retired Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Dallas Baptist University, will be our speaker at First Friday LiveLearnLaugh Luncheon at 11:45 AM on April 9, 2010 in Jubilee Hall. He will do a multi-media presentation on his book Presidential Praise: Our Presidents and their Hymns. The result of over threeyears research, the favorite hymns of each president will be presented in a unique way. Dr. Spann has made well over a hundred presentations of his book since publication in 2008 and the following comment is representative of the reception to the program: “Ed is a great storyteller with a wealth of knowledge to share. His 'presentation' is entertaining, educational, enlightening and inspirational as he talks about the lives of and tell anecdotes on the Presidents. This is a one-of-a-kind experience!” The book Presidential Praise will be available at this event. Dr. Spann came to Dallas Baptist University in 1989 from Houston Baptist University. Prior to this he founded the Department of Sacred Music at the Baptist Seminary in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This was accomplished while serving as a music missionary following his teaching at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia. A North Little Rock, Arkansas native, Dr. Spann graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He holds three degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth as well as the PhD from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He has served several churches and associations in related positions as well as chaplain’s assistant and bandmaster in the United States Army in Germany. Dr. Spann’s writings in hymnology and church music have been published in many journals and have also appeared in The Hymn, The Journal of the Baptist Church Music Conference, Baptist History and Heritage, Children’s Music Leader, Handbells, and Overtones magazines. He founded the University Ringers, an award winning hand bell choir from DBU, which has toured internationally and has recorded two CDs. Spann has several hand bell arrangements in print. Adults of all ages are invited to this 1^st Friday event. Tickets are $10 and will be on sale in the PHPC atrium lobby on March 28 and April 4. If you are unable to stop by on Sundays, call the reservations line at 214-368-6348, ext. 252 and leave your name with the number of tickets you would like. Then mail your check to PHPC, Attn: First Friday, 9800 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75230.
	Jody Grant is Chairman Emeritus of $5.4 billion Texas Capital Bank, a company he founded in 1998 and is the largest start-up in banking history. His career has been a bit of a roller coaster ride having survived a fall from grace in the banking world at one point in his career to being selected late last year to be a recipient of the prestigious Horatio Alger Award for 2010. He will be formally inducted into this Association of Distinguished Americans on April 9 in Washington D.C. along with 10 other people including Tommy Franks, former commander- in-chief of the U.S. Central Command, and Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state.
	On February 5, at 11:45 AM, our own Stan Woodward will present a very timely subject "Technology - dealing with exponential change." The advances in technology of all kinds affect us every day. But what is harder to see is the effect of exponential, versus linear, change in the technology itself and what that means for all of us. Technology advances and trends in Social Networking, Education, Medicine, Security, Telephony, Elder care, and other areas will be examined as well as their impact on society at large.
	January 8, 2010 Jody Dean An Emmy award-winning 35-year veteran of television and radio with a collection of some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, Jody Dean presently hosts KLUV radio’s very popular morning show. Most times funny, sometimes poignant, Jody touches his listeners every day. A member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, Dean is also the public address announcer at the new 100,000-seat Cowboys Stadium.
	December 4, 2009 Gary Cogill Good Morning Texas host and accomplished movie critic Gary Cogill.
	October 2, 2009 Dennis McCuistion Dennis McCuistion who is known for “Talking about things that matter…with people who care.” Since 1990, Dennis has hosted the McCuistion program on PBS station KERA in Dallas. He has interviewed thousands which included such well-known figures as Bob Schieffer, Sam Donaldson, Dick Army, and Kay Bailey Hutchison as well as a long list of others.
	September 4, 2009 Kevin Sherrington Born in Dallas, raised in Houston, veteran of five Texas newspapers, SportsDay columnist Kevin Sherrington has worked at the Dallas Morning News since 1985, where he's covered colleges, baseball and boxing.