Dallas Prompter

I'm testing my new pair of motorized rise & fall presidential stands. (They arrived last week!) This is the bare stand, without the usual accessories. With this system, we can remotely adjust prompter mirrors for presenters of different heights. In other words, short presenters don't have to stand on a box.

Our contribution to Throwback Thursday: a 2004 event held in the Great Hall of the Apparel Mart.

This was after they closed the building, and shortly before it was demolished. During the event, the emcee bragged about their cigar bar. You could smoke ci**rs in the Apparel Mart because it was no longer a public space and the Dallas smoking ordinance didn't apply.

The stage was solid white instead of the usual black drape. We even had white surrounds on the prompter monitors. Look closely, and you can just make out a clear plexiglass lectern and our presidential mirrors & poles.

Do you have a story or memory of the Great Hall?