Greg & Dan Show Interviews

This morning, Greg and Dan had a call with Dr. Sharon Kehrat the superintendent of Peoria Public Schools.

 

With school for District 150 being back in session today there are a couple of questions in the air. We asked Dr. Kehrat about Peoria Quest’s closure, and the transition of the faculty and staff back into the district. As well as, the new “No-Phone Policy” that’s been put into place for the students and the changes they have experienced with their year-round scheduling.

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This morning, Greg and Dan had a call with Nate Heinold from the Ledgestone Open.

 

Started in 2011 in order to promote his business, the Ledgestone Insurance Company, Nate hosted the first Ledgestone Insurance Open, and it has now exploded into the largest tournaments in the nation, with about two thousand players participating for this year from 47 different states and 9 different countries. The tournament also boasts the largest purse being around $175,000 for the men's side.

 

Their will be 15 courses in total for all events, for the pros Men’s side will be hosted at Lake Eureka, and the Women’s at Sunset Hills. Tickets are still available at ledgestoneopen.com, the tournament starts on August 1st and runs through the 4th of August.

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This morning Greg and Dan met up with Marc Alghini for their weekly Music Monday with Marc segment.

 

Marc brought along some classics with him to honor some musicians who have recently passed, a Four Tops classic in honor of the late Abdul Fakir, who was up until last week the last surviving member of the group, and John Mayall, who as Marc mentions is regarded as the Godfather of British Blues. He also graciously brought some new tracks, including a new track from both Weird Al Yankovic and Charlie Crockett.

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This morning, Greg and Dan spoke with some of the members of the Eastlight Theatre’s production of Jersey Boys directed by Robin Hunt.

 

Pasquale Carciata and Steven Peterson, who play Frankie Valli and Tommy DeVito respectively, shared some perspectives of the show, as well as what they’ve learned to appreciate about their characters and their respective stories. 

 

This show opens August 2nd and runs until the 4th. With shows at 7:30 on the 2nd and 3rd, and then a 2:00 pm matinee on Sunday.

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This morning, Greg and Dan gave Chris Setti from Greater Peoria Economic Development Council a call.

 

For this week, Chris gave an update on his interview from last week bringing in 33 Brazilian delegates from BTEC. Chris told us about the warm welcome that they received from the Greater Peoria area and its locals during their brief 60 hours in the area, as well as their interests in Peoria’s agriculture companies and community. 

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This morning Greg and Dan brought back Dave Johnson from Pearl Technology for his weekly segment, this week to talk about the ever present danger of bots

 

During this upcoming Presidential election cycle there have been concerns about bot usage from either political party, or even some kind of malicious third-party, in order to spread misinformation and incite certain political actions. In this interview, Dave explains what a bot is, what they do, and their presence on social media. 

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This morning Greg and the producer Caleb Kelch sat down with Farai Kasambira & Darius Donaldson at the Kustom Car Show.

 

This upcoming August the 10th in conjunction with Ignite Peoria the All or Nothing 9 show will be coming to the Peoria Civic Center. This series of shows has been running since 2009 and has started to garner national attention. There will be an indoor show, as well as top 75 awards and coverage from various magazines. The show will also have music, vendors, and family activities throughout the day. They are still open and looking for entries to their show, submit your application at aonshow.com, and will remain open until the day of the event.

 

For more information please text/call (309) 648-3922 or email [email protected], and feel free to visit their website aonshow.com.

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This morning Greg and the producer Caleb Kelch sat down with David Snook, who is directing the Peoria Players’ production of Mean Girls: The Musical.

 

This production is being co-directed by David Snook and Celeste Matheson, and will be this season's youth show. The show is an adaptation of the hit 2004 movie written by Tina Fey. Performances will run from August 7-10th at 7:30 pm and August 11th at 2:00 pm, tickets will cost $25 for adults and $20 for ages 20 and younger.

 

For tickets visit peoriaplayers.org.

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This morning Dr. Neal Barnard met up with Greg and producer Caleb Kelch to speak about plant-based diets.

 

Dr. Barnard will be speaking at the Plant-Based Peoria Expo tomorrow to present his new book: The Power Foods Diet: The Breakthrough Plan That Traps, Tames and Burns Calories for Easy and Permanent Weight Loss. The event will begin at 11:00 am and is free, and the first 150 households that come through the door will receive special goodies. The event will have a play area for kids, local musicians, food vendors, and most importantly air-conditioning.

 

For more information on the expo tomorrow visit their website at www.plantbasedpeoriaexpo.com, or look them up on Facebook.

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This morning Greg and producer Caleb Kelch sat down for a phone interview with Adam White for the upcoming Detweiller After Dark event.

 

Adam informed us about the various races and concerts and performances that will be at the event. With 2,000 entrants for the race they are expecting a packed and exciting event. Food trucks begin at 5:30 pm, with events starting at 6:30 pm with the Kids Fun Run, as well as various other events leading up in the main event, the high school girls and boys race starting at 9:15 pm and 10:00 pm respectively.

Visit https://detweilleratdark.com for more information. 

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