THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINAATCHAPEL HILIutdoor Drama Phe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1328 CB# 3240, NCNB PlazaChapel Hill. N.C. 27599-3240August 1, 1990Mr. Billy Edd WheelerP.O. Box 7Swannanoa, NC 28778Dear Mr. Wheeler:Good to talk with you on the phone yesterday. I wasdelighted to hear that there is a possibility of yourcoming to Cherokee to participate in the Institute�?TsAnnual Managers, Directors and Promoters Conference,October 5-7.As I mentioned, we plan to move the Conference around the�?ocountry from time to time, giving everyone an Opportunity toexplore the different amphitheatres and support facilities ofthe various dramas. Going to Cherokee will allow us to lookat a fine example of an older facility which has beenmaintained in excellent condition.Each year, there are a number of individuals attending theConference who are in the business of planning new outdoordramas. They come to the meeting armed with specificquestions about how to put together a production. They wantto talk with playwrights, directors, managers, composers,architects and designers. So, with that in mind, wereorganizing a blue ribbon panel that will address manyquestions from these planning groups. The panel istentatively titled: "Open Forum: The Planning andDevelopment of a New Outdoor Historical Drama."Bob Britton, director of Trumpet in the Land, will serve asmoderator of the panel. Others on the panel will be CarlHayden from Mark Twain (Elmira, New York), Melanie Pattersonfrom The Life and Times of Jesse James (Smithville, Missouri)and Don Baker from Stonewall Country (Lexington, Virginia).I�?ove suggested to Bob that he ask each panel member tobriefly give some background on his or her involvement inoutdoor drama, say a few words on a specific aspect ofplanning, and then to leave the bulk of the meeting open forquestions from the floor.