STEP FOUR

Moses Hershberger
November 2014
Happenings
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Peabody Hotel activity

Librarians at the Memphis library working in the archives room.
Events up in the Skyway rooftop
Local jazz musicians playing in Downtown Memphis or other events.
Tour the Peabody Hotel

Scenics
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Peabody Hotel
Skyway Ballroom
Downtown Memphis
Memphis Library
University of Memphis campus

Interviews
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Local musicians
Jack Cooper
Anna Neal
Jack Belz

Possibles
- Local historians
Archival Material
- Photographs from the 1920s to 1930s
- Rare footage of big bands playing
- Rare footage of a young Sam Philips

Character Questions
Jack Belz
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What got you interested in re-opening the Peabody?

How did you manage to get the approval to?
Do you have a personal connection to the hotel?
The events that once happened here, why have they become lost in the
hotel?

Jack Cooper
1. What got you interested in playing jazz?
2. Why did big bands die out?
3. Is it really that integral to the jazz culture? Did it lose something?