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>>WELCOME TO "NORFOLK PERSPECTIVES" I AM
>> BOB: . I AM HERE WITH SISTER CITIES,
ASHLEY MCLEOD, WHAT IS SISTER CITIES?
>> SISTER CITIES IS A NON-PROFIT THAT FOCUSES ON THE 10 SISTER
CITIES OF NORFOLK. >> BOB: JENNIFER CAULDWELL, YOU
ARE THE PRESIDENT? >> PAST PRESIDENT.
>> BOB: I AM GOING TO TELL THE VIEWERS, I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I
HEARD YOU WERE THE PAST PRESIDENT.
YOU RUN THIS THING AND YOU HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS.
>> WE WANT THIS TO BE AN EVENT LIKE NONE OVER AND ENGAGE PEOPLE
ABOUT NORFOLK SISTER CITIES AND IF THEY BRING THEM TO THE EVENT,
THEY'LL WANT TO BECOME INVOLVED. >> BOB: I KNOW I HAVE RUN INTO
YOU IN DOWNTOWN GARAGES, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THESE
EVENTS WILL SAY OH NO ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.
LET'S TEASE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE, ASHLEY.
>> IT IS GOING TO TAKE US ALL AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE EVENING.
EVENING AROUND THE WORLD. YOU'LL BE VISITING TEN SISTER
CITIES. YOU ARE GOING TO SMELL THE
SMELLS AND HEAR THE SOUNDS THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT AND TOUCH
AND FEEL THE TEXTILES THROUGH THE WORLD.
>> BOB: COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE RAN A SHOW ABOUT BUILDING AND
SELLING CREPES. >> NORFOLK FAIR TRADE COMPANY IS
HELPING US TO ARRANGE A BIZARRE. THEY ARE DISPLAYED IN CRATES.
>> BOB: HOW CAN I PUT THESE TWO ON THE SPOT AND HAVE THEM NAME
THE TEN COUNTRIES. FOOD FROM TEN COUNTRIES, GOODS
FROM TEN COUNTRIES. >> AND ENTERTAINMENT.
>> BOB: PEOPLE AND ENTERTAINMENT FROM TEN
COUNTRIES. >> ALL RIGHT JAPAN, FIRST CITY.
>> GERMANY. >> NORFOLK COUNTY ENGLAND.
TO LONG FRANCE, RUSSIA. THEN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA,
PHILIPPINES, THEN COCHI INDIAN. TIMAGANA.
AND NEWEST FRIENDSHIP CITY IS NINBO, CHINA.
>> BOB: YOU DIDN'T MISS A BEAT. WHAT IS A SISTER CITY?
>> IT IS DEVELOPED OVER A COURSE OF TIME.
TYPICALLY YOU FIND THE THINGS YOU HAVE IN COMMON.
TYPICALLY IT STARTS HERE IN NORFOLK.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OF FOLKS, WITH THE PHILIPPINES, OUR
CONNECTION IS WITH GENERAL MACARTHUR.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE MEMORIAL HERE.
THE COMMUNITY SAYS THEY WANT TO START A FRIENDSHIP.
ALL OUR SISTER CITY HAS PORTS. THEY MAY VARY IN SIZES BUT ALL
HAVE A SEASIDE PORT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY HERE
IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA WHO WANT TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
CONTINUE THESE RELATIONS WHETHER THEY ARE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL
OR ECONOMIC. THEY CONTINUE TO SISTER HOOD TO
BUILD AND GROW BY KNOWING EACH OTHER AND GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE
GLOBALLY. >> AS THE SISTER CITY
RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON FRIENDSHIP AND TRUSTS, THEY OPEN
THE DOORS TO ALL KINDS OF THINGS, WE WERE RECENTLY
NOTICING HOW THEY OPEN TO DOOR TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOW
WE CAN SEND BUSINESSES ABROAD. >> IN TODAY'S HIGH TECH WORLD,
RELATIONSHIP CAN GET LOST. THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP OF
BONDING. >> BEING IN THE 21ST CENTURY,
TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US TO STAY CONNECTED.
STUDENT EXCHANGES THAT CAN BE DONE VIRTUALLY.
>> BOB: SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY THE PLANE TICKET.
>> NEVER REPLACED IS TIME TOGETHER.
WE HAVE EXCHANGES FOR THAT PURPOSE.
>> BOB: GOING BACK INTO THE UNIQUENESS.
YOU ARE NOT SITTING AT THE TABLE.
>> NO SITTING AT TABLES, YOU ARE MINGLING WITH PEOPLE, MEETING
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE TASTING ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL FOODS,
HOPEFULLY YOU ARE GOING TO BE SHOPPING, THEN THERE IS A BIG
BONUS, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN AND WILL BE LIKE A
POSTCARD IN ONE OF OUR SISTER CITIES.
>> BOB: YOU ARE GOING TO FLY THEM OVER AND BACK BY 8:30?
HOW DO YOU DO THAT >> MAGIC OF THE GREEN SCREEN.
>> BOB: TECHNOLOGY. >> 21ST CENTURY.
SHERATON WATER SIDE. >> BOB: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO? >> AT 5:30, THEY WILL BRING
THEIR TICKET THROUGH IMMIGRATION.
6:30, BALLROOM DOORS OPEN AND VISIT THE FOOD BOOTH.
FIRST HOUR, BIZARRE AND ENTERTAINED BY MUSICIANS AND
PERFORMERS AND HAVE THEIR PICTURES TAKEN IN THE GREEN
SCREEN. >> BOB: COOL, YOU ARE NOT JUST
GOING TO HAVE TABLES IN THE BALLROOM?
>> THEY CAN HAVE TABLE SPONSORS. THEN THEY HAVE A PLACE TO PUT
THEIR BELONGINGS. THEY CAN BE A TABLE SPONSOR.
WE'LL HAVE A PLACE TO RELAX. IT WILL BE A NICE VENUE AND -->>
IT WILL BE A VERY DIVERSE EVENING.
YOU WILL COME BACK KNOWING SOMETHING ABOUT NORFOLK SISTER
CITIES. >> BOB: IT WILL BE A LEARNING
EXPERIENCE, ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE, FOOD EXPERIENCE.
>> SHOPPING EXPERIENCE. >> BOB: SHOPPING.
>> WE HAVE TO SHOP. >> BOB: DO I HAVE TO BRING
CASH? >> YES, OR YOUR CREDIT CARD.
[LAUGHTER]. >> BOB: THAT IS WHAT THIS EVENT
IS
ABOUT IS
RAISING EXTRA FUNDS. >> EXACTLY.
THIS EVENT IS A FUNDRAISING EVENT.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH OUR SISTER CITIES.
>> BOB: I RELATE TO SISTER CITIES WITH MERMAIDS.
AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO HAVE
PARTIES. THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENT
PROGRAMS. >> THERE ARE.
TO SOCIALIZE, THAT IS HOW WE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
THAT IS A COMPONENT. THERE ARE MUCH MORE THEN THAT,
EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING, SOCIAL
OPPORTUNITIES DO PROVIDE TIME TO MAKE CONNECTIONS.
WHEN WE HOST A DINNER, PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE DINNER WITH OUR
DELEGATION FROM THAT SISTER CITY MAKE THE CONNECTIONS THEY MAY
NEED FOR A TRADE OPPORTUNITY OR ART EXCHANGE.
THAT PROVIDES THE VENUE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
>> BOB: THERE IS A COMMITTEE? >> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE ARE AN ALL VOLUNTEER BOARD, SISTER CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEES
FOR EACH SISTER CITY. WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
WHOLE IDEA IS THAT WE ARE PUTTING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
WE ARE FACILITATORS. WE PUT PEOPLE TOGETHER ALL
DIFFERENT AGES, ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS.
ANYTHING YOU THINK OF, WE CAN DO THE EXCHANGE.
>> BOB: I KNOW I HAVE HUNG AROUND YOU ENOUGH IF SOMEBODY
SAYS WISH WE COULD, YOU CAN. WITHOUT THIS FUNDRAISER YOU
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO. >> EVERYONE NEEDS FUNDING.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS COST A LOT.
WE HOPE TO BE A SPRING BOARD FOR MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENT AND
EDUCATION FOR OUR YOUTH, AND OF COURSE, BUSINESS EXCHANGES, REAL
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO GET HERE TO LEARN HOW WE DO THINGS AND
SEND PEOPLE THERE TO HELP OUR SISTER CITY.
>> BOB: I AM GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AGAIN.
YOU HAVE MAJOR SPONSORS. I HAVE OPENED UP THE DOOR.
>> YOU CERTAINLY HAVE, CITY OF NORFOLK IS A SPONSOR, BOB, YOU
ARE INVOLVED. WHRO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND SISTER CITIES WAS A WAY TO IMPROVE PORT
RELATIONSHIPS. THEY WERE BEHIND US AND ONE OF
OUR MAJOR SPONSORS IN ADDITION TO INSIDE BUSINESS.
YOU CAN FIND ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE SPONSORING.
>> BOB: THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR TABLE SPONSORS.
>> LOTS OF ROOM. >> BOB: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
A TABLE SPONSOR? >> $1,000?
>> BOB: THAT IS IT. WHEN IT COMES TO THESE EVENTS,
THAT IS GREAT. >> THAT IS FOR A TABLE OF TEN.
YOU CAN SPONSOR A SISTER CITY. CHEF IS SPONSORING THE FOOD FOR
THE BOOTH. >> BOB: YOU HAVE HAD A SPECIAL
PERSON WORKING WITH GETTING THESE CHEFS ALL IN IT.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TELL A CHEF WHAT THEY CAN FIX, RIGHT?
>> NO! >> SHE IS A GOOD COOK.
>> WE HAVE PATRICK EVANS HILTON. HE HAS HELPED US GET THE CHEFS
TOGETHER. WE ARE BRAND NEW.
WE ARE A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. HAVEN'T PROVEN OURSELVES YET.
HE IS BEHIND US AND CONFIDENT THIS IS GOING TO BE A
SPECTACULAR EVENT AND HAPPY TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.
>> BOB: I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY UNIQUE EVENT.
CERTAIN PERSON ON THIS SOFA ATTENDING THESE EVENTS, RIGHT?
YOU ARE GOING TO RAISE THE BAR. [LAUGHTER].
>> I WANT OURS TO BE THE BEST. HERE WE GO AGAIN, NO WAY.
>> OURS IS EXCITING. IT IS OVER THE TOP EXCITING.
IT IS NOT THE NORMAL. BOB SAID I HOPE IT IS NOT JUST
AN EVENT WHERE PEOPLE WALK AROUND WITH A PLATE, NO, NO.
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A MEMORABLE EVENING AND EXCITING
AND FUN. >> GO TO OUR WEBSITE
PASSPORTNORFOLK.COM. YOU CAN GO THERE OR GOOGLE
NORFOLK SISTER CITIES. >> YOU ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME.
>> BOB: CAN YOU GET A TICKET AT THE DOOR?
>> WE NEED ADVANCE TO HELP OUR CHEFS NOTICE BUT WE WILL NOT
TURN PEOPLE DOWN! >> BOB: FULL DISCLOSURE, ON THE
COMMITTEE. IT HAS BEEN A BLAST WORKING WITH
YOU AND SEE THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO DOING IT RIGHT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RELATIONSHIP, A LOT OF OUR BUSINESS DEALS CAN
BE MADE OVER WHERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING?
THAT IS ONE OF THOSE SECRET ROLES.
>> UH HUH. >> BOB: THROUGH THE SOCIAL SIDE
WE CAN MAKE THE CONNECTIONS, MARCH 29TH 5:30-8:30, 9:00ISH?
>> APRIL 3RD. [LAUGHTER] 5:30-8:30, SHERATON
WATERSIDE. IF YOU WANT TO, COME DRESSED.
COME DRESSED IN NATIVE GARB AND INDIAN AND AFRICAN GARB.
[LAUGHTER]. >> BOB: EVENT YOU HAVE NEVER
BEEN TO BEFORE. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
SUPER. >> THANK YOU.
>> BOB: APRIL 3RD. [CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY U.S.
CAPTIONING COMPANY]