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Scott White
Thursday, October 8, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Tourism and The Salton Sea
Scott White,
President & CEO of the
Greater Palm Springs Convention &
Visitors Bureau, gives a presentation
on the tourism industry in Greater Palm
Springs, including current marketing
programs. He also discusses the need
to mitigate the deterioration of the
Salton Sea and the potential economic
impact it will have on our area.
Scott White came to the CVB in
late 2010, following four years as
the Executive Director of the San
Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau,
and eight years at the Greater
Phoenix Convention & Visitors
Bureau. A Certified Hospitality Sales
Professional, he is active in numerous
industry organizations, including U.S.
Travel Association, Visit California,
Meeting Professionals International
(MPI), and several others.
Nicholas Clapp
Tuesday, October 13, 2 – 3 p.m.
Old Magic: Lives of the Desert Shamans
For nearly one thousand generations,
desert shamans of the far West sought
order in the stars and in the mysteries
of their grand, unforgiving landscape.
They epitomized a Native American
ability “to relate to the land in ways
beyond a Western way of thinking.”
Drawing on the lore of a dozen tribes,
“Old Magic” conjures the year-to-year
life of a shaman—a life of service to
his people, a life fraught with torment
and danger, a life often taking a man or
woman to the edge of madness.
Documentary filmmaker
Nicholas Clapp
has explored, filmed, and written about
the deserts of the world. He has won
over seventy major awards for his
documentary work. He lived with the
Zapotecs of southernMexico, participated
in the excavation of the Great Temple
of Petra in Jordan, and was leader of a
team that discovered the lost city of Ubar
in the Sultanate of Oman.
Presented by the Rancho Mirage Public Library Foundation