The National Football League Players Association is the union for professional football players in the National Football League. Established in 1956, the NFLPA has a long history of assuring proper recognition and representation of players™ interests. The NFL Players Association: -Represents all players in matters concerning wages, hours and working conditions and protects their rights as professional football players -Assures that the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement are met -Negotiates and monitors retirement and insurance benefits -Provides other member services and activities -Provides assistance to charitable and community organizations -Enhances and defends the image of players and their profession on and off the field

The National Football League Players Association is the union for professional football players in the National Football League. Established in 1956, the NFLPA has a long history of assuring proper recognition and representation of players™ interests. The NFL Players Association: -Represents all players in matters concerning wages, hours and working conditions and protects their rights as professional football players -Assures that the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement are met -Negotiates and monitors retirement and insurance benefits -Provides other member services and activities -Provides assistance to charitable and community organizations -Enhances and defends the image of players and their profession on and off the field

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees is the largest union representing workers in the entertainment industry in The United States and Canada. Our members work in all forms of live theater, motion picture production, television production, television broadcasting, trade shows, exhibitions, and concerts, as well as the equipment and construction shops that support all these areas of the entertainment industry. We represent virtually all the behind-the-scenes workers in crafts ranging from motion picture animation to theater ushering.

The Carolina Panthers are the 29th Franchise of the National Football League. The Panthers are based at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The State Retirement and Pension System, or SRPS, or "the System", administers death, disability and retirement benefits on behalf of more than 350,000 members. These include active and former State employees, teachers, State police, judges, law enforcement officers, correctional officers and legislators.

The Charlotte Hornets are a professional basketball team that is part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Hornets play their home games at the Spectrum Center in Uptown Charlotte.

Leading Authorities, Inc. creates and tells stories that inspire action and drive change through our work with clients as a speakers bureau, video agency, and live event production company. At Leading Authorities speakers bureau, we represent the talented speakers who “wow” audiences every time they hit a stage. Our award-winning team at LAI Video delivers powerful video campaigns for our clients’ promotions, awareness efforts, fundraising initiatives, and other internal or external communications priorities. And our full-service live event production company LAI Live designs, produces and manages events of all sizes to create a memorable and engaging event experience. See how our people can collaborate with your team to create compelling content, effective communication campaigns, and impactful events. For more information visit https://www.leadingauthorities.com or call 1-800-SPEAKER.

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Founded in 1932, the North Carolina Symphony (NCS) is a vital and honored component of North Carolina’s cultural life. Each year, more than 300 concerts, education programs, and community engagement offerings reach adults and schoolchildren in all 100 North Carolina counties—in communities large and small, and in concert halls, auditoriums, gymnasiums, restaurants, clubs, and outdoor settings. The NCS is proud to expand access to audiences around the globe through concerts and educational offerings available through the digital space. NCS’s state headquarters venue is the spectacular Meymandi Concert Hall at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh. The Symphony’s service across the state includes series in Chapel Hill, Wilmington, New Bern, Southern Pines, and Fayetteville, as well as the Summerfest series at its summer home, the outdoor Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary. NCS brings some of the world’s greatest talents to North Carolina and embraces home-state artists from classical musicians to bluegrass bands, creating live music experiences distinctive to North Carolina. NCS is dedicated to giving voice to new art and has presented more than 50 U.S. or world premieres in its history. Committed to engaging students of all ages across North Carolina, NCS leads one of the most extensive education programs of any symphony orchestra in the country—serving over 100,000 students each year. In alignment with the curriculum set by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the Symphony provides training and resources for teachers, sends small ensembles into classrooms, and presents full-orchestra in-person and online Education Concerts that bring the fundamentals of music to life. Music Discovery for preschoolers combines music with storytelling, and at the middle and high school levels, students have opportunities to work directly with NCS artists and perform for NCS audiences.

EastCoast Entertainment is one of the largest entertainment agencies in the country. Our extensive roster of exclusive bands, DJs, comedians, and artists, as well as our ability to book celebrity talent, make EastCoast your premiere choice for music and entertainment. We specialize in providing bands, DJs, comedians, performing arts, and specialty acts who perform at an array of events such as weddings, corporate events, college functions, festivals, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, social events, and private parties. We provide the best in entertainment. From the hottest local bands to the nation's top celebrity talent, there’s no type of entertainment or production service that we can’t provide. Visit our website to easily browse hundreds of artists perfect for your next event.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is a national center dedicated to the production, presentation, development and study of American theater. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie, Arena Stage is the largest company in the country dedicated to American plays and playwrights. Arena Stage produces huge plays of all that is passionate, exuberant, profound, deep and dangerous in the American spirit, and presents diverse and ground-breaking work from some of the best artists around the country. Arena Stage is committed to commissioning and developing new plays through the American Voices New Play Institute. Now in its sixth decade, Arena Stage serves a diverse annual audience of more than 300,000.

The largest arts organization in the Carolinas, Blumenthal Performing Arts is a nonprofit, multi-venue performing arts complex. Comprising six state-of-the-art theaters along Charlotte's “cultural mile” - it is nationally recognized as a Top 10 touring Broadway market and is the largest performing arts center between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Blumenthal's mission is to present the best in the performing arts and, in partnership with others, share and employ the arts as a major catalyst to strengthen education, build community cohesiveness and advance economic growth. Each season guests travel from Mecklenburg and 15 surrounding counties to experience the 800+ performances that take place at Blumenthal Performing Arts. Blumenthal infuses between $36 million and $56 million annually into our economy. More than 690,000 individuals attend performances and events at Blumenthal Performing Arts each year.