Calling All Muggles! Inaugural Quidditch Tournament and Festival to Be Held at Blount Cultural Park---Benefitting the MMFA and ASF

Montgomery, AL-

Join City of Montgomery,  Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and Alabama Shakespeare Festival in the Blount Cultural Park for an Inaugural Quidditch Tournament to be held Saturday, February 23 from 11 AM to 5 PM.  

Working in partnership, the City of Montgomery, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts located in Montgomery’s Blount Cultural Park, are pleased to host Montgomery’s first Quidditch Tournament and Festival. The event has been organized to increase public awareness about the Blount Cultural Park, the charities, and to raise financial support for their programs.

Montgomery, AL--On October 16, 2012, James Whitaker, 59, of Prattville, Alabama, pled guilty to one count of participating in an act which affected a personal financial interest, announced United States Attorney, George L. Beck, Jr.

            Whitaker was an employee of the Air Force Legal Operating Agency.  As an employee, Whitaker directed those attending courses held on Maxwell Air Force Base to stay at the Renaissance Hotel, in Montgomery, Alabama, instead of staying on Base or at other approved housing.  Whitaker arranged for the attendees to stay at the Renaissance, a Marriott Hotel, in order for Whitaker to personally receive Marriott Rewards Points.  From January 27, 2011, until June 23, 2011, Whitaker personally received 100,000 Marriott Rewards Points, which according to Marriott International has a value of $1,250.00.