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That's one of the largest stages they ever put up, I don't think I've seen a stage that size." - TSA board member Thomas Scott
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Those picture (kayan posted) was taken from outside the stadium by fans, thats how big the stage is.
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her publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure (who also was Prince's publicist), visited a pair of Tampa magnet schools. At Ferrell Girls Preparatory Academy and Franklin Boys Preparatory Academy, they toured and chatted with students, to whom they handed out tickets. Then they gathered more than 20 Tampa leaders — among them Tampa Police Chief Eric Ward, Hillsborough County Commissioner Les Miller and TSA board member Scott — for a private luncheon in Ybor City.
Over chicken nouvelle and peach cobbler, they batted around ideas to make Tampa a better city, and of how Beyoncé could lend philanthropic support during the weeks the tour was in town. Team Bey listened to each suggestion, offering praise and pledging support, financial and otherwise, for at least a few initiatives.
Daryl Johnson, the publisher of N-TouchNews.com, brought up a family scholarship designed to provide students with financial aid to finish their final year of college, created in honor of his late son. On the spot, he was promised funding for 10 more scholarships. (As of Friday, he hadn't received that funding, but a representative for Beyoncé reiterated that it is coming.)
The meeting was unlike any that some in the room had ever attended.
"Since we've been bringing artists and entertainers to perform at the stadium, I don't know of a prior artist meeting with the community, seeing what their needs are, seeing how they can invest in the community," Scott said. "It says a lot to me about Beyoncé. She not only goes into a community and walks away with (money), but she also gives money back to that community."[/B]."
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Back outside the stadium, the crew is gearing up for another night of rehearsals. Roadies stoke a Big Green Egg in a parking lot filled with nondescript trailers. Muffled voices and sound effects waft above the walls. On that rotating LED column, you can just make out a cadre of dancers snapping their bodies in formation. Every so often, Beyoncé's face fills the screen lighting up the palms beyond the southern end zone.
It's barely a glimpse. But any glimpse of Beyoncé these days counts for something big. And so cars roll by with windows down, slowing along Tampa Bay Boulevard, as drivers and passengers crouch in their seats to see what little they can.
A silver sedan drifts by.
"YAAAASSSS!!! BEYONCEEEEE!" the driver screams at the stadium, before peeling off into the dusk.
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Spoiler article http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do...-tampa/2274355
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