Jim’s affinity for the performing arts developed early in life having grown up in New York City across the street from Carnegie Hall and Broadway.  Jim’s 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grade teachers would conduct class outings to major venues to watch dress rehearsals of notable shows.  Those venues included the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Shubert Theater, Bird Land, The Blue Note, and Madison Square Garden.  Jim is a former IRS agent and maintained his own accounting practice for numerous years; Jim likes to volunteer his time “keeping the books” for many Non-Profits, to include Theater 98, Mobile Bay Audubon Society, and numerous others.