{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d893336bd7d8a2b67020ead/647e1f21f71ff8001114f71f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mona Nicholas | USA International Ballet Competition ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5d893336bd7d8a2b67020ead/1685986670740-c17fed653dfe1d4014defb55613a2b7c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Dance is a gift that can bring people together with creativity and music. Mona Nicholas has utilized that gift and shared it with others, through her role as Executive Director of the <a href=\"https://www.usaibc.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">USA International Ballet Competition</a>, since 2014. Regarded as the Olympics of Ballet, the event draws one of the largest crowds to the capital city and state every four years. She is here today to discuss this year’s competition, her love of dance, her passion for the city of Jackson and more.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized, Emmy award winning editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as&nbsp;</em></strong><a href=\"https://mississippitoday.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Mississippi Today</em></strong></a><strong><em>’s Editor-At-Large. He’s also host of a \"</em></strong><a href=\"http://nowyouretalking.mpbonline.org/episodes?domain=nowyouretalking.mpbonline.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Now You're Talking</em></strong></a><strong><em>\" on&nbsp;</em></strong><a href=\"https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>MPB Think Radio</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;and \"</em></strong><a href=\"https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjF3dHVycb4AhW2KkQIHbpBBlEQFnoECAgQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mpbonline.org%2Ftelevision%2Fconversations%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw2y3PCnEKtMiVqQQSyeX9Js\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Conversations</em></strong></a><strong><em>\" on&nbsp;</em></strong><a href=\"https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi9xIjLycb4AhUjKUQIHYrnD2wQFnoECAoQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mpbonline.org%2Ftelevision%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw0X5HA8Z5Xczar__ilUwBBd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>MPB TV</em></strong></a><strong><em>, and is the author of several books. Marshall is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a 2019 recipient of the University of Tennessee Alumni Professional Achievement Award.</em></strong></p>","author_name":"MPB Think Radio"}