>> IT'S THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, A NEW FLORIDA LAW AIMS TO PROTECT CITIZENS FROM THE GROWING NUMBER OF DATA CENTERS BEING BUILT.

WELL, THESE CENTERS ARE CRUCIAL FOR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS.

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES SAY GUARDRAILS MUST BE IN PLACE TO PROTECT LAND WATER AND PEOPLE.

TRANSFORMING THE COMMUNITY INTO A HAVEN FOR THE FINE ARTS.

IT MIGHT NOT BE THE HALL.

SO THE MOSCOW BUT ONE GROUP AIMS TO ATTRACT AND TRAIN THE FINEST OF LA PERFORMERS TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

AND IT'S A CHANGE OF TUNE AS THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAND BELL GROUP SWAPS OUT THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS SOUNDS FOR SOME RELAXING TROPICAL VIBES.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

A NEW LAW SIGNED BY GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS TOOK EFFECT JULY FIRST THAT REGULATES LARGE DATA CENTERS.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE MEASURE IS TO PROTECT FLORIDIANS AND COMMUNITIES FROM HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS.

THE LAW GIVES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE AUTHORITY TO REJECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTERS.

IT ALSO PREVENTS UTILITIES FROM PASSING HIGHER ELECTRICITY COSTS FROM THE DATA CENTERS ON 2 RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL BUSINESS CONSUMERS.

DATA CENTERS CAN USE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER EVERY DAY.

GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS HIGHLIGHTED A PROVISION TO PROTECT THE STATE'S WATER RESOURCES.

>> I THINK MOST PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN LIVING IN FLORIDA FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS.

NO, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF RAIN COMPARED TO WHAT WE NORMALLY WOULD.

WE ARE IN A DROUGHT SITUATION.

WE'VE HAD TO BATTLE WANT TO.

WILDFIRES HAS BEEN A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

BUT CLEARLY HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SAY THAT SOMEHOW THE WATER CAN GO TO DATA CENTER WHEN WE NEED THE WATER PEOPLE AND FOR THE COURT FUNCTIONS OF OUR SOCIETY.

>> FOR MORE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS REGARDING DATA CENTERS, WE'RE JOINED BY JACKSON ZEILER, A PUBLIC HEALTH ANALYST WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT THIS TYLER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> ORGANIZATION HAS PUBLISHED STUDIES THAT RAISE ALARMS ABOUT THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THESE DATA CENTERS ON THE HEALTH OF HUMANS AND ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

CAN YOU TOUCH ON WHAT YOU ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT?

>> YEAH, WE'VE MOSTLY JUST ANALYZE THE CURRENT LITERATURE THAT'S OUT THERE.

BUT THE MAIN CONCERN IS AROUND AIR POLLUTION RELATED TO BE OUR GENERATION'S SIDE.

HOW THESE DATA CENTERS ARE GOING TO BE HOWARD AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT, WE WORKED TO DEFEND PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE FACE OF OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS.

AND PROTECT COMMUNITY OUT FOR THOSE WHO LIVE AROUND THINGS LIKE SHALE GAS, FRACKING.

AND SO WITH THE MASSIVE POWER NEEDS OF THIS DATA CENTER EXPANSION, A LOT OF THE ENERGY HAS.

IN SOURCE.

IT WILL BE LOOKING TO BE SOURCED FROM FRACKING, WHICH MEANS THAT MORE FRACKING WORKER, MORE AIR POLLUTION WILL AFFECT THESE LOCAL POPULATIONS.

AND SO THEIR AIR QUALITY CONCERNS ARE BASSETT THERE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO WATER QUALITY AND WATER CONSUMPTION CONCERNS AS YOU MIGHT HAVE KNOWN, THEY STAND CENTERS CAN SEE A LOT OF WATER WHICH TAKES A WATERWAY FROM PEOPLE THAT NEED TO USE IT AT ALL.

SO IN DROUGHT PRONE AREAS, I CAN ALSO BE NEAR A MAJOR CONCERN.

THERE'S ALSO LIGHT POLLUTION AND NOISE.

POLLUTION CONCERNS FOR THOSE THAT LIVE AROUND.

THEY MAY BE EXPOSED TO LOTS OF NOISE AND LOTS OF LIGHT FROM 24 7 LIGHTNING FROM THESE DATA CENTERS WHICH CAN DISRUPT CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS FOR SLEEP.

ALSO DISRUPTS LOCAL ECOLOGY AND AND ANIMAL LIFE, WHICH HAS A LOT OF DOWNSTREAM, HALIFAX AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS FOR THE AREAS.

>> CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY THESE LARGE DATA CENTERS NEED MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER ON AVERAGE TO OPERATE?

>> YEAH, THAT'S MAINLY FOR COOLING.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT THAT RUNS VERY HOT.

AND THEY ACTUALLY REQUIRE WILL REQUIRE.

BUT A LOT OF THE DATA CENTER OPERATORS WANT FRESH WATER, CLEAN DRINKING WATER, ESSENTIALLY.

AND SO THAT IT DOESN'T.

LEAD TO MINERAL BILL DUCKS IN THE SUPPLIES.

YOU KNOW, THEY COULD USE OTHER WATER.

YOU KNOW.

THAT NEEDS TO BE TREATED.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THE COST BEING ON THEIR SIDE.

SO THEY WANT TO.

OBVIOUSLY REDUCE COSTS.

BUT TO DO THAT, I'LL TAKE THEY'LL BE TAKING, YOU KNOW, FRESH DRINKING WATER FOR THE MOST PART.

WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, NOT THE BEST USE OF HOT WATER, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS MOSTLY A COST-SAVING MEASURE.

>> POLITICO HAS REPORTED RECENTLY THAT THE DATA CENTER CENTER INDUSTRY IS RETHINKING ITS INTERESTS IN FLORIDA, EVEN SCRAPPING LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH STAUNCH OPPOSITION FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS AND EVEN SOME TOP OFFICIALS LIKE OUR GOVERNOR, ALL WHO ARE SHARING CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE CENTERS COULD HURT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

CAN YOU TOUCH ON HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS POLITICALLY, WHEN THEY HEAR OF PLANS THAT CENTER COULD BE BUILT IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF OUR ACTUALLY IN THIS AND THAT'S TO GROUND IN IT.

THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, WHICH HAS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON THAT.

THE FRACKING BOOM AND IN PENNSYLVANIA WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PARALLELS IN IN TERMS OF THAT.

AND THESE DATA CENTERS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY CAUGHT ON TWOSOME A VERY LARGE, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL THAT WAS AVAILABLE RAPIDLY MOVE TO EXTRACT IT AND DID NOT GET A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT.

AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, FRACKING WELLS IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS NOW AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF THAT.

AND IN A LOT OF SIMILAR WAYS, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT SCENE KIND OF I YOUR STORY HAPPENED HERE WITH THE DATA CENTERS WHERE THESE COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO MOVE QUICKLY AND GET DATA CENTERS UP AND RUNNING SO THAT THEY CAN THEY CAN OPERATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THERE ARE MANY TOUCH POINTS OF THESE THIS DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT THAT PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED IN.

SO THAT'S I. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE OPPOSITION TO THESE FRANKLY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE YOU KNOW, WANT INPUT ON.

SO THEY ARE FINDING A LOT OF WAYS TO DO THAT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

JACKSON ZEILER.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> FOR MORE STORIES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE GROWTH OF TECHNOLOGY.

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WGCU DOT ORG.

COMING UP, DETERMINING THE DISH THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE SUNSHINE STATE.

WE LEARN HOW AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN ORDERED THE CUBAN AS THIS MOUTHWATERING AMBASSADOR.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BECOME A HAVEN FOR THE FINE ARTS, INCLUDING THE L A GROUPS SUCH AS GULFSHORE BALLET IN FORT MYERS HAVE FOSTERED A GROWING APPRECIATION AMONG AUDIENCES.

WGCU ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL SPOTLIGHT EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM AND GROW THE MARKET FOR PROFESSIONAL BALLET PERFORMANCES.

>> WHEN ELIANA LOPEZ IN FRANKLIN CAMARO JOIN MIAMI CITY, BALLET'S PRINCIPAL DANCERS IN 1967, THERE WASN'T MUCH SUPPORT FOR BALLET IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

THEY FOUND AN ALMOST IDENTICAL SITUATION WHEN THEY JOIN GULFSHORE BALLET IS TEACHERS IN 2011.

>> WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO FOR MYERS, THERE WAS SNOW, A REAL KNOPF FOR BALLET.

I FEEL LIKE THAT HAS GROWN OVER THE PAST YEARS.

AND I REMEMBER WE JOINED THE SCHOOL AND HE WAS LOCATED ON ANDREA LANE ON THESE OLD WAREHOUSE.

BUT I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOD, HOW CAN A BALLET SCHOOL BE OVER HERE?

WE NEED TO FIND A NEW PLACE.

>> FAST FORWARD, 15 YEARS AND GULFSHORE BALLET IS ON THE BRINK OF ESTABLISHING A FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL BALLET COMPANY TO COMPLIMENT ITS SCHOOL.

BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE.

>> FULL-TIME DANCERS OR THEY.

>> I HEAR WHERE THEY HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY WHERE THEY CAN HAVE.

>> YOU KNOW, ALL THE BENEFITS FROM WHEN YOU WORK IN A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY.

>> AND THAT WOULD RAISE THE BAR FOR STUDENTS, DANCERS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE TO HAVING A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY WILL MAKE THEIR FROM IRIS PEOPLE VERY PROUD.

>> THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AUDIENCE, BETTY, VERY PROUD TO HAVE THEIR OWN AND PROFESSIONAL BALLET COMPANY HERE.

THERE IS A SYMPHONY.

THERE WAS A NOW WE NEED A PROFESSIONAL BALLET COMPANY AS WELL.

I THINK THEY WILL FEEL NOTHING BUT BRIGHT.

>> THE PARTNERSHIP'S KOSHER OF LA IS FORGED WITH OTHER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

AS ANOTHER MEASURE OF THIS CHANGING LANDSCAPE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GROW THE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO START COLLABORATIONS WITH THE GULF.

SO SOME GULF COAST SYMPHONY.

>> AND OPERA NAPLES.

SO THAT'S A HUGE PLUS FOR US THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THEN STILL NICE.

NEW 6.

IT'S HUGE.

WE I WAS A KID.

I NEVER GOT THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO I REALLY HOPE MY STUDENTS APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.

BECAUSE IT'S IT'S SETS THE FOUNDER OF THE SCHOOL IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL WAY.

>> MEGAN BARRY, WHOSE 9.10 YEAR-OLDS ARE GULFSHORE BALLET RECOGNIZES HOW RARE THIS NEWS THEIRS.

>> NOT VERY MANY PLACES IN THE COUNTRY.

LET ALONE FLORIDA WHERE YOU CAN PERFORM WITH A LIVE ORCHESTRA.

>> AND GOLFER OF LA AND THE GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HAVE COLLABORATED EVERY NUTCRACKER SEASON, EVERY DECEMBER AND THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY GET TO PERFORM WITH A LIVE ORCHESTRA AND THAT'S INVALUABLE.

I DON'T THINK A LOT OF STUDENTS REALIZE HOW SPECIAL THAT IS.

OUR OWN KAI PERKINS, FOOD.

>> STARTED WITH US SINCE SHE WAS I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE 5 YEARS OLD.

SHE WENT ON TO BE ACCEPTED AS A FULL SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET.

AND NOW SHE WAS OFFERED A CONTRACT SOME UP ON THIS WITH THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET.

AND THAT'S A MASON.

>> RESULTS LIKE THESE MAKE IT MUCH EASIER TO ATTRACT TOP PROFESSIONALS TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, SUCH AS NATALIE ALVAREZ.

CRUZ PERFORMED IN THE NUTCRACKER SLEEPING BEAUTY AND MOST RECENTLY, DON QUIXOTE OVER THAT SPAN SHE'S WITNESSED AN INCREASE IN BOTH THE SIZE AND THE ENTHUSIASM OF AUDIENCES WHO ATTEND GAUCHER BALLET PERFORMANCES.

SEE IT IN THE SPECS AND EVEN IN HOW THE STUDENTS THERE'S MORE.

>> MOTIVATIONS OF PARENTS BACKS AGES, SUPPORT AND IN ALL ASPECTS OF BACKSTAGE, GRACIE, JUST THE DEVELOPMENT ON A HIGHER MORE LIKE A COMPANY LIKE LEVEL.

>> THEY'RE ALREADY MAKING INROADS IN THAT DIRECTION BY BRINGING BACK STUDENTS WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED CAREERS AND SOME OF THOSE PLACES.

BUT THERE ARE 2 REASONS.

RENOWNED ANSWERS ARE LIKELY TO COME TO FORT MYERS IN THE FUTURE.

THE FIRST GOAL FOR BELIZE PARTNERSHIP WITH OPERA NAPLES, IT'S ALREADY ATTRACTING TOP OPERA SINGERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

PER NAPLES AND THE LUCIANO PAVAROTTI FOUNDATION ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A STATE-OF-THE-ART OPERA HOUSE AND MUSEUM THAT WILL ATTRACT EVEN MORE TOP TALENT, BOTH IN BALLET AND OPERA.

THE OTHER FACTOR THAT GAUCHER BALLET AND ATTRACTING TOP DANCERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

IS THERE ASSOCIATION WITH THE JIMMY GUNMAN AD LOT.

HUNDREDS TRUST.

IN THE REALM OF MUSICAL THEATER.

BOB FOSSE, TOMMY TUNE AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA SHAPE.

THE CHOREOGRAPHY AUDIENCES SEE ON THE STAGE.

DURING HIS LIVE JIMMY GAMMON, A POSSESSED A SIMILAR SNATCHER IN CACHE.

HE DIED OF COVID IN 2021.

BUT THE TRUST IS GRANTED LOPEZ AND CAMARO THE RIGHT TO PRODUCE THE MORE THAN 50 BALLETS HE CHOREOGRAPHED DURING HIS 15 YEAR TENURE AT MIAMI CITY BALLOT.

TOM, IT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL.

DO YOU KNOW THE TIMELINE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW OPERA HOUSE?

>> WELL, THEY JUST GOT FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

1.1 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TOWARDS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

THEY'VE ACQUIRED LAND.

IT'S IN THE PLANNING STAGES.

NOW THEY'RE ANTICIPATING HAVING EVERYTHING DONE BY THE 2029, 2030, SEASON, SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> FOR MORE STORIES FROM TOM HALL AS WELL AS THE ART SCHEDULE ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGHOUT JULY.

BE SURE TO VISIT WGCU DOT ORG.

IF YOU'RE PLANNING YOUR MENU FOR THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A PAGE FROM AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN.

THEY WENT WHOLE HOG FOR AMERICA.

2.50, BY NAMING A SIGNATURE FOOD FOR EVERY STATE ALONGSIDE NORTH CAROLINA, BARBECUE PORK AND OREGON BLACKBERRY PIE, FLORIDA WAS DESIGNATED WITH ITS SIGNATURE SANDWICH.

THE CUBE IT THERE IS A DEBATE IN THE STATE.

HOWEVER, WEATHER MIAMI, YOUR TAMPA BOAST THE BEST CUBAN AND MOST TRADITIONAL VERSION.

BUT AS WGCUS DAYNA HARPSTER LEARNED, THE CUBAN IS MORE THAN JUST A SANDWICH.

IT IS A CULTURAL TRADITION.

>> WE TALKED TO A LYNN GARCIA AT CUBANS FEEL LIKE RESTAURANT IN FORT MYERS.

SHE SAID THERE'S A BIG DEBATE ABOUT WHERE THE SANDWICH STARTED.

TAMPA OR MIAMI IN MIAMI.

THEY MAKE IT THE WAY THAT WE MAKE IT HERE.

A CUBAN SPEED.

I WISH WE WOULD SAY IT'S A TYPICAL WAY.

>> THAT MEANS CUBAN BREAD, SLOW ROASTED PORK SHOULDER.

>> SERRANO HAM, SWISS CHEESE, PICKLES AND YELLOW MUSTARD PRESSED COUPLE THAT PEOPLE FROM CAMPUS SAY THAT IT ALSO HAS SALAMI.

IN FACT, AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN RECIPE ADHERES TO THE TAMPA TRADITION.

CUBANS FEEL LIKE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MIAMI VERSION, BUT THEY'RE FLEXIBLE.

>> SOMETIMES CUSTOMERS CHANGE THINGS A LITTLE BIT.

THEY WANT OUT OF THE FROM U.S.

OR MAIL.

BUT FOR ME, IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE START AND PICKLES.

>> WE ASKED AND WHEN YOU SAY FOR ME, IS THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE CUBAN?

>> SO I AM CUBAN.

YES, THAT'S MY HOME.

AND THAT'S WHERE MY FAMILY IS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

GIRL.

>> WE ALSO WONDERED DTE CUBAN SANDWICHES.

THEN.

>> I DID.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY ENOUGH.

IT IS A LITTLE BIT THEIR FRIEND THEIR YEAH, IT'S MADE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT'S USUALLY LIKE A STREET FOOD.

>> GARCIA LOVE SAID IT WAS CHOSEN AS FLORIDA'S FOOD.

>> I FEEL PROUD.

I FEEL REPRESENTED.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF US HERE IN FLORIDA.

THERE'S A LOT OF CUBANS.

WE'RE PART OF THE CULTURE WHERE PART OF THE 2 WERE PART OF THIS.

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS.

SO I FEEL REPRESENT THIS.

>> NOT SURPRISINGLY HUMAN FOOD REMINDS HER OF HOME AND FAMILY.

>> HUMAN FOOD AND IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO US BECAUSE IT'S LIKE OUR COMFORT FOOD IS A VERY FAMILY ORIENTED THING THAT WE DO LIKE FOOD IS A REALLY BIG THING TO HUMANS AND LATINOS IN GENERAL AND LIKE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE WITH OUR FAMILIES AS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO US WERE PICKED IN CELEBRATION.

YOU KNOW, CUBANS LETTING THOSE THEY LOVE TO CELEBRATE AND OUR FOOD IS PART OF THAT LIKE SITTING AROUND A TABLE WITH YOUR FAMILY FOR MOTHER'S DAY FATHER'S DAY, NEW YEAR'S AND EVEN CUBAN FOOD IS SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT TO US.

SO WE'RE NOT THE TYPE TO SIT IN SEPARATE ROOMS, LEE.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO SIT WITH YOUR FAMILY THAT THEY WILL INDEED.

SO IT'S NICE AND WE WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO ALSO ENJOY WITH US.

AND THAT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE WITH THE CUBAN SANDWICH.

>> WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO DINE OUT LOCALLY OR MAKE AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN'S VERSION AND FLORIDIANS HAVE AN ADVANTAGE WE CAN BY CUBAN BREAD.

ATK IS RECIPE.

COSPER MAKING YOUR OWN, WHICH I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO DO IF YOU'RE NOT FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE A FLORIDIAN.

I'M HERE WITH BRIDGETT LANCASTER AND JULIA COLLIN, DAVISON OF AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN, WHICH IS CELEBRATING THE COUNTRY'S 200 50TH BIRTHDAY WITH AMERICA'S POTLUCK.

SO I WONDER FROM YOU TO HOW MANY CUBAN SANDWICHES DID YOU HAVE TO TRY BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE RECIPE?

>> LUCKILY, WE TRIED A LOT AND THEY'RE DELICIOUS.

SO I WAS NOT SAD ABOUT THAT.

AND WE TRIED.

WE BAKED OVER 80 LOAVES OF BREAD BECAUSE THE BREAD IS A REALLY CRUCIAL PART OF THE SANDWICH.

AND UP HERE, YOU CAN'T JUST BUY CUBAN BREAD.

YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE IT SO MADE OVER 80 LOAVES OF BREAD.

WE COOKED OVER 34 ENTIRE PORK IN ORDER TO HAVE ENOUGH PORK TO MAKE WELL OVER 3 DOZEN SANDWICHES.

>> SO WHY DID YOU CHOOSE?

IT SEEMS TAMPA'S VERSION RATHER THAN MIAMI'S SWITCHED ITS.

THERE'S A DIFFERENT APPARENTLY.

>> YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE.

AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S A IT'S A POINT OF CONTENTION THERE IN FLORIDA WHO HAS THE BEST CUBAN SANDWICH.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO WADE INTO THAT ARGUMENT AT ALL.

WE LOVE THEM BOTH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DID WORK WITH SOME HISTORIANS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE CUBAN SANDWICH IN FLORIDA AND FROM WHAT WE LEARNED, IT'S KEPT POINTING US TO TAMPA.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED TO FOCUS ON.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO MIAMI AND TRY TO CONVINCE A WHICH IS THERE AND HAVE LOTS OF FUN DOING IT.

BUT THE I WOULD SAY THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2, NO ONE HAS MIAMI HAS LITTLE BIT OF A SOFTER CRUST ON THE BREAD AND THEN THERE'S NO SALAMI.

I THINK THE SALAMI IS DEFINITELY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MIAMI SANDWICHES AND THE TAMPA-BASED CUBAN SANDWICHES.

>> WELL, WE HAVE AGREEMENT THERE.

WE HAD A CUBAN RESTAURANT HERE.

TELL US THAT THE ADDITION OF SALAMI IS THE DIFFERENCE OR AT LEAST SOME OF THE DIFFERENCE.

AND THEY WERE COSTS RELATING THAT IT'S 2, TO AN ITALIAN INFLUENCE, PERHAPS.

AND THAT IS THAT COMMITTEE THAT SEARCH?

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE FOUND HIM.

AND IT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW SMALL LITTLE DIFFERENCES AND AND WHERE PEOPLE LANDED ON THE SHORES OF THIS COUNTRY ARE WHERE THEY CHOSE TO MOVE, TOO.

CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON ONE AREA.

FOOD COMPARED TO NEXSTAR MEAN NORTH CAROLINA IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE BARBECUE CAN BE DIFFERENT FROM TOWN TO TOWN.

SO.

>> SAME CUBAN RESTAURANT HERE SAYS THE SANDWICH WAS ACTUALLY CREATED IN THIS COUNTRY BY CUBAN AMERICANS.

IS THAT TRUE IN YOUR RESEARCH?

>> YEAH, WE FOUND WELL, ACCORDING TO RESEARCH THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE SALE TO THE YBOR AND FROM THERE, IT JUST KIND OF EXPLODED AROUND FLORIDA.

YOU, OF COURSE, WERE LOOKING INTO HISTORY.

SO EVERYTHING HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A QUESTION, MARK, BUT THAT'S WHERE OUR RESEARCH LET >> AND WHAT WERE OTHER DISHES CONSIDERED FOR FLORIDA'S RECIPE?

I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

>> I THINK HE CAN TALK FLORIDA TOWN TALKING KEY LIME PIE AND I JUST MADE ONE LAST WEEK.

SO AS ONE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, ANY KIND OF CITRUS BAY SPY FOR SURE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO THE SOUR ORANGE PIE, WHICH WE FEATURED AN COOKS COUNTRY THE SHOW A FEW YEARS AGO.

THAT WAS SPECTACULAR.

AND AND THEN THERE'S TO NOT AS WHICH ARE ALSO OUT WAS UP FOR CONTENTION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED THE PART OF THE REASON WE CHOSE THE CUBAN SANDWICHES BECAUSE WE WANTED A FEW MORE SANDWICHES AND THEY'RE SO ANY ONE OF THOSE 4 THAT I MENTIONED COULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT CONTENDER AND I WOULD SAY THAT TECHNICALLY THIS SHOULD ALL BE PART THAT WE COULD ONLY CHOOSE ONE.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THIS PROJECT TO TAKE PLACE.

HOW LONG DID IT GO ON EVERY CERTAIN YEAR.

VARIOUS TESTING.

>> YEAH, WELL OVER WELL OVER A MONTH AND I HAVE TO SAY THESE WERE THE BEST EDITORIAL MEETINGS YOU CAN IMAGINE SITTING AROUND WITH THE MAP THINKING ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL FOOD THAT THE U.S.

HAS TO OFFER AND ALL THE POCKETS OF CULTURAL IDENTITY THAT YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT.

IT WAS JUST I MEAN, IS JUST A TON OF FUN AND REALLY HARD TO NAIL DOWN.

JUST ONE RECIPE PER STATE.

BUT WHAT IT WAS, WHAT A GREAT PROJECT AND WHAT A GREAT CELEBRATION OF AMERICA THROUGH FOOD.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

>> REALLY HAPPY TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAPPY 200 50TH AS WELL.

>> HERE'S AN INTERESTING FOOD FACT FROM THE WGCU NEWSROOM.

AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN MADE ITS DEBUT ON PBS.

25 YEARS AGO IN AUGUST OF 2001.

NOW IN ITS 25TH SEASON.

THE SHOW HAS PRODUCED OVER 600 EPISODES.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE POTLUCK DISHES FROM ALL 50 STATES, YOU CAN VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN DOT COM.

COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, IT IS TIME TO RING IN THE SUMMER SEASON IN PREPARATION FOR A NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF HAND BILLS.

ONE SARASOTA GROUP, THIS TUNING UP BEFORE ITS NEXT BIG PERFORMANCE.

WHEN THE SOUND OF HAND BILLS FILLS THE AIR, YOUR MORE LIKELY TO THINK OF WINTER HOLIDAYS.

BUT PINE SHORES, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN SARASOTA BELL RINGERS ARE TRAINING IN THE HOLIDAY JINGLES FOR SOME TROPICAL VIBES AS WGCU JUST A COUPLE.

THE REPORT.

THE GROUP RING SARASOTA IS PREPARING FOR A NATIONAL SUMMER MUSICAL SEMINAR.

>> THERE ARE SOME SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SOUNDS COMING TO THE NATIONAL STAGE AT THE MUSICIANS OF AMERICA'S SUMMER SEMINAR, FOUNDING DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR RICK HOLDSWORTH SAYS IT'S REFRESHING.

THE SEASONAL PERFORMANCE CALLED OCEAN VIOLENCE CRUISING WITH RAIN, SARASOTA.

WE WERE ONE OF AID ORGANIZATIONS SELECTED DURING AT THIS >> NATIONAL EVENT.

THEY'LL BE LIKE 400 RUNNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

THERE.

A FUN MAKING MUSIC EVERY MONDAY NIGHT.

>> RING SARASOTA.

ISN'T YOUR TYPICAL CHURCH BELL GROUP.

THE ENSEMBLE PLAYS THEMED SHOWS TO POPULAR HITS.

NUMBER.

SARAH LINDGREN SAYS THEY'RE TAKING THE INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE ON A MUSICAL VACATION.

VERY FEW OF US HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ON A CRUISE.

SO THIS IS OUR IMAGINATION OF WHAT WE THINK.

>> MIGHT HAPPEN ON A CRUISE.

>> WE START, OF COURSE, THE SAIL AWAY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO START THE TRIP WE HAVE.

OH, MY GOSH, WHAT YOU DO WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR IS PART OF A MEDLEY THAT WE'RE DOING.

>> BELL RINGING ISN'T ALL SMOOTH SAILING, UNLIKE A TYPICAL INSTRUMENT THAT PLEASE, SEVERAL NOTES EACH BELL PLAYS ONE NOTE IN A SONG.

HOLDSWORTH SAYS IT TAKES SERIOUS TEAM WORKS.

>> EVERY PERSON HAS A PART.

IT TAKES ALL OF THOSE BELLS AND ALL THE PEOPLE BEHIND THOSE TABLES TO MAKE THAT ONE INSTRUMENT WORK.

AND IT'S NOT A HANDLE.

THIS MEANS THAT ENTIRE SAID OF HIM, DOESN'T IT?

TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER?

MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

>> THAT LEVEL OF SYNERGY CREATES A TIGHT-KNIT GROUP.

>> CATHY HAYES SELF-PROCLAIMED THAT'LL DIVA.

>> HAS BEEN A PART OF RINGS, SARASOTA SINCE ITS CREATION NEARLY 2 DECADES AGO.

SHE SAYS IT FEELS LIKE A FAMILY.

>> IT'S MY HAPPY PLACE.

>> SINCE JOINING THE GROUP, HAYES HAS OVERCOME 2 MAJOR ILLNESSES.

>> WHEN THEY ASK YOU IN THE HOSPITAL, WHAT IS YOUR GOAL?

TO BRING THAT ONCE AGAIN THAT I MEAN THAT THERE'S AND THERE'S NO HESITATION.

>> A PASSION FOR THE HOBBY SHINES THROUGH EVERY MEMBER RINGERS FROM ENGLEWOOD ALL THE WAY TO TAMPA.

MEET IN SARASOTA EVERY MONDAY FOR NATIONAL REHEARSALS.

>> AND THEN WE OPERATE.

WE RING AS AS THE UNIT.

>> RING SARASOTA WILL MAKE PORT AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CINCINNATI, OHIO AND PERFORM ON JULY 16TH AT 06:00PM.

YOU CAN WATCH THEIR SHOW VIA LIVESTREAM ON RING, SARASOTA DOT ORG.

>> WGCU NEWS.

I'M JUST A COUPLE.

>> COMING UP ON OUR NEXT PROGRAM, WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE 4TH OF JULY WITH A SERIES OF STORIES REFLECTING UPON THE HISTORY OF AMERICA'S 250 YEARS, INCLUDING A TRIP TO ONE FLORIDA TOWN GEARING UP FOR ITS OWN MILESTONE CELEBRATION.

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