When we think of Heritage, it brings up memories of a time when style, glamor, sophistication, elegance and speech were a natural reflection of society. Hollywood exhibited these refined distinctions of cadence in voice and music, in the midst of weaving the facts of life in lyrical harmony. The buoyant song “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend” originally written as a Broadway Musical was later adapted in the movie “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” starring Marilyn Monroe and

Published in the May, 2026 issue / Issue# 33 There are origin stories, and there are origin stories. David Allen’s begins in Speedway, Indiana, a town whose name alone tells you something about its priorities, where he grew up in the shadow of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His high school mascot was the Spark Plugs. A character named Sparky jogged around the football field. It was, by his own admission, a little embarrassing. ​ But that quirky Midwestern upbringing planted