Published: July 26, 2008 10:54 pm         

Kudos for 7/27/08

A delightful time was enjoyed by everyone at the Leona Mitchell Camp 2008. A special thanks is expressed and extended from Southern Heights Heritage Center and Museum Executive Director, Barbara Finley, to our financial supporters, attendees to the music camp live performance by Leona Mitchell and the camp students as they presented their interpretation of Bizet’s “Carmen.”

The campers; parents; museum board and CEO Robert Finley; Master Teacher Leona Mitchell; pianist Marsha Tatham; Opera Consultant Elmer Bush III; Curator and Camp Director, Angela Molette; museum engineer Al Molette; Clifford Porter, director of Booker T. Washington Community Center and staff; building manager of the Southern Heights Community Organization, Loretta Ore. First Missionary Baptist Church; Christian radio host Clayton Nolen; camp coaches for music and dance, Ramona Nazario and Karissa Molette; Doug Newell and staff of the Enid Symphony Hall.

Leona Mitchell Music Camp donors for 2008 are: Willie Allen, B & J Appliance, Maxine Austin, Joanna Champlin, Central National Bank, K.O. Cooper, William Shdeed, Enid News & Eagle, Sharon Evans, Gary Good Entertainment and Speakers Bureau, Martha Griffin, Integris Health, Simon A. Levit M.D., Nicholas Real Estate, Mary Nichols, Northcutt, Oklahoma Arts Council, Loretta Ore, PEGASYS, Joe and Karol Sauer, Security National Bank, Vonzell Solomon, Jack and Mary Stark, Eve Switzer, L.O. Ward Petroleum, Wells Fargo, Bridget Ciliberti, Jerry Galbreath, Rae Graves, Dulcinea Hodgen, Sherrie Koehn, Douglas Newell, Pat L. Ritter, Velda Rivenburg, RL and Jeanette Sias.

Barbara Finley, executive director

Southern Heights Heritage Center and Museum