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Editor's Note
Hello Everyone, Wow, what a temperature whirlwind - warming up, cooling down, raining, and freezing. But do you know what, we thank God for the rain. You won’t catch me complaining about too much rain. I used to live on a ranch hence, I know what it feels like when there is a drought. I will take the rain any day. No dry spell for me.
On a different note, Arts!Longview must be commended for their first Lifetime Achievement Award honoring Pat George Mitchell. Ms. Mitchell blazed the trail for Longview performing and bringing big name shows to our small east Texas town of Longview. In addition, she left a legacy for others to emulate. Tena Vogel said it best, “I am thrilled that we are celebrating Pat. Her contribution to the Arts is enormous.”
Many Kudos to Christina Cavazos, Arts!Longview executive director, her magnificent and magnanimous board of directors, sponsors, performers, volunteers, and attendees. Everything came together so beautifully for the honors event. It was an amazing evening to say the least.
Moving on to the Chamber -the Longview Chamber of Commerce annual banquet was a blast. It feels good when AEP/ SWEPCO is awarded Large Business of the Year! Anyone who knows Mark Robinson can attest that AEP/SWEPCO is worthy of that honor. But do you know what- Mark credits the AEP’s Linemen and Engineers who keep the lines, transformers etc. etc. running like a well oil machine. Thanks, Mark, for all you and AEP/ SWEPCO do for Longview.
Congrats to our Friend Linda Head Voyles who won Reach Team Member of the Year. She has been a Longview Chamber ambassador for 40 years. Congrats to INDEVCO Plastics, who won Manufacturer of the Year. Finally, congratulations to Ken Hall, who nabbed the Chamber of Commerce Chairman Award 2022, for his enormous contributions in Longview.
Please, check the groundbreaking of a new medical school that will radically bring economic and health wellness to east Texas plus good and bad credit story with LOBO TALK. Thanks for reading. We look forward to serving you again in March.
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Carlos E. Quezada, MD., FACOG attended the Longview Chamber of Commerce annual banquet to meet people and get more involved in the community.
"For more than fifty years Ms. Mitchell has shared her passion for dance and her love of the arts with our community. She has inspired and served as a mentor to thousands of students, teaching them not only about ballet, but also about life. She
[has] spent her life developing the talents of young dancers, nourishing our arts community and creating memorable ballets that our community will collectively treasure forever."
Christina Cavazos, Exec. Dir. Arts!Longview.
She has inspired and served as a mentor to thousands of students, teaching them not only about ballet, but also about life," she said. "She [has] spent her life developing the talents of young dancers, nourishing our arts community and creating memorable ballets that our community will collectively treasure forever."
The banquet was a whirlwind of creative presentations by ArtsView Children’s' Theater, Dance Studio Longview, East Texas Symphonic Band, Kilgore College Rangerettes, former Longview Ballet Theater dancers, soloist Miranda Dolive as she sang to the accompaniment of pianist David Berryhill, and Theater Longview. All this followed moving pre-event selections by Berryhill and the Longview String Quartet.
"This may not be the first time that all of our performing arts partners are appearing on a stage together, but if it is not the first time, it's certainly the first [time] in many years.
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