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Called an “Oklahoma civic giant” Carl Edwards was among five Chickasaws inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame.
Above: Enjoying some delicacies at the Arts Council of OKC’s Festival of the Arts are Jeff and Shannon Lockwood. At right: Kari Watkins, president and CEO of the OKC National Memorial and Museum, right, stops by Gorilla Hill, between the sixth and seventh mile of the National Memorial Marathon, to visit with Board Chairman John Kennedy and Vice Chairman Susan Chambers. The Run to Remember, as well as sunny skies for the festival, brought many to downtown.
Crescendo is Canterbury artistic director’s final bow
Canterbury Voices bids farewell to its longest-serving artistic director with an evening filled with music at Crescendo on Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. in the Oklahoma History Center’s Devon Great Hall in Oklahoma City.
The event begins with cocktail hour at 6:30 p.m., an open bar, food and a live jazz combo, led by jazz pianist, Mike Turner.
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The Canterbury Chamber Voices, a select 20-member ensemble is to provide a program of music beginning at 7:30 p.m.
“It is so exciting to bring back the amazing sound of the Canterbury Chamber Voices to the beautiful Oklahoma History Center,” said Artistic Director Dr. Randi Von Ellefson. “This ensemble will present an excit-
