ON THE PARTY TRACK
Suzanne Peck, David Neff, Aimee Harlow and Stu and Mary Moore also supported the Arts.
Tim and Marylee Strange and Janie and Bill Comstock celebrate Oklahoma City Beautiful's 40th Anniversary.
Cindi Shelby, Lisa Synar and Mary Pointer also joined the celebration.
Chay Kramer, Mark Pogemiller and Lance Leffel attend a kick off reception for the 2012 Red Bud race board members.
Melinda Brewer, B.J. Rice, Kellie Taylor, Patty Anthony and Sasha Legere also attended the reception.
Dianna Bonfiglio, Jim Strawn and Mary Pointer attend the annual Taste for Sight benefit at Civic Center Meinders Hall of Mirrors.
Joan Gilmore and Marion Paden check out the auction items.
Joe Roberts and Kyle Hayles also were among the guests.
- Kay Goebel, James Pickel and Deborah McAuliffe-Senner attend an Allied Arts dinner at Deep Fork restaurant.
Joann Pearce, Karsten, Tom and Karen Gilbert and Susan and Mike Turpen were honor guests at the Festival of Hope benefit.
Chairman Joe Hight, Robin Howl, Adam Hutchinson and Teresa Peden also participated in the fundraiser.
AND THE BEAT GOES ON
Bryan and Robin Waller and Sharri and Bruce Mackey attend the American Cancer Society's Baron's Ball benefit.
Tricia Wallis, Jennifer Monies, Carolyn Pickthorn, Carrie Mayes, Tammy Werner and Kristin Ellis support the Baron's Ball.
Jane Hall, Donna Mackie, Laurel Jaworsky and Doobie Potter attend a Carpenter Square Theatre Benefit.
Mari and Arnold Fagin and Alyce and Ronald Page were among the patrons.
Terry Veal, Rhonda Clark and Al Bostick were among the guests.
Carolyn Hsu, Jacquelyn Moorad, Sherry and Brent Tipton, Kathy Sandler, Al Moorad attend the Jim Thorpe Courage Awards Dinner.
Greg, Jan and Chad Peery, seated, Jim Daniel, Mckinsey Peery, Gene Downing and William Thorpe were among the special guests.
Laura Steen, Taylor Brecher and Nichole Glover attend the National Multiple Sclerosis 5th Annual MS Smarty Pants Trivia Night.
Mary Nelson, Rodney Brown, Greg and Precia Barrett and Jay and Sara Kyte, standing, all were among the participants.
Zach and Carrie Hall, Jennifer Fritsch and Jamie Manoles get with the mood at the Trivia party.
PARTYERS IGNORING THE HEAT
Pam Newcombe, Janet Dyke and Lynn and Dee Jerome attend the Red Earth opening reception for "Santa Clara Portraits: A Proud Tradition.''
Debra Lewis, Dale Guess, Bryson Lewis, Linda Guess and Neil Chapman also attended the reception.
Tim Laird, chief entertainment officer for Canadian Mist, gives instructions on preparing a cocktail, at a benefit for City Arts Center.
Dancers Joey Combs, Diane Stockton and Jeff George pose for a picture at Dancing for a Miracle benefit for Children's Hospital Foundation.
Miss Oklahoma Teen Clytee Burchett, Whitney Tatum. Jan Dunham and Miss Oklahoma Betty Thompson, participated in the event.
Dancers T.J. Brown, Dave Willis and Marcy and Lee Harpe.
CULTURE AND STYLE
Gloria Uwizera (Rwanda), Rahela Kaveer, (Afghanistan) and Marti Carlin participate in the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women's Peace Through Business style show hosted by Eden Salon and Spa.
Cheryl Willie, Carolyn Stager, Susan Hillman, Bobbie Brown and Laure Spies were among the guests.
Taj Sirat (Afghanistan), Quandi Hamike (Afghanistan), Terry Neese, founder and CEO of IEEW, and Muzhgan Alokozai, Afglanistan.
LYRICAL FOLKS
Paul James, Charlie Monnot, David Coffee and Lyric Production Hairspray's director and choreographer, Lyn Cramer join an Opening Night Party at Bell Isle Brewery.
Music Director David Andrews Rogers with actors David Coffee and Erick Devine.
Hairspray's "Dynamites,'' Sasha Hutchings, Adrianna Hicks and Kristina Love.
Actor Monte Riegel Wheeler and "Motormouth Maybelle,'' Inga Ballard.
- Alicia Clark, Brian Hamilton, Lyn Cramer and Eloise Kropp, from the show, also celebrate.
FACTS AND FUN
Thought I needed to share this observation with you. If not, who else would?
If you’re taking a daily walk in your neighborhood on trash day, (probably only three of us are crazy enough to do so in this heat,) beware of trash cans on the curb. I’m convinced the ones on my walking route or either filled with chicken necks or rancid shrimp. It’s best to walk in the middle of the street and take your changes with cars, ’cause if the heat doesn’t get you, the aroma will.
Quail Creek’s 4th of July parade brought out the fun in everyone who participated, some briefly, because of the heat. One enterprising mother had stuck an Uncle Sam hat on top of her little person’s helmet for his bicycle ride. Tag Kimberling, who estimates he has been participating in the parade around 22 years, can still fit in his original Uncle Sam costume.
One of my favorites in the parade, who by the way was a rescued dog, was a little black bull dog dressed in a blue striped t-shirt with sleeves and pearls around his/her neck.
Another dog had colored polka dots painted on his body and a happy face complete with eyes and eyebrows painted on his bottom. (Got a life size picture of that?)
One enterprising friend always collects the left over candy in the street thrown from cars and floats as they go by, to give out at Halloween. He was sitting on the sidelines waiting to sprint, but the candy throwing was a bit slim this year. Could be the price of candy has gone up too.
Phil Clark, always a jokester, was driving a yellow pickup truck, which he has entered in the parade for over 20 years, filled with grandkids. When someone complimented his truck on the parade route, he leaned out the window and said “yeah, I only two more payments on it.”
COMING AND GOINGS
Apollo, owned by Tom and Valerie McEvoy, won first place in the pet category at the Quail Creek 4th of July Parade.
Jude Shingleton, Kim Kimberling, Matthew and Luke Loper and Simon Shingleton also lined up for the parade.
Roberta Carter, Berta Faye Rex, Shawn Fulkerson and Patti Walding were in charge of the event.
- Braeden Buckley, Cherri Grube, “Gabby”, Carson Buckley, “Tatum” and Carrie Caporal line up for a picture at the parade.
SOCIALIZING FOLKS
Lauren Hammack, Debby Hampton and Marion Paden also attended.
Jack and Linda Sullivan and Wednesday and Steve Haynes attend the Easter Seals Blast From The Past benefit gala.
Paula Porter, Ferris O'Brien and Liz Dueweke dress for fun.
- Susan Chambers, Gary Marrs and Patti Mellow attend the American Red Cross Rendezvous For Red gala.
Some Fun Quotes About Animals
“Dogs love to go for rides. A dog will happily get into any vehicle going anywhere.” Dave Barry.
“I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln.
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” – Albert Schweitzer.
“If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.” -Will Cuppy.
“Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of the car window.” -Unknown.
“I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.” -Doris Day.
“Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place.” -Paul Gray.
Quotes from Free To Live 2011 Pet Calendar.
LYRIC THEATRE’S OLIVER! AFTERPARTY
Trey Johnson, Campbell Walker Fields (The Artful Dodger) and Sam Brown (Oliver) pose for a picture at the afterparty for cast, crew and production staff of the Lyric Broadway Show Oliver!. The party was held at the Grand House Asian Bistro.
Show Director and Lyric Theatre Artistic Director Michael Baron, Timothy Fields and Oklahoma City Philharmonic Executive Director Eddie Walker.
Helene Kuukka, Lighting Designer for the show and Jim Radford, were among the partyers.
