Melvena Heisch and SHPO Staff Honored
Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Melvena Heisch, and her staff received the Cyrus Avery Award from the National Route 66 Association during that organization's awards banquet on June 19th. The event was held at the Downstream Casino at Quapaw, Oklahoma.
The award recognized Heisch and the SHPO staff for their efforts over the past 25 years to record historic Route 66-related resources and roadbed segments through survey efforts in the 1980s and in 2002. In addition, SHPO has successfully nominated dozens of Route 66-related properties to the National Register of Historic Places.
Route 66 Association President Jim Crowley observed that Heisch and the SHPO staff "have always stood out from the crowd," and that the selection "was one of the easiest things we have ever done."
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 Open House SundayJuly 25, 2010
2-4 PM
This will be the second in a series of 4 open houses this year.
The special guest for this event is Michele Martin. Michele is the president of Discovering History LLC. She is also a historical reenactor, author, photographer and an expert on women's role in American history with a special emphasis on women's role in the civil war period. Michele is the author of Washington County Then & Now, which is a pictorial history of Washington County with vintage and present day photos of many of the most important and interesting sites in Washington County. She will be signing copies of the book There will also be copies available of her Pioneer cookbook co-written with Bill Kurtis. Both books are excellent "gift books" for friends and family. Movies will be showing in the Tom Mix Theatre on our new wide screen TV and admission is FREE! All are WELCOME!
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Theodore Roosevelt visits the Oklahoma History Center
by Jason Harris
On a rainy Thursday evening Colonel Theodore Roosevelt made his way by train to the Oklahoma History Center for a public speaking engagement. The
Theodore Roosevelt and Rough Rider Re-enactors at OHC | evening was filled with excitement as a crowd of over 300 made their way to the museum despite the downpours. During the day the Colonel entertained a crowd of 150 students from across the state. The event was even attended by five of his famous Rough Riders. This special appearance was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council. If you were not able to attend, keep your eye on the OHC events calendar for the next program. If you have questions, call Jason Harris at (405)522-0785. |
2010 Oklahoma Folklife Festival
Old Traditions Still New?
This year's Folklife Festival featured many different types of performers and craft demonstrations that showed those in attendance what makes Oklahoma Folklife so special. One group that performed, Ballet Flamenco Espanol Folklorico Co., is based in Norman, Oklahoma, under the artistic direction of Pandora Tadefa-Everett, M.A. Pandora was born in London, her mother was from Spain and her father was a member of the US Air Force. She has studied in Mexico and Spain.
The dancers do many of the traditional dances of Mexico as well as Flameco and Gallician dancing from Spain.
This dancer is wearing the China Poblana dress, while performing the El Jarabe Tapatio dance. China is pronounced "Chee-Nah" for China recalling the material
Dancer Maria Laura Fuenmayor - Ballet Flamenco Folklorico Co. - in authentic handmade costuming |
used and Poblana comes from Puebla, Mexico. Jarabe, pronounced "Haa-Raa-Bee", means sweet or special and Tapatio pronounced "Ta--pa-tee-Yo", means from Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city. The dance is very popular and is considered Mexico's National Dance. Tapatio's are very proud of their heritage and their home state, Jalisco. Jalisco is the one of the homes of the Vaquero. Vaqueros are the Mexican version of a cowboy and many traditions American cowboys use come from the Vaquero. For more information about Oklahoma Folklife, contact Rodger Harris at |
