Chamber Chat: Block party to feature Valerie June

This week The Oklahoma Travel Industry Association (OTIA) held its annual Oklahoma Convention On Tourism at the Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University, where Governor Fallon presented the keynote speech at the luncheon, and The RedBud Awards gala at the Oklahoma History Center.

The RedBud Award represents the highest honor given in the Oklahoma Tourism Industry and any tourism entity that qualifies may present a submission for an award. Emceed by Lt. Governor Todd Lamb and “Discover Oklahoma” host Jennifer Reynolds, twenty eight awards were given in sixteen categories. The awards recognize Oklahoma’s top tourism attractions, events, programs and organizations for outstanding efforts to serve and promote Oklahoma’s Tourism Industry.

We submitted an entry for the “Outstand Event Of The Year” for Gentlemen Of The Road – Guthrie Stopover. All entries were evaluated by a slate of tourism professionals on specific criteria including customer service and experience, marketing effectiveness, media relations, variety of audiences reached, value, and overall creativity. We are so honored to have received this award, which really represents the efforts of our whole community as we came together to make GOTR-Guthrie Stopover the huge success that it was! So come by The Chamber some time and see the beautiful award that you won, and think about what we can do next!

School is out this Friday so be careful when driving this summer.

Make Guthrie Weird Block Party is Friday, May 30 at 6:30 p.m. on Second Street in between Harrison and Oklahoma Avenue. Valerie June will be the headliner. If your ears have not had the organic moonshine roots music experience, check out what Valerie June has to offer! She truly is one of a kind. John Moreland and Stranded at the Station will be opening for Valerie June that evening! Pack the kids and your lawn chairs for a fun evening downtown.

The Byron Berline Band has a concert Saturday the 31 at their Music Hall. For tickets call 282-6646. School will be out this Friday so be careful while our driving.

The next Chamber Coffee will be hosted by the Guthrie Public Library at 201 N. Division. We begin at 9:30a.m. Have a great holiday weekend!