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Community News<br />
LaSill Optimist Youth Orchestra<br />
Last fall the LaSill<br />
Optimist Youth Orchestra<br />
began rehearsing under<br />
the baton of Ms. Kathy<br />
Liticker. The group is now<br />
preparing for their Spring<br />
Concert on Monday, May 13<br />
in the Prairie Building at the<br />
Lawton Colliseum Complex<br />
at 7 p.m. Admission is free.<br />
The concert will include<br />
“The Russian Sailor’s<br />
Dance” by Gliere, “Two<br />
Waltzes” by Chopin,<br />
<br />
Berlioz and the beautiful<br />
“Rhosymedre” by Ralph von Williams.<br />
LOYO is a new opportunity for music students<br />
in grades 9-12 to have a full orchestra experience.<br />
Participating students are from the greater Lawton-Ft.<br />
Sill area. The ensemble includes the full complement<br />
of winds and percussion along with the string sections.<br />
Being a member of LOYO helps young people<br />
develop life skills that encourage them to be better<br />
students and successful<br />
leaders in their career of<br />
choice. These talented<br />
students work toward<br />
excellence, responsibility,<br />
and teamwork.<br />
Any interested young<br />
musicians in the area are<br />
encouraged to contact Ms.<br />
Liticker, 330.671.6765 or<br />
kliticker@lawtonps.org, to<br />
be included on the mailing<br />
list for auditions next fall.<br />
Messages may also be<br />
left with Susan Diekman at<br />
580.353.2574.<br />
The LaSill Optimist Club is generously sponsoring<br />
this new organization. The Optimists goal and purpose<br />
is to support youth activities in our community. Their<br />
<br />
youth of SW Oklahoma. Optimist projects vary from<br />
<br />
essay and oratorical contests for college scholarships<br />
and the Childhood Cancer Foundation.<br />
A Salute to Arts for All 2013<br />
Southwestern Medical Center invites you to an<br />
opening reception at the Pride Gallery where they<br />
will be presenting “A Salute to Arts for All<br />
Festival 2013,” as a tribute to Lawton’s Arts<br />
for All Festival.<br />
The opening reception for this show will<br />
be held on May 2, from 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.<br />
The exhibit will run from May 2 through<br />
July 12 in Southwestern Medical Center’s<br />
Pride Gallery in Lawton.<br />
In a salute to Arts for All 2013, the Pride<br />
Gallery is exhibiting two Arts for All artists.<br />
<br />
uses dynamic color in a contemporary yet primitive<br />
style to portray scenes of rural New Mexico and<br />
Oklahoma . Jim’s work will be seen throughout the<br />
festival grounds since he is also the designer of this<br />
year’s Arts for All logo that will be used on all t-shirts.<br />
Gary Tai Poon is a master of traditional Chinese<br />
bamboo brushwork. His work has been featured<br />
throughout China and the United States. He uses<br />
watercolor on silk with a strong use of black and<br />
subtle color. Working on silk requires<br />
exact strokes as lines cannot be altered or<br />
diluted.<br />
2013 Arts for All Festival T-shirts will be<br />
available for purchase prior to Arts for All at<br />
the Pride Gallery exhibit opening. They will<br />
be available at a discounted price.<br />
For more information on this exhibit,<br />
contact the Pride Gallery curator, Diana<br />
Brown, at 580.492.5500.<br />
The Pride Gallery is located inside<br />
Southwestern Medical Center, which is located at 5602<br />
SW Lee Boulevard in Lawton.<br />
The Arts for All Festival will be held May 10 - May<br />
12 at Shepler Park in downtown Lawton. For more<br />
information on the Arts for All Festival, visit www.artsfor<br />
allfestival.org for a complete listing of artists and a<br />
schedule of events.<br />
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