Winter Concert Set for March 6

Goodwell, Okla. — The Oklahoma Panhandle State University Band and Choir will perform Tuesday, March 6th in Centennial Theatre at 7 p.m. Admission is free and everyone is invited to come enjoy the sounds.

The first half of the concert will feature the Panhandle State Choir and Chamber Singers directed by Dr. Dee Wilkins. They will perform a series of three different hymn settings that hold significance to Dr. and Leisel Wilkins’ son Monson, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

For the second half of the program, the Panhandle State Concert Band, under the direction of Charla Lewis, will perform a series of five different space-themed songs centered around a quote by Ellison S. Onizuka, Hawaii’s first astronaut and the first Asian American in space. “Every generation has the obligation to free men’s minds for a look at new worlds…to look out from a higher plateau than the last generation.

For more information, contact Dr. Dee Wilkins at dee.wilkins@opsu.edu or Charla Lewis at charla.lewis@opsu.edu.