Tickets are going fast for the 2015 Chamber Awards banquet to be held next Thursday, February 12, at the Clarendon College Bairfield Activity Center.
Chamber officials urge everyone interested in attending the banquet to secure their tickets before noon this Friday, February 6. Seating is limited and tickets will not be available for sale at the door.
Tickets are $20 per person and are available at the Clarendon Visitor Center and The Clarendon Enterprise.
Businesses are also invited to purchase blocks of tickets by sponsoring tables at the banquet, featuring the Valentine’s theme of “Clarendon: Sweetheart of the Panhandle.” Table sponsors will decorate their tables to reflect their business and the theme of the banquet, and a prize will be given for the best table decoration.
Dr. Don Newbury will be the headline entertainment, and the Chamber will honor three of Donley County’s top citizens with the Saints’ Roost Award and Man and Woman of the Year and also recognize outstanding youth from Clarendon and Hedley high schools.
Newbury, the former president of Western Texas College in Snyder and Howard Payne University in Brownwood, is an acclaimed speaker and noted writer with his column, The Idle American, appearing in about 150 Texas newspapers, including the Enterprise.
He has addressed more than 250 annual Chamber of Commerce banquets across the United States and conducts seminars to stimulate community pride, and speaks for chamber boards at planning retreats.
This year’s Chamber event with the will begin at 6 p.m. with a reception and a silent auction followed by the banquet, entertainment, and awards at 7 p.m.
For more information, contact the Clarendon Visitor Center at 874-2421 or call the Enterprise at 874-2259.
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