Clarendon Chamber of Commerce officials reported Tuesday that tickets for this week’s Awards Banquet have sold out, and a full house is expected in the Bairfield Activity Center Thursday evening.
No tickets will be sold at the door for the event, which features a reception and silent auction at 6 p.m. followed by the banquet, entertainment, and awards at 7 p.m.
Several table sponsors will be competing to see who has the best decorations reflecting their business and featuring the Valentine’s banquet theme of “Clarendon: Sweetheart of the Panhandle.”
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.
Two hundred people are expected to attend Thursday’s banquet.
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