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All righty, good morning, walk
a walk a welcome. It is time

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now for our community connection and it's
beginning to look and feel a lot like

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Christmas, and it has really ever
since you had the Chris Kindle market.

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But okm we got Marilynn Mim.
How you doing, I'm great, Good

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morning Tom, how are you?
I'm doing? Wonderful looks like he had,

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you know, land office business down
there at the hotel. You know,

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it was an amazing event. We
had a wonderful turnout. We had

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very amazing blessed weather. Okam seems
to attract storms. There was no bad

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weather. It was a little cloudy
the first day, but still really nice.

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The second day was beautiful and sunny. We had over three hundred and

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seventy kids that came out this weekend, so we are just tickled pink about

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that had an amazing turnout with the
vendors, had an amazing turnout with all

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of those who came through. Of
course, we had the Veterans Day Parade

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on Saturday. That helps a little. Yeah, it was. It was

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really neat because all of the kids
who were at the Kids activity which faced

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the raid kind of stopped what they
were doing when they heard all the music

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and they heard all of the pomp
and stamps coming and so they like ran

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over to the of course we had
fencing up, but they ran over and

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some of them watched it out of
the jumpie and just really enjoyed it.

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And then after the parade was over, Yeah, we probably got maybe one

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hundred maybe two hundred people that you
know, didn't know what was going on.

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So it was wonderful, great timing. I want to give a huge

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shout out to the Hilton garden In. They were amazing. They were hospitable.

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If we needed something, they were
right there to help us. And

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so I think the vendors really enjoyed
the location. I think guests really enjoyed

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the location. So yeah, we
hope to get to have it there again

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and partner with Hilton garden In and
it was awesome. Tammy Brinkman, you're

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very superstar from Bartosbel Radio also see
the event for two whole days, so

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I think we wore her out,
but she did an amazing job. We

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had as you energized her. Buddy
Doliverpool, you've got that going on all

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he does. And we had just
Sell who came back and performed for us,

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and so that was really nice.
Mia and Jasell, who were on

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the radio a couple of times this
summer, both came back and helped work

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the event, and so it was
really nice to see them and catch up

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and then so it was just an
overall amazing event. We were very excited

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to be able to host it and
just very thankful to the community for supporting

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it. Wow, that's amazing.
And it doesn't stop there. It seems

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like that kind of gets the ball
rolling for two big events. We got

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one coming up tomorrow. We want
to make sure nobody absolutely We have hashtag

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Giving Tuesday. Tomorrow is the National
day of recognition of giving back to your

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favorite charities. It's important because nonprofits
do a lot of good for our country.

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Nonprofits due a lot in Bartlesville.
I think we have maybe the most

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per capita of any town. We
are so blessed and it's just a time

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that you can reach back out and
give anywhere from a dollar, I always

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say, to a million dollars if
you have it lying around, your favorite

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profit or nonprofit could really use your
support. And so we have a hashtag

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Giving Tuesday. It's an open house
tomorrow at okm So stop by at four

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fifteen South Dewey from four to six
pm and we're going to have some nice

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cocoa, some nice pastries. You
can come shop at our little shop.

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A lot of people don't know we
have a little boutique called the sugar Plum

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Shop. It has all kinds of
gifts that you can do some Christmas shopping

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and help support the community, help
support your loved ones by giving them an

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awesome gift. And you can get
your Green Country ticket there if you spend

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some money. And our goal is
to try to reach ten thousand dollars tomorrow

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for children's programming, because for this
next year, our festival will be again

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ten days for the children's portion of
it, and that's very expensive and we

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want to give it it's all free
for the kids. So we want to

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start early, raise that money and
give back to the community and give back

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to our families. And God bless
Rose and everybody involved with the kids programming,

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because wow, that that is really
spectacular. Rose is amazing. She's

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already added several new items programs.
We are teaming up for a very exciting

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can't announce it yet, but we
have something coming that's very special for children.

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I think they're going to really like
it. If the powers are that

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are in charge of it will let
me participate, I think I'll be a

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little kid again and participate in this
event. It sounds amazing and so hopefully

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in the next few months we'll be
able to oh hopefully in the next month

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we'll be able to announce that,
and so we're very excited. So tomorrow

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is very important for us, as
it is for many charities across the nation.

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So if people can stop by four
fifteen South Dewey from four to six,

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have some free hot chocolate, some
free pastries, look around, let

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us share with you all of our
programming and just come support the arts,

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support music support. Okay, that's
what is all about. We also have

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another one coming up here too.
This involves the little ones absolutely. Next

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week, in the spirit of continued
giving and philanthropy, we celebrate Saint Nicholas

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Day, and Saint Nicholas Day is
always on December sixth, that's next Wednesday.

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And for the last few years,
especially since COVID, we've had sort

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of a virtual Saint Nicholas, and
we've done live streaming events and we've had

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story reading and time and some crafts
and it's been very nice. This year,

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we're going to do it in person, so we need everyone to come

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back to OKAM at five pm to
six thirty and we're going to have special

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time with Saint Nicholas, get your
picture taken, also have some story times,

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some more hot cocos, some cookies, some crafts and just a really

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nice time. The Bartleswell High School
students from choir and drama are coming to

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read some stories to our kiddos that
come and to parents who come. And

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I think it's going to be very
exciting and it's going to be a really

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nice evening. I think it's going
to be great. Yes, this is

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something that's really really cool. And
of course everything that we have coming up

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and some archive items I guess too, can be found at your website,

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which, by the way, it's
a delight. It's really easy to have.

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Again, thank you, it's okay
at music dot org. We welcome

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everyone to please visit that. If
you have any questions, I think you

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can go lot of answers there.
If you can't, call us nine one

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eight three three six nine nine zero
zero and Rosari will answer the phone and

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try to help you. But yeah, again, we absolutely invite our community

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members to come out for hast Hashtag
Giving Tuesday tomorrow again six o'clock, four

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to six o'clock, and then our
Saint Nicholas Day from five to six thirty.

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I think it's going to be really
nice events. I think it's a

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good way for folks for us to
say thank you. And we're calling tomorrow

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night and evening of gratitude. Gratitude
and the fact that we're very thankful for

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our patrons, We're very thankful for
the community, so we want to give

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something back, and at the same
time, we ask that if you enjoy

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our programming, if you enjoy all
the free things that we do, please

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continue to support us both for Saint
Nicholas Day and for Hashtag Giving Tuesday,

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and teach kids what giving us all
about. Wow, this is great,

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this is a This is really phenomenal, and this happens right here in your

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hometown, folks, so let's take
care of that. Yes, please come

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out. No, I want to
ask a question and I already know the

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answer and it's going to be I
can't take it yet, but who's coming

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to the festival. We will release
that soon, but it is not already

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to release yet. So you are
right. It's just like Christmas Presents.

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It's not quite time yet, Tom, you have to wait. No peaking,

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you know me. I'm curious by
nature, I know. And we're

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really excited because this year is our
fortieth anniversary. I know. So for

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forty years OKAM has been going strong
and proud, and so we are very

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thrilled and excited to continue for our
fortieth anniversary. And I think we have

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a very amazing season coming up.
And I know Rose will be static to

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get here to release all the children's
programming, and I will also be a

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static to release all of the programming
for the festival. It's coming soon.

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That's all we can say. It's
all we can say. We can say

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right now. Santa said no,
we have to keep it a secret already.

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Once again, for the folk for
Giving Tuesday tomorrow, I want to

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remind them in case they only heard
part of that. Okay, it's hashtag

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Giving Tuesday, a chance of an
evening of gratitude for folks to come out

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and celebrate them them celebrate Oka Music. It is from four to six pm.

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It's at OKM Music, which is
at four fifteen South Dewey. You

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can go onto our website okmmusic dot
org org for more information. Call Rosie

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at nine one eight three three six
nine nine zero zero and do the same

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for Saint Nicholas Day which is next
Wednesday, December the sixth, five to

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six thirty. Both events are free
to the public and we welcome everyone to

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come out. Alrighty I thank you
for being with us. Thank you,

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alrighty. Support OKM hashtag