Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome
India's time now for our community connection right here on K one, the one
you trust. Yes, indeedy I feel festive. You want to know why
because we got to the OKAM Music Festival starting up Hi, Maryland. How
you doing? Good morning, Tom, I'm great. How are you?
I see you brought your buddy. I brought my two favorite people. I
brought my dad, John mem who is on our board at OKAYM Music,
And I brought our if OKAM had a mascot, I brought the have an
Ache Channel. I think a lot of people who come see us at OKAYM
actually just come to see channel. Well John, welcome back, good heaveny
match. It's great to be here. First of all, I want to
just to tell folks you just how proud I am. Ok You guys received
a nice award from the community Foundation. I guess it was. It was
the Legacy Award, and that's peak Volumes, it really does. It was
an amazing honor. We are so blessed to be in a community that embraces
the arts, and of course we love Barnlestool Community Foundation and are just tickled
pink that they would honor us as one of the first nonprofit recipients along with
Boys and Girls Club, And it just shows an amazing impact when a community
can work together, what can be accomplished. So we are very grateful to
the radio station for all that it does for the community, and we are
very grateful and thankful to the bartswol Community Foundation. And shout out to the
new baby that just joined the Jensen family. Oh whoa, Okay, cool,
that's right. I remember she was in here talking leading up into it,
and she's get a little uncomfortable. It happens, Tom, Yeah,
we've had seven. I just had to watch. I never had to feel
it. It doesn't feel good now, John, Now you got to make
a little bit of a speech there the other night. Well, I got
to say thank you to everybody for what we did there and for what's happened.
And it was wonderful the pairing that they did, because we have been
together from the day one almost on this thing. We put on shows there,
they provide audiences to us and it's a wonderful thing and we really pleased
that they recognize that and started something that will carry on through all the other
five and three seas. This is great, like to say, playing together,
it's all good. Now, I hear. We've got this little festival
coming up here and something for kids to a thing especially for kids. We're
so proud is going to kick off this Friday, and so we kick off
with SunFest. We're excited to partner with them or them letting us come as
guest. And so we'll have Mike Loman who is a Native Choctaw, and
he will be doing hoop dancing. He will teach them sort of the cultural
aspects of the heritage of hoop dancing. Every time will receive a hula hoop
by some very very nice, anonymous downers um in town. And then every
time we'll also receive a bell that gets to come to that. And so
we're very excited. I actually need to clarify that it is the first I
believe hundred and fifty children who come um. But hopefully we'll give all of
those away and I think the kids are going to have an amazing time out
at SunFest. That of course will be at the bandshell and it's at six
pm. That's on Friday. That's on Friday. Well, you're not gonna
be too far away. From where we are. We'll be broadcasting live.
We'll just send them out that way. Check out. Yeah, it's amazing.
I mean, Mike is not only infamous and talented, but just to
watch the kid's faces, to learn about that cultural experience and to learn about
the art of hoop dancing is really fun to watch. Mike gives a hoop,
he will have five hoop's going and say, well, he's dancing.
Well, yes, well, I'm gonna have to break away to go see
that myself. I'm gonna, you know, you see, thanks, you
hear things. I gotta see this one to believe it. So definitely,
yeah, that'd be cool. So bring your family out there and see that
too. On the next day after Friday, we have our very beloved and
very popular tea for children. It was historically known as the Princess Tea.
It's kind of morphed in. Every year we have sort of a new theme
on that carrying on, and this year it is Mary Poppins, and Mary
Poppins and Bert will be at the tea to greet all of our guests and
to have their pictures made with kids. So I think we are almost sold
out. We have sixty four spots, and when I left last night,
or when Rose left, our development director of children's programming, she said that
we were at sixty two. So that is fantastic. So I check the
website, folks, I'm assuming, yes, okay, our music dot Org.
I'm assuming when I go in this morning, she's going to tell me
we're sold out. The next day, we're doing something new and we are
partnering with Boots and Brushes here locally in town, and we're going to have
two paint immersion experiences. The first one is geared for more of our younger
audience and they're going to come in and learn about a very famous painter by
the name of Kendinski and they will get to paint sort of an abstract piece
of art to go with that. Following that, we have an afternoon session
for kids and they will be sort of doing more of an impressionistic type of
piece that pairs with music. So we're very excited about this. Every kid
will get a canvas, get to paint, and take it home. So
that's exciting and well, right there, that's fun for a day. Right
there. I think I want to paint. I do too, Right now,
I think that my dog would like to paint. Also, that night
we partner with our favorite Bartlesville radio. We're going to do Boogie Beeg.
So we're excited about that. Families have already started coming into the office to
pick up their Bingo cards. They get a ten dollars a gift card to
Dominoes and it's a very fun family event. We'll be doing three rounds and
give away three prizes for that day night, so you can't beat that.
It's all free and I think it's going to be fun. I'm going to
be on the radio. I've never done it before, so see what happens.
Okay, a lot of fun. I think it'll be exciting. Oh
man, this is gonna be a hoo. Well else we get cooking.
So then we go to let's see Monday where we start sort of our story
time and music and so we have on Monday and Tuesday, we have five
different stories and five different musical instruments that will work different story times that will
be shared with the kids. Every child will leave with a book, and
some of them will leave in different sessions. Maybe there will be stuffed animals
that they get to take home because there's a book about zoo animals going to
an orchestra event and so they get an animal, so that's kind of fine.
And they will also be giving violins. On Tuesday, we have a
sort of special day. There's two different stories. The first story is about
an orchestra violin and then the second story is about a fiddle, and so
every child will receive a violin and they will learn how the violin can also
become a fiddle. So that's very exciting. That night we kick off in
Tulsa with our puppet theater by Stone, which will be very exciting. And
then on Wednesday we have two puppet sessions here back in Bartlesville, so that's
also going to be fun. Those always, I always say sell out.
That's not the right word. These are all free events, but they always
reserve at capacity, So make sure you go on okay a Music dot org
and get your reservation because they do fill up quickly. We don't want anybody
left out. We go get you in. So I'm not sure if I'm
on camera here, you are right. So this is a passport that we
give away every year. It talks about all of the events, It talks
about the times it has games and activities and this year, we have a
very special concert that is being put on by Lisa Steele's piano students, and
we're very excited about that. That will be Wednesday night at Ambler Hall six
pm. Again free to everyone, so we want to make sure that we
come out and support those kids and their talents and all of their hard work.
It's going to be a beautiful concert, and we're calling at Twinkle Twinkle,
Little Star, but they're really big stars, so come out and support
our stars. On Thursday we then go that's so Wednesday is our last day
of the traditional programming. Thursday, we have a really fun, very popular
live Diva Karaoke this year though instead of being an able hall, we're taking
him to the Bartsville Community Center at the center and putting them on a big
stage so they can really be divas. And Jessel Dobson, who you met
last week, our in turn, is going to be performing live piano and
helping the girls and boys learn how to sing the songs that she's prepared.
So we're very excited about that, and every child will receive a microphone to
take home so they can continue their diva experience. Well, you picked a
good one for that you know, but she is amazing. She is Bartlesville's
Alicia Keys. And then the last program for the especially for kids, which
then kicks off the adult Porsche or family portion of the festival starting on the
eighth, is Jim Green, who will be doing a very social magic show
out of Unity's Square. Wonderful, wonderful. So you can come by our
office and pick up our liars. You can come by the office, library,
community Center, the Center pick up the passwords which have all the schedules.
Or again you can go to our website okay a music dot org and
get the schedule. Now, when we come back, we're gonna take a
quick break. We're gonna get John involved here too, because we've got the
stuff for the entire family coming down in just a moment after we hear from
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Welcome back, welcome back, and we're talking with okay and music,
and we have Mary Lynn and John here with this teach John. We got
stuff for the whole family coming up here, don't we, Yes, sir,
well, we got there is all kinds of things. We have tried
to make everything have some kind of meaning. So Marylynn has given them names
like we're starting with a night of harmony. We're trying to blend everybody into
everything and so that they all come out with some wonderful remembrance. The big
night is under the stars. We will have the fireworks. We were there.
He's very outgoing, so you can talk to him. He will have
some of his books, I hope, so you can buy those to see
things that he's done and believes in. Saturday is our music Panoramas, So
you know we have all kinds of music, all kinds of tea Grammy and
we're winning U must see. They are amazing. They are going to become
superstars. I really believe that they just won two Premies. It's incredible.
And then we come inside and sings my soul. So we'll all be inside,
got all kinds of things that will inspire us, we all hope and
make us better people. It's our first day to do you attribute to praise
and worship, so we're really excited about that. We have Fosspel, we
have our very own local Pearl Gracing Company, and then we have Katie Nicole,
who also is an amazing upcoming rising star. She has a beautiful voice.
Her story is absolutely inspirational, so I really encourage people to go to
Okayama music dot org and check out her story. She had a lot of
really serious health battles that really inspired where she is today and then through her
healing, her music just exudes praise, worship. It's just it's beautiful music,
and I really encourage everyone to come out for that. It's going to
be a special day. And of course our own board member Brent Gettons is
going to be putting on a showcase and he's going to be doing a tribute
to country gospel, but also his own beloved, famous favorite Elvis. So
we want you to come out for some sweet tea and some Elvis on a
Sunday afternoon. Well, you know something, mary Lene and John, this
sounds like one that you better get that seat quick, yep, because tickets
are absolutely selling and as true to history to Bartlesville, it's kind of slow
at the beginning of May because it's just so crazy with graduation and Mother's Day,
people trying to move in and out from home from college whatever. And
then after Memorial Day it always goes crazy. And so yesterday the phones were
on fire. Poor Rose. She was just like literally on the phone all
day. But she came back at the end of the day she said,
I'm just so happy. She said, We've just sold so many tickets,
and so she was very excited. Like I said, our children's programming is
about sold out. If you will, it's all free, but it's it's
almost it's almost reserved the capacity. The tickets for this are all selling out.
And then Dad, don't forget to tell him about Monday Night, which
is our very special Katie Mahan, who we love classical pianist, is coming
back to play with Escher for a very very special candlelight concert. And where
is that going to be held out It's going to be held in Tulsa at
the Mansion at the Garden Center. And it is a real Mozart. So
this is for the classical people. If they missed this, they missed the
miss We've got. She spent a year in Europe just going from the places
where abal he was born to where he died and doing things in between,
and so she's right up to date with his entire rect corps and we think
it's going to be a fantastic heving. Wow. She is probably one of
the most knowledgeable people about Mozart's life that I've ever met, and then just
also embrace herself in that culture. She did an entire series which we showcase
last year was really remarkable. But she also likes to play some of his
less name pieces. But I think the older I get, the more I'm
just he really was a genius. He was amazing and his music is just
beautiful. It's exquisite, and so we really hope that everyone will come join
us for that finale. I think it's going to be pretty amazing. Well
you got there, John Well, and that is such a program that we
have to kind of spread it out, so I had little breaks where there
will be wide treats and all kinds of things. Got some sideshows it is,
so it's going to be an event to see. So we're really pleased
with the entire package, and I like Marylyn's naming of it. It works
us through this. We hope everybody's going to go home we have a good
feeling. I'm sure they are. I'm sure right now. How do we
get a ticket so we can enjoy that good feeling right up close? So
you can go to the bartis Welcoming In Center buy your tickets in person.
You can come to the OKAM office at four or fifteen South Dewey and also
buy your tickets in person. You can go to the okayam Music dot org
website. You can go to the Bartlesville Community Center website. You can call
either office in person. We've tried to make it as easy as possible for
everyone to buy tickets, and so far it seems to be going well.
We haven't had that many complaints. I don't think we've had any actually,
so I think we've made it very simple. There are package deals if you
want to buy like maybe just the classical or if you want to buy some
of the more mainstage ones in Bartlesville. So we've tried to put together some
packages for people so they can save on the processing fees that go along with
buying each ticket individually. So hopefully that helps folks out. And then I
would be remiss if I didn't talk about Channel. Okay, my dog is
here not only because she's beloved by our patrons, but because not only is
music healing and therapeutic for humans, it is also healing and therapeutic for pets.
And so our interns have written an article for this program, for this
year's program about the therapeutic benefits of music and pets. And so I'm bringing
Chanelle today as a testament that she has a great deal of separation anxiety.
And when we leave her, we always put on classical music for pets,
and I have a camera where I can watch her, and I will tell
you if I forget to put that on. She walks around and you can
see her panting and she's kind of frantic. When I put that music on,
she just jumps in her chair and she sleeps. So there really is
a benefit to helping your pet be calm and they This article also talks about
if you decided to play say like heavy metal, watch your dog kind of
go crazy. They'll be more agitated, they'll be more hypered, they might
be more in the mood to play, versus having some very nice classical on.
They get calm, they are soothed. It's you know, but it's
it's kind of a thing, and we don't always think about that. So
we encourage people to, you know, play music for your pets, see
what their mood changes to and just see the therapeutic benefits of it. So
wonderful anyway, it works on people too. We're being trained. Oh yeah,
yeah, I'm feeling calm right now. Well, thank you very much
for being here with us, and let's paint the barn and put it on
a show. As they say, all right, thank you so much,
Tom. We can't wait to see you all.