Calloway County Bicentennial

Calloway County Bicentennial Celebration Event

Thursday, November 3, 2022

 

Kickoff Celebration

Rotary Amphitheater in Central Park

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

 

Presentation of Colors

Murray State ROTC

 

The Star-Spangled Banner

Justice Shea Nickell

 

Invocation

John Dale

 

Music Performances

Calloway & Murray Elementary Schools

 

Welcome & Recognition of Guests

Calloway County Judge-Executive Kenneth C. Imes

 

Reading of the Minutes

Calloway County Antonia Faulkner

 

"We Are Calloway County"

Bobbie Smith Bryant, Author

 

Presentation

Kentucky Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman

 

Congressional Proclamations

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell Field Representative Morgan Alvey

U.S. Representative James Comer Field Representative Austin Wetherington

U.S. Senator Rand Paul Field Representative Clark Arnold

 

Ensemble Performances

Calloway & Murray High Schools

 

My Old Kentucky Home

Justice Shea Nickell

 

Closing Remarks

County Judge-Executive Kenneth C. Imes

 

Lunch & Book Signing with Characters from Playhouse in the Park

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch & Dessert sponsored by Calloway County Tourism Commission

Lunch catered by John & Betty Payne - McCrory, Ark.

Dessert catered by Granola Girls of Murray

Local Notables Portrayed by Playhouse in the Park Actors

Nathan B. Stubblefield: Wayne Hogue-Shields

Hawk Taylor: Jackson Bell

Lille Vance Farris: Holly Bloodworth

Mary Ford Holland: Mignon Rutledge

Gordon Cooper: Dave Howe

Rev. Howell Maurice Forgy: Lance Allison

Lt. Commander Anna Mayrell Johnson: Marci Jo Gardner-Edmonds

Dewdrop Rowlett: Carrie Johnson

 

Community Reception - Lovett Auditorium

5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Sponsored by Murray State University Town & Gown

 

Winners of the Bicentennial Art Contest will be on display at the reception.

 

*In the event of rain, all activities will be held at Lovett Auditorium.