In Guymon Oklahoma in a week or so there will be a lot going on. It will be the anniversary of when the dust bowl hit that area. There will be speakers, book signings and other fun and educational things. To see what is going on click here :http://thegritinyourteeth.com/
Friday, April 9, 2010, at Northridge 8 Theatres in Guymon
3:00 pm Documentary The Plow That Broke the Plains
Immediately following with The Grapes of Wrath
Our family will attend this showing. The admission fee is suppose to be 35 cents just like it was back then.
What a fun and interesting time.
The Symposium’s Agenda
Saturday, April 10, 20108:30 a.m.—9:00 p.m.
8:30 - Dust Bowl Images and Memories
9:00 - Welcome and Introduction—Jess Nelson
9:10 - “The Days of the Dust Bowl”—Dr. Paul Bonnifield
9:50 - Break
10:00 - Memories and Stories—Open microphone for guests toshare memories of their Dust Bowl experiences
11:00 - “Down and Dirty, But Not Out: Women of the HighPlains During the Dust Bowl”—Dr. Sara Jane Richter
11:45 - Lunch Break—Food vendors will be available on site.Children’s activities will occur during lunch.
1:00 - “Oklahoma’s Climate During the Dust Bowl”—GaryMcManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey;
Steve Drillette, National Weather Service
1:45 - Break—Open microphone available for memory sharing
2:00 - “Okies’ Lives in the California Migrant Camps”—Dr. V. Pauline Hodges
2:45 - Break—Open microphone available for memory sharing
3:00 - “The History, Benefits, and Future of the ConservationReserve Program”—Rod Wanger, State ProgramsManager, Farm Service Agency
3:45 - If Only It’d Rain—A Readers’ Theatre Production
4:30 - Break
4:45 - Out of the Dust—The History of Conservation inOklahoma in the 20th Century”—Mark Harrison,Oklahoma Conservation Commission
5:30 - Soup Line Supper
6:15 - “Oklahoma Music in the 1930’s”—Dr. Guy Logsdon
7:00 - Gospel Sing-a-Long—Dr. Logsdon
7:45 - Break
8:00 - Dancing
How interesting! My parents all lived through the dust bowl as children in North Dakota. Those were very hard times.
ReplyDeleteThe kids and I read a book recently on the dust storm that hit Ok in the 30's. It was fiction but based on fact with lots of real life stuff in the back of the book. They ooohhh'ed and ahhhh'ed through the whole thing!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so awesome! I only wish I could be there. It's a bummer I can"t! Have fun though and be sure to write all about it on your blog so I can read about it!
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