Collinsville,
Oklahoma
July 23, 2008 Band Directors Hall Of Fame Banquet |
Claude
(C.H.) Wright Honored As Pioneer Oklahoma Band Director
OBA
Convention In Tulsa
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2008 Oklahoma Bandmasters Honorees
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2008 Hall of Fame Inductee: OU's Dr. William Wakefield, Director of Bands, Professor of Music and Chair of the Ensemble Division at the University of Oklahoma School of Music. |
2008 Hall of Fame Inductee: Sandy Hentges, Perry and Morrison, Oklahoma band director. |
2007 Band Director of the Year: Chris Bordelon, director of Watonga bands for 28 years (and recently retired). |
Wright Family Members
at the 2008 Hall of Frame Presentation:
(Front Row L-R) Emily Wright and Kimna Banks. Back Row: Phil
& Carol Wright, Jeremy & Jenny Laird, Yvette & Bill Wright, and
Ted Wright. H.R. Mills also attended and took this photo.
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Collinsville OBA Honors
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There may be a few others
I don't recognize but noticed the following with Collinsville connections
already in the OBA Hall of Fame: (1972) Hiram Henry (OSU) ... my nephew Scott Henry's grandfather (Scott is also a C.H. Wright's great-grandson) (1986) Oakley Pittman ... former band student of C.H. Wright in Collinsville starting in about 1914 (2002) George Fain ... former CHS band director ... and Lonnie Fuller was director of the year in 2002 |