On the Town: Free concert a holiday favorite By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record July 1, 2021
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
Happy Fourth of July, everyone! It’s time to get out your red, white and blue and enjoy some of the community events going on this weekend in central Oklahoma.
Start with the always-popular and free Red, White and Boom Independence Day Concert with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Scissortail Park in downtown Oklahoma City.
The 60-minute concert offers a variety of music from OKCPHIL and is led by Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate. It will include patriotic favorites as well as others like “Climb Every Mountain,” “Chariots of Fire” and music from “Star Wars.” Bring lawn chairs. Food trucks will be available. The evening will not include fireworks this year. For information, go to okcphilharmonic.org.
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Since travel has been restricted, I ve missed my frequent visits to the States, and it s made me nostalgic for a road trip I took with my father through Oklahoma a few years ago. It s a place that echoes through my new novel Journey to the Heartland, which I wrote during lockdown.
One of the southern states, Oklahoma is bordered by Texas to the south and west, and Kansas to the north, and is part of the Great Plains, which has shaped its history.
We checked into the Ambassador, a 1920s boutique Marriott hotel near all the action, and set off to explore. Oklahomans are some of the friendliest people in the United States and it s almost impossible to meet a stranger here. Everyone we spoke with had a little Irish and Native American in their genes and was keen to share some local knowledge with us.