Distinguished guests filled the lobby at the 2023 Arizona Historymaker Announcement event on Feb 23. Historymakers from past years were on hand to welcome the 2023 honorees. They all know each other as they have worked together and planned together and contributed to the growth of Arizona.
Exciting time at Arizona Heritage Center at Papago Park as the 2023 Historymakers were announced. The reception was very well attended by Historymakers, dignitaries, press and Historical League members.
“A superb night of celebration” was the comment as crowds gathered for the announcement & reception of the 2023 Historymakers at Arizona Heritage Center. As Chair Diana Smith remarked, “Our guests left happy & smiling & awed by the depth of the Arizona history in the room.”
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| Historymaker Chair Diana Smith with husband David ready to welcome guests. |
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| 2001 Historymaker Stevie Ellis chats with Susan Dale and 2017 Historymaker Harry Papp. |
Wallace & Ladmo reruns. Nostalgia abounds. Sundays 4 pm AZTV. So glad the Historical League honored them in 1992 as AZ Historymakers. Their legacy continues. More info and videos at HistoricalLeague.org
Memories feature on Facebook can be fun. Congrats to Historical League donating 2,800 Centennial books to schools in 2015. Arizona Recollections and Reflections: An Arizona Centennial Historymakers Commemoration continues to inform 4th and 8th grade students of the Historymakers Program. It shows AZ history from a personal perspective.
Wonderful to have new faces/members at our meetings and lunches.
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| Debbie Gipson |
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| Janet Young with Phyllis and Peter Strupp |
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| Lunch catered by Creations by Sergio |
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| Pat Grogg, Terrie Pearson, Marie Tymond, Cathy and Tom Shumard |
So many smiling faces during social time and lunch. We really do have serious business meetings and get a lot accomplished but Historical League members are a very friendly group.
Thanks again to Sandy Loeffler who has been creating table centerpieces for our meetings for years. Valentines month brought us candies with hidden messages inside.
Films in AZ: Past, Present and Future. Looking forward to Feb 6 guest speaker, Phoenix Film Foundation Executive Director Jason Carney talk about the role of AZ in films and the Phoenix Film Festival (March 23-April 2).
The Phoenix Film Festival started in 2000 by 3 local filmmakers to get some local exposure for their films. Twenty-one years and thousands of movies later, the Phoenix Film Foundation has grown from a 3-day exhibition to an 11-day celebration of film with over 250 films, filmmaking seminars, parties and student workshops for over 20,000 attendees all at the Harkins Scottsdale 101.
