2011 – 2012 OCA Program – 25th Anniversary
“Resonating Voices of the Valley"
5-Dec-11
Focus: Jack Warner
Speaker: Dr. Donna DeBlasio
Cultural enrichment: Warner movie clips
Venue: DeYor Performing Arts Center
Caterer: Crystal Catering
11-Sep-11
Focus: Joseph G. Butler
Speaker: Richard Lander
Cultural enrichment: Pianist Nathan Stephens
Venue: Butler Institute of American Art
Caterer: AVI Fresh Catering
2-Apr-12
Focus: P. Ross Berry
Speaker: Vincent Shivers
Cultural enrichment: African American suitcase
Venue: St. Matthias Church Hall
Caterer: Carolyn Catering
9-Jan-12
Focus: Henry Stambaugh
Speaker: Phil Cannetti
Cultural enrichment: Dr. Ron Gould, performing on Skinner organ
Venue: Stambaugh Auditorium
Caterer: YSU University Catering
3-Oct-11
Focus: William Holmes McGuffey
Speaker: Dr. Regina Rees
Cultural enrichment: Carol Weakland performing “Turn of the Screw”
Venue: Western Reserve United Methodist Church
Caterer: Church caterers
7-May-12
Focus: Bishop James Malone
Speaker: Monsignor James A. Clarke
Cultural enrichment: Wade Raridon Singers
Venue: Holy Family Church Hall
Caterer: Georgetown Caterers
6-Feb-12
Focus: Governor David Tod
Speaker: Sallie Tod Dutton
Cultural enrichment: Joe and Darlane Macbenn playing bagpipe, flute and harp
Venue: The Georgetown
Caterers: Georgetown Caterers
7-Nov-11
Focus: Volney Rogers
Speaker: Dr. Rick Shale
Cultural enrichment: TBA
Venue: Fellows Riverside Gardens-Mill Creek
4-Jun-12
Focus: John Young
Speaker: William Lawson
Cultural enrichment: The Youngstown Connection
Venue: Holy Trinity Serbian Church Hall
5-Mar-12
Focus: President William McKinley
Speaker: Michael Wilson
Cultural enrichment: Barbershop Quartet
Venue: McKinley Memorial