STARKVILLE READS

Starkville Reads Thanks Its 2010 Contributors

See the list here.

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STARKVILLE READS Fall 2010

Three World War II programs
in conjunction with Veterans’ Day, 2010

November 11: Music of World War II featuring Guy Hargrove, ten members of the SHS chorus as the Andrews Sisters plus Seven, and the Starkville High School Jazz Band

7:00 p.m.
Starkville High School Theater Auditorium

Photo above: SHS Andrews Sisters plus Seven

Singer Guy Hargrove

SHS Jazz Band



November 16: MSU history professor Dr. Kathryn Barbier will discuss D-Day and Jeff Shaara’s novel The Steel Wave

7:00 p.m.
Starkville Public Library

Photo left: Dr. Barbier

 

 

 

November 18: Dr. Clyde Williams will introduce and show the WW II film Prelude to War from the series Why We Fight

7:00 p.m.
Starkville Community Theater

 

 

 

Some programs have been coordinated with the programs planned by the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum to commemorate Starkville's and the county’s World War II history and veterans.

READ TO HONOR OUR WORLD WAR II VETERANS

Starkville Reads suggests these three books:

1. The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw (Program was presented by Bob Wolverton in August)

2. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (Young Adult Version): Laura Foxworth leads the programs at Starkville Public Libray for young people

3. Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara

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Starkville Reads
P. O. Box 80100
Starkville, MS 39759

Thanks to these 2010 contributors. See the list here.

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