WASHINGTON SCHOOL 1956 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BANQUET
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WASHINGTON HERITAGE PROJECT FUNDRAISER
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
In 1956, Stillwater’s Washington Bears won Oklahoma’s Class C High School Basketball Championship in the state’s first desegregated competition. Stillwater Washington was the only African-American school to participate that year AND THEY TOOK THE TITLE!
On February 24, 2024 a major banquet will be held so the City and region can properly recognize that amazing accomplishment. This special evening will provide an opportunity to not only honor that 1956 team, but to hear surviving players and others from the community share stories about that ground-breaking team and the school that produced it.
It will also be an opportunity for the community to learn about the Washington School Heritage Project – in the early stages of conceptual development – and see renderings that share visions of the exterior and interior after restoration.
The banquet will include dinner, a program, and fundraising activities for the Washington School Heritage Project with an immediate focus on stabilizing the building and making it weather-tight while preparing for the larger task of historic preservation.
Don’t be surprised to find “must have” items in the auction such as signed basketballs, signed team photographs, and maybe even some home-cooked meals.
Tickets are $75 per seat and include dinner. Tickets purchased as a block by a single individual or business will be seated together unless the number exceeds the capacity of one table. Tables will have 8-10 seats. We will make our best efforts to accommodate seating preferences.
Table sponsorships, which include eight seats with meals, are available for $2,500. Table sponsors will be recognized with a sign on that table, if they wish to be recognized.
Doors Open at 5:30 PM, Dinner and Program starts at 6 PM.
Ticket Sales are now Closed. The event is SOLD OUT !
To sponsor a table at the banquet, click on the table icon:
If you have questions about tickets or sponsorships contact Michelle Charles at 405-742-8084 or Jim Beckstrom at 405-473-0746.
