Chamber Annual Banquet

Tickets are still available for the Texas City – La Marque Chamber of Commerce 35th Annual Membership Banquet and Reception.  It  will be held Thursday, January 20, 2005 at the Charles T. Doyle Convention Center .

A Wine Reception will be held 6:30 p.m. followed by Dinner, the Award Presentations and Entertainment beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets are $45 per person or Reserved Corporate Tables for $450 (seating for 8).  A corporate table includes preferred/reserved seating, table centerpiece and bottle of wine.

Awards will be presented at the Banquet, along with the Installation of 2005 Officers and Directors.   Tommy Clark , outgoing 2004 Chairman will pass the gavel to Dean Alexander, 2005 Chairman.   Special Community Awards will be presented for Outstanding Citizen, Community Service Award, and Business of the Year.  Nominations forms for these awards will be sent out to Chamber members. 

Barbara Johnson-Tucker will be the evening’s entertainment.   For years, Barbara sang with her mom and siblings as The Johnson Family all over the Gulf Coast areas and especially at their home church, Jerusalem Baptist. Many of the songs they sang were written by her mother.

In 1969, Barbara spent a year in New York as a cast member of the Tony-Award winning Broadway drama The Great White Hope, starring James Earl Jones. While in New York , she had her debut recital in the famed Carnegie Recital Hall and filmed several nationally-shown commercials.

Barbara is now a retired manager from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, pursuing a full-time ministry/career. In Houston , we have seen her as a regular anthem soloist for the former Houston Oilers, Houston Rockets, and many local events. She was privileged to sing at the state funerals of Mickey Leland and Barbara Jordan. In September of 2000, she was presented in concert at The Kennedy Center in Washington , D.C.

As a producer, Barbara has eleven recordings, including three gospel CD’s and three hymn projects, a Christmas tape and her first one, Patriotic Praise. Her first commercial recording, Order My Steps, became a local favorite and won two Texas Gospel Music Awards. She and her singing friends, whom she calls A Chosen Few, have one joint gospel CD....So Precious!!

Barbara is a member of Good Hope Baptist Church , Rev. D. Z. Cofield, Pastor, where she served on the music staff for nearly ten years. She has also served as a voice consultant in the school of Fine Arts at Texas Southern University.

For further Banquet information contact the Texas City-La Marque Chamber office at (409)935-1408 or 1 (888)860-1408.