“You played the music of my heart, and I’m so very moved by all the wonderful memories invoked in me tonight,” Mitchell said. “We are sitting in the Longview Community Center where I first started in 1972, and we stayed here about three years. It’s wonderful to gather again this evening. … It was very touching for me to be here.” PAT GEORGE MITCHELL 2023 Arts!Longview Honors Lifetime Achievement Award Photo by O. Rufus Lovett
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“I consider this one of the highest honors that I’ve ever received. It’s a tremendous moment not just for me, but for my whole family to be honored in this way. But this honor has to be shared with the people I’ve worked with over the years. I’ve been involved in music for over 50 years, but I never played a note myself. All of the people who have been part of the Longview Symphony Orchestra and the East Texas Symphonic Band deserve a lot of the credit. They’ve been incredible to work with.” DR. JAMES SNOWDEN 2024 Arts!Longview Honors Lifetime Achievement Award Photo by O. Rufus Lovett
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