First annual Crown’s Tea stuns participants

  • First annual Crown’s Tea stuns participants
    First annual Crown’s Tea stuns participants
  • First annual Crown’s Tea stuns participants
    First annual Crown’s Tea stuns participants
  • With beautiful chinaware and delicious food the annual Crown’s Tea was a huge success. Partcipating were Kris Wyatt, city council and Carolyn Webb, Bristow Friends of the Library member. courtesy photo
    With beautiful chinaware and delicious food the annual Crown’s Tea was a huge success. Partcipating were Kris Wyatt, city council and Carolyn Webb, Bristow Friends of the Library member. courtesy photo

    The Montfort & Allie B. Jones Bristow Public Library recently hosted it’s First Annual Crown’s Tea Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Bristow Public Library.

    The high tea included a lecture and discussion about the late educator, philanthropist, and humanitarian Mary Jane McLeod Bethune and was led by guest speaker Cynthia Laws Calloway. The event was catered by Roski Toasty Custom Charcuterie Grazing from Oklahoma City. It also included a stunning formal tea serving and was filmed by a videography crew.

    The esteemed event has previously been held at the Guthrie Public Library; hosting the event in Bristow this year was made possible by a grant from the OK Humanities Council. The OK Humanities grant has enabled OKC-based Thick Descriptions to bring their Crown’s Tea programming to small and rural communities across the state of Oklahoma. This was Thick Description’s first time to bring the Crown’s Tea to a small and rural community. Bristow was the first pilot site, and the event was much appreciated by all who attended.

    “The Bristow Public Library is honored to hold spaces for events like this,” said the library’s director Heather Hutto. “Too often rural and small communities have to miss out on amazing opportunities, specifically ones that break conventional notions and promote lifelong learning.

    We are grateful to Thick Descriptions, the OK Humanities Council, Roski Toasty, and the crews working behind the scenes to make this beautiful event happen in Bristow,” she said.

    Thick Descriptions is an OKC-based organization that provides educational resources to help communities better understand themselves and each other. The organization supports existing efforts and initiates new projects to teach the essential skills that build healthier and more sustainable communities through partnerships with educational institutions and community organizations. The organization will hold other Crown’s Tea events at the El Reno and Guthrie public libraries later this month. For more information contact Thick Descriptions at (405) 397-0584.