2007 Goostree Symposium

2007 GOOSTREE SYMPOSIUM WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNIE GOLIGHTLY

Annie Golightly, a 35-year veteran of entertainment in the Metroplex, will be the keynote speaker for the annual Faye C. Goostree Symposium, set for Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at Texas Wesleyan University. Golightly, BA ’94, will speak about her latest adventure – riding horseback from Fort Worth to Montana on a cattle drive - at 12:15 p.m. in Martin Hall in the Ann Waggoner Fine Arts Building, located at 1309 Wesleyan Street.

The keynote speech, “The Drive to Dream,” will be followed by a luncheon at 1:15 p.m. in the Louella Baker Martin Pavilion, 1112 Wesleyan Street. Tickets are required for the luncheon: $15 for general admission, $12 for Texas Wesleyan faculty and staff, and $8 for students.

Golightly has sung for four presidents (Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Demetrios B. Lakas, (Panama), and a president of Argentina), as well as Governor John and Nellie Connally, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Chuck Connors, Leslie Nielsen, Arnold Palmer, and the Notre Dame football team.

She has worked with such greats as Tom T. Hall, Rex Allen, Rosemary Clooney, Arthur Duncan, Slim Pickens, Ace Reid, Hondo Crouch, and Boxcar Willie.

And she’s the only woman known to ride horseback from Fort Worth to Montana on a cattle drive. Dreams of a White Horse, to be published this spring, tells the story of this cattle drive, a once-in-a-lifetime experience of self-discovery.

The Goostree Symposium, founded in 1981 by Fort Worth civic and church leader Faye C. Goostree, increases awareness of women’s issues and recognizes the professional and academic achievements of women.

RSVP by Tuesday, April 17 to Jeannie Conner at jconner@txwes.edu or (817) 531-4404.

“The Human Spirit is a light that shines over the world, disputing the words of cynics, proving to naysayers that anything worth dreaming is worth doing.” – Dreams of a White Horse

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