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Marianne Henry, has toured extensively as a founding member of the Marian Anderson
String Quartet. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Ms. Henry holds a Bachelor and Master of
Music degrees in violin performance, from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
She received a second Master’s degree in Chamber Music Performance at Rice University in
Houston, Texas. Ms. Henry is a devoted teacher of violin and chamber music as well as performer. She has served
on the faculties of the Harlem School of the Arts in New York City, New York City College,
California State University, Los Angeles, Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M University
and Blinn College. Her students have won spots to participate in the Texas All- State Orchestras,
summer programs at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Tanglewood Institute, Brevard Summer
Institute, Heitz PEG Institute, and the Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall programs.
She was also recognized by the American Protégé International Concerto Competition 2022 “For
the extraordinary dedication and achievement in the field of teaching music and presenting
students to perform at Carnegie Hall.” As first violinist and in recognition of the quartet's accomplishments, the Congress on Racial
Equality awarded the Marian Anderson String Quartet the 2006 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Award for Excellence in Arts and Culture; in 2008, the Quartet received Chamber Music
America’s coveted Guarneri String Quartet Award; and in 2010, the Quartet received a National
Endowment for the Arts American Masterpiece award.
The Quartet has presented residencies, concerts, and talks at the National Gallery of Art
in Washington, DC, Brown University as the Heimark inaugural artists-in-residence at
the Center for the Study for Slavery and Justice, TedxBlinnCollege in Bryan, Texas, the
Quad City Arts in Iowa, Gateways Music Festival in Rochester, New York and at the 92nd
Street Y in New York City. Ms. Henry has been a soloist on KUSC Radio’s “Sundays’ at Four”, a featured soloist with the
List-Glenn Festival Chamber Orchestra, the South-Central Chamber Orchestra, and the Afro
American Symphony. She has been involved in a myriad of other orchestral work, which
includes Phantom of the Opera, the Academy Award Orchestra, and The American Music
Awards Orchestra. She has served as the concert master of the Brazos Valley Symphony and has
played as a section violinist with the Colour of Music Festival’s All-Female Virtuosi Chamber
Orchestra, and Master’s Orchestra based in South Carolina. In 2023 she served as concertmaster
of the Gateways Festival Chamber Orchestra on tour in Rochester, NY and in New York City, NY.
Locally, she enjoys supporting the Brazos Civic Orchestra and playing around the BCS area at
various churches and with the Brazos Valley Chorale, Texas A&M University Singing Cadets,
Century Singers and Women’s Chorus. Ms. Henry also treasures spending time with her
husband, (author and singer) and her 19 year old son, (virtuoso organist and pianist).

Rotary Club of Aggieland to Donate 500 Thanksgiving Meal Baskets to support local families in need.

The Rotary Club of Aggieland is announcing that its annual Thanksgiving meal basket event for the 2026 Thanksgiving will be held Friday, November the 20^th  at A&M Church of Christ on Highway 6.   These baskets are put together and distributed as a part of the Club’s commitment to assisting members of the local community by ensuring everyone can break bread with their loved ones this season.

“We have been providing meals for the Brazos Valley since 1998.  Our first year was 12 baskets and now we have grown to 500!!  It is such a great experience for the families receiving the meals however, the families delivering the meals are so touched by overwhelming gratitude of the clients.”  Barbie Patterson, Thanksgiving Basket Chair

This event is about more than providing a meal to a family; it is about ensuring that all members of our community get the chance to gather with and cherish their loved ones and be reminded of all they have to be thankful for.

You can sign up to deliver or volunteer at the event by going to this link.  We need as many drivers as we can get. 

These Thanksgiving baskets will include ingredients for a full Thanksgiving meal, including a 12 lbs. turkey, stuffing, and various components for traditional Thanksgiving sides. Each of these baskets can feed a family of 8 to 10 people.

The Rotary Club of Aggieland would not be able to complete this project without the generous help and support of the local Bryan/College Station community. Obtaining, packing and delivering these meals is no easy task. The club would like to thank the generous sponsors and supporters listed below, as well as the volunteers who assisted with this program, for making it possible to provide this service to those in need.

Texas A&M - Endowed Chair in American History

Delton Yarbrough II, DDS, FICD
38 years private practice Fort Stockton, Tx. Retired 2016.
Served as:
President Permian Basin District Dental Society
Chair Texas Dental Association Council on Dental Economics
Chair Texas Dental Association Community Fluoride Committee
Vice President Texas Dental Association Board of Directors
Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation Board of Directors
Texas Mission of Mercy, Inc. Board of Directors
Currently serving on the Texas Dental Association Community Fluoride Committee
Consultant to Texas Mission of Mercy, Inc.
Brazos Valley District Dental Society Board of Directors
Texas Representative and Consultant for the American Fluoridation Society
 

Greater Brazos Partnership