City Government

Celebrate 60 Years of Excellence: 2011 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

June 10, 2011

Edmontonians are invited to join Deputy Mayor Linda Sloan and City Councillors at the Salute to Excellence Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for an evening of fantastic entertainment and to celebrate outstanding citizens for their dedication, talents and achievements in arts and culture, community service, and sports:

Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Francis Winspear Centre for Music
4 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Cost: Free

The 2011 Hall of Fame Inductees are:

Arts and Culture Hall of Fame

Dr. E. D. Blodgett, Poet
Catherine Burgess, Sculptor
Gene Dub, Architect
Jan Selman, Theatre Innovator

Community Service Hall of Fame

Dr. Robert C.P. Westbury, Community Builder

Sports Hall of Fame

Ollie Currie, Sports Builder - Swimming
Wally (Walter) A. Litousky, Sports Builder - Judo
Scotty Olson, Boxer - Former World Champion
Murray F.R. Smith, Sports Builder - Athlete, Coach, Psychologist, Educator, Volunteer

Award of Distinction

Chorale Saint-Jean (Conductor Professor Laurier Fagnan)

Meet the Hall of Fame inductees at a post-ceremony reception, following the inspiring inductions and entertainment by these Edmonton artists:

Chorale Saint-Jean
Edmonton Youth Choir
Firefly Theatre
Michael Massey
Kent Sangster and the Salute to Excellence Orchestra (Sandro Dominelli, Wayne Feschuk, Joel Gray, Jim Head, Mike Lent, Bob Tildesley)

Admission is free with seating available on a first come, first served basis. ASL and CART provided.

For more information, call 780-496-5805 or visit www.edmonton.ca/salute.

For more information:

Monica Walker

Community Services

Title	Communications Officer
Telephone	780-944-0433 780-221-1189 (cell)