Participants

2010 participants: Rev. Victor H. Nixon, senior pastor at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church; Allison Presbyterian Dance Ministry; Christway Missionary Baptist Church Choir; Philander Smith College Choir; Ty Spradley, Central High School student; Parkview Arts & Science Magnet School Choirs; Stacy Sells, Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Pulaski County; Isaiah Bailey, baritone, Central High School senior; LR Mayor Mark Stodola; Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church Choirs; Arkansas First Lady Ginger Beebe; Rev. Lynn Lindsey, Dr. Jeff Hampton, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church

2009 participants: Rev. Victor H. Nixon, senior pastor at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church; State Representative Kathy Webb; Jackson Edwards, Central High School student; Jessica Dean, KATV news reporter; Rev. Ronnie Miller-Yow, Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and chaplain at Philander Smith College; Rev. Andrea Allen, associate pastor at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church; Beatrice Biira, a student from Uganda at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service; Philander Smith College Choir, Christway Missionary Baptist Church Choir; Pulaski Heights UMC combined choirs and hand bells; Ozark Point Brass musicians; a dance ministry from Greater Second Baptist Church; Bryan Day, assistant city manager for Little Rock,with his wife Betsy and two children Sierra and Spencer.

Service Participants in Previous Years

1989: L.R. Mayor Buddy Villines, Audrey Crites, Skip Rutherford, the late Tom Williams

1990: Rev. Hezekiah Stewart, L.R. Mayor Buddy Villines, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Governor Bill Clinton

1991: Dr. Myer L. Titus, Rev. Britt Skarda, Pulaski County Judge Buddy Villines, Mimi Dortch

1992: Mary Steenburgen, U.S. Senator David Pryor, Raymond Miller, M.D., Laurie Allen, Rev. Michael Morey

1993: Governor Jim Guy Tucker, Dr. Ann Die, Rev. William Robinson, Ashley Bonner

1994: Sherman Tate, State Representative Jim Argue, Jr., Meredith Villines, Anale Yarbrough

1995: Charles Stewart, Will Faulkner, Sharon Priest, State Senator Jim Keet

1996: Everett Tucker, III, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, Dr. Sandra B. Nichols, Sarah Cowan

1997: Governor Mike Huckabee, Judge Wendell Griffen, Sarah Spencer, Laura Hunter

1998: L.R. Mayor Jim Dailey, Fatima McKindra, Dr. Dean Kumpuris

1999: Swann Kohler, Karen Fuller, Rev. Howard Gardner, Rev. Robert Willingham, Eddie Armstrong, Dr. Trudie Reed

2000: Theodoshia Cooper, Rev. Lynn W. Lindsey, Dr. Jeffery B. Hampton, Judge Rita Gruber, Jordan Johnson, Brittany Powell, Bruce Moore

2002: Rev. Harriett Akins-Banman, Philander Smith Collegiate Chorale, Congressman Vic Snyder, Fredrick McKindra, Joya Hampton, Rev. Mark K. Norman

2003: Rev. Jeff Warrick, Dr. Kenneth James, Chief Lawrence Johnson, Senator Blanche Lincoln, Elizabeth Akama-Makia, Rev. Maxine Allen, Philander Smith Collegiate Chorale

2004: Father John Antony, Philander Smith Collegiate Chorale, Keith Jackson, Hall High Madrigals, Lori Dyer, Attorney General Mike Beebe, Dr. Ray Higgin, Sankofa Performing Arts Dance Theatre

2005: Allison Presbyterian Church Dance Ministry, Rev. Harriett Akins-Banman, Philander Smith Collegiate Chorale, Jo Luck, Central Christian Hispanic Assembly of God, LR Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr, Alexandra Arjannikova from Russia, Rev. Jeff Warrick

2006: Allison Presbyterian Church, Rev. Clefton Vaughan, Rev. Lynn Lindsey, Philander Smith College Collegiate Chorale, Christway Missionary Baptist Church, Thelma Jasper, Hall High School Choirs, Central Hispanic Assembly of God, Casey Orr, Rev. Logan Hampton

2007: Allison Presbyterian Church, Ozark Point Brass, Rev. Roger Shock, Philander Smith Collegiate Chorale, Theressa Hoover United Methodist Church Choir, Miss Arkansas Amber Bennett, Parkview High School Madrigals and Lab singers, Kakki Greene, Christway Missionary Baptist Church, Virgil Miller

2008: Federal Judge William R. Wilson, Jr., Eastern District of Arkansas; Shelly Ehenger, LR Housing authority; Janet Nelson, Interfaith Hospitality Network for the homeless; Clayton Gentry, Episcopal Collegiate School; Father Salvador Marquez-Munoz, St. Edward Catholic Church; Karen Clark, soprano; Lawrence Hamilton, baritone; Stephen Ray, baritone