Participants

2008 Participants: 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

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