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Main Street City

Celebrating 65 Years!
"We were very fortunate in the early years to have leadership that set us on the right path and gave us a strong foundation."
Chamber President Tommie Ritter Smith.

Chamber of Commerce
300 W. Panola St.
Carthage, TX 75633
903 693-6634
FAX 903 693-8578
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Latest News!

►The John Ritter Tribute Showcase will be held Friday, August 19, at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame Theater. Show starts at 7:00 pm. Brad Maule, who played Dr. Tony Jones on "General Hospital," will emcee the event. More Info The 14^th Annual Texas Country Music Hall of Fame show will be held Saturday, August 20, at the TCMHOF Theater. Moe Bandy & Mickey Gilley will be inducted.

►New inductees for the 14^th Annual Texas Country Music Hall of Fame have been selected. Texas musicians Moe Bandy and Mickey Gilley will be the next artists to receive the honor. The Awards show will be held on August, 20, 2011, at the TCMHOF Theater. A presentation will also be made to long-time country DJ from KTFW Fort Worth, Joe Bielinski, to place him into the Texas DJ Wall of Fame.

►Panola College will host the Grammy award-winning Light Crust Doughboys in the Q.M. Martin Auditorium on April 5, 2011 at 7:00 PM. Make plans to hear one of the world's top historical western swing bands. Admission is free. More info

►Awards were announced at the 65th Annual Chamber Banquet: Citizen of the Year: Carol Vincent; Employee of the Year: Sidney Burns; Volunteer of the Year: Amy English; Chairman Award: Lynn Vincent; Ambassador's Award: Bob & Glenda Gober

►The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame will host auditions for the 2011 John Ritter Tribute Showcase on Saturday, June 25, at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. For a list of rules and an application, visit the TCMHOF website. Applications will be accepted until noon on Saturday, June 25, but it is best to pre-register. Thirty finalists will be selected and a grand prize winner will be chosen on Friday, August 19, at the John Ritter Tribute Showcase.

►Panola County Day in Austin-April 12, 2011--The Chamber of Commerce is coordinating the transportation to leave from the Chamber office on Monday, April 11 and will return Tuesday evening. We will attend the Texas Association of Business Legislative Breakfast on Tuesday morning as a sponsor and then visit the House and Senate before returning home. If you are interested in going, please call or email the Chamber to let us know. We will need a count for breakfast tickets and for the bus.

►Tommie Ritter Smith, Founder and President of the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame and Tex Ritter Museum has been named to the advisory board for the Texas Music Road Trip Exhibit scheduled to run at the Bob Bullock State History Museum in Austin from February - September 2012. [more]

►Carthage named one of America's Top-Rated Small Towns & Cities-the 2010 Edition of America's Top-Rated Small Towns & Cities awarded Carthage a rating of 4 stars recently. This handbook, by Grey House Publishing, profiles and rates 8,908 places in America with populations between 3,000 and 25,000. Up to 5 stars are awarded to each place, using a proprietary bell curve formula. The process identifies places, by state, with the highest home value, highest educational attainment, most beauty, etc. Four stars is an above average rating.