Our current and past performances, from the beginning of SMOKE in it's current incarnation to our current successes and growth. But first, our featured performance this month:

Fall - 2000
Nancy Harris was the first spoken word artist honored by the Tulsa World Newspaper with a SPOT MUSIC AWARD nomination for her performances.

September, 2001
The present version of SMOKE, was formed by Nancy Harris - Mingo Glass - Tom Henry and first performed together at DOWNTOWN UNDERGROUND - TULSA LIVING ARTS

October 26 - 27, 2001
NIMROD LITERARY JOURNAL CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP - University of Tulsa. In addition, Tom Henry performed a special private concert at the midnight VIP supper for the award winning writers who appeared at the events.

December 16, 2001
SOULFUL SUNDOWN CONCERT SERIES - All Souls Unitarian Church -

JANUARY - 2002
THE WRITE PLACE CONCERT SERIES - Presented by THE ARTS& HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF TULSA - OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL - HARWELDEN MANSION

January 29, 2002
SMOKE CONCERT - Presented by THE OZARK POETS & WRITERS COLLECTIVE - Gaylord's - Fayetteville, Arkansas

September - 2001 through May - 2002
SMOKE performed and conducted workshops all over the metropolitan Tulsa area at schools, social organizations and churches for the WORD PROJECT which was funded by grants from the OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL through THE ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF TULSA -

Final WORD PROJECT events took place in spring of 2002 and incorporated young people from the Tulsa area along with adult artists including SMOKE.

April 25, 2002
WORD CONCERT - NON-COMPETITIVE EVENT - produced by SWOT at the Greenwood Cultural Center

May 9, 2002
SPECIAL WORD CONCERT - produced by Swot at The Thunderbird Academy for the Bravo Company, consisting of high school age students who have this last chance before incarceration in Pryor, Oklahoma -

May 20, 2002
SLAM - THE WORD POJECT - produced by SWOT at the Nightingale Theatre, Tulsa

July - August , 2002
SMOKE went into the Longbranch Studios and recorded our new CD, SMOKE

October - 2002
NIMROD LITERARY JOURNAL CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP - The University of Tulsa. Special prayer performance at award dinner and concert at workshop lunch

November 2002
SMOKE will be performing at Nightingale Theater
with international slam poet Gary Mex Glazner

The Nightingale Theater
Saturday, Nov. 9th at 8pm
1416 East 4th Street
Between Utica and Peoria on 4th
$10 adults, $5 for kids under 12 at the door.
for more information, email us at smoke@swot.org

March 23 - 2003
DRUMBEATS FOR PEACE CONCERT - Living Arts Space

Spring - 2003
WORD - THE YOUTH PROJECT - receives funding from the OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL through THE ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF TULSA - for the Year - 2003

WORD - THE YOUTH PROJECT - receives grant from THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE for the year - 2003

Nancy Harris receives the prestigious JINGLE FELDMAN AWARD for her work in the arts.

June 28 - 2003
SMOKE CONCERT headlines at RIVERJAM arts festival for hundreds of people at The River City Market. Carlos Moreno and Brandon Foutch join us for this concert.

August 31 - 2003
SMOKE CONCERT headlines with a two hour performance at the 51st annual CHEROKEE NATIONAL HOLIDAY at the Tsa La Gi Amphitheater at the Cherokee Heritage Center (seating 1800 people ) - Sunday - August 31 - 2003 - Labor Day Weekend Carlos Moreno, Brandon Foutch and Eric Guinn join us for this great event.

SMOKE is a unique, multi-cultural arts ensemble - a coming together of Native and Mixed-blood artists to spin words, make music and guide the imagination to a higher plane. SMOKE arises from the creative fires of Spoken Word artist, Nancy Harris, Native drummer, flautist and singer, Mingo Glass and contemporary singer/songwriter, Tom Henry. Togeether, and in collaboration with other gifted artists, the ensemble explores new territories of performance art while providing a rich context for commuinity dialogue and education.

September 19 - 2003
Private party. SMOKE opening for Indigenous. With their new self-titled album—their first release for Silvertone Records—the band called Indigenous delivers on the rich promise of previous albums and years of roadwork. On this thirteen-song collection, the quartet of Nakota Sioux Indian family members—brothers Mato and Pte, their sister Wanbdi, and their cousin Horse—transcends its early influences and brings its hard-rocking, blues-based music to a new peak of power and expressiveness.