Morris Chestnut, Jennifer Holliday to attend Langston University gala

A Hollywood actor and a singer will be the featured guests during a gala to raise money for scholarships and to honor those who made significant contributions to Langston University.

The fourth annual scholarship gala will be at 8 p.m. Oct. 16 in the grand ballroom at the Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens. A pre-gala reception will begin at 7 p.m.

Tickets to the gala are $100, and the reservation deadline is Oct. 13. Proceeds will go toward scholarships at the university, spokeswoman Ashley Gibson said.

More than $350,000 was raised during three previous galas, Gibson said.

Gov. Brad Henry, Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre and Mary Johnson will be honored at the gala.

Butler-McIntyre is the president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and Johnson is a Langston University booster.