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11/16/2007 Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, and Toby Keith are among the famous Oklahomans on hand to perform and applaud their state during the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular, Friday, Nov. 16, at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, and Blake Shelton are also slated to take part in the ceremony, along with rock bands All-American Rejects and the Flaming Lips, and five of the six Miss Americas from the state. Oklahoma was declared a state on November 16, 1907, by then-president Theodore Roosevelt. OKLAHOMA AT A GLANCE: · The 46th state to join the union · Nicknamed “The Sooner State” · 20th largest state · Name derives from the Choctaw phrase “okla humma,” meaning “red people” · State bird is the scissortail flycatcher · State song is “Oklahoma!” by Rogers and Hammerstein Country artists/songwriters from Oklahoma · Gene Autry · Roy Clark · Ronnie Dunn · Woody Guthrie · Wanda Jackson · Merle Kilgore · Mel McDaniel · Roger Miller · Patti Page · Joe Don Rooney · Jimmy Webb · Bob Wills Also from Oklahoma · Geronimo · Will Rogers · Joan Crawford · Walter Cronkite · Ron Howard · Brad Pitt · Dr. Phil McGraw 10 Songs about Oklahoma · “California Okie,” Buck Owens · “I Ain’t in Checotah Anymore,” Carrie Underwood · “Okie from Muskogee,” Merle Haggard · “Oklahoma,” Billy Gilman · “Oklahoma Borderline,” Vince Gill · “Oklahoma Hills,” Jack Guthrie · “Oklahoma Stomp,” Spade Cooley · “Take Me Back to Tulsa,” Bob Wills (also George Strait) · “Tulsa Time,” Don Williams (also Eric Clapton) · “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma,” David Frizzell and Shelly West
