Melody Poole Memorial Concert: Saturday, May 2 7 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, Stafford. Come out and rock to "Crossing the Water", a local band that will be dedicating their evening to Melody Poole - their friend and classmate - who recently died in a car accident. What a great way to honor her memory with fun and music and a good message! CDs will be on sale with proceeds being donated to her memorial.
Bikes-Blues-Food-Fun in Macksville: Saturday, May 1, and Sunday, May 2, the City Park in Macksville is gonna rock out with some of the coolest bikes and hottest music in these here parts. Talking about music, you’re gonna see and hear Larry Howard of Grinderswitch and Band from Macon, and Will Segraves from Talbottom, Georgia along with Gerry McCann from Andover. The “Power Man”, Duane DeGravel will also be giving a Strong Man Demonstration, too. We bet this is the guy we need around when we can’t open the pickle jar.
Pack up your friends and family, toss the blankets in the car and get on out as there's plenty of free camping in the park for everyone. Contact Don Overbey at 620-924-8814 for more info or visit overbeyministries.org/news.html
The Big Game is a Big Event, St. John: Sunday, May 2, 2 to 4 p.m., the Lucille Hall Museum on Main proudly displays their new exhibit of the 1949 St. John - Stafford football team photo. Not into sports? No worry as there’s much much more to enjoy at the museum. Admission is free!
Heartland for Haiti, Great Bend: Sunday, May 2, 3 p.m. is a wonderful, wonderful, benefit concert sponsored by the Star of Hope. Your help is needed to build a new school for the children of Hesse, Haiti. These 360 children lost their school, church and many of their homes on January 12, as we refer to the Haitian earthquake.
“Michael O”-the extraordinary musician from Kansas City will join with Jenny Allford on piano and vocalist Melanie Ryan for a fun time of music for the whole family. ALL donations and ticket sales will go toward the Heartland for Haiti and no earthquake relief funds are being used for the event.
Tickets are $10 and available at www.starofhope.org or by calling Star of Hope at 620-564-3355. Donations are also accepted. As Star of Hope says, “Together WE will make a difference”. Location is at the the Historic Crest Theater in Great Bend - an awesome venue for live entertainment. Do something good for yourself and get your tickets today.
Dancing feet are happy feet, Great Bend: Sunday, May 9, 7:30 p.m. is the Barton Dance Theater Spring Concert. Held in the Fine Arts Auditorium, 20 dance students will be performing jazz, modern dance and hip hop. If you’re a fan of Dancing with the Stars or So you think you can dance like we are, then you know you’re going to love, love, love this performance. Dance is a beautiful way to express all emotions and you won’t want to miss this - plus it’s FREE.
Got Alum?, St. John: Saturday, May 29, 6:30 p.m., it’s the Alumni Reunion Celebration! Get out your old letter jackets, your pom poms and your Tiger tees...or not...but get your ticket as soon as possible as sales end on May 21. Celebration tickets are on sale at St. John Nat’l Bank, American State Bank, UMB Bank-Hudson. Food and music tickets are $13.50 or just come for the music at $4. For more info, call Lu Ann Hullman 620-672-5776, Amy Dudrey 620-549-3453 or Janet Richardson 620-549-3303.
Cemetery tours, Great Bend: 3007 10th Street. An ongoing new event is the walking cemetery tours which are self guided with brochures detailing historical highlights, maps and tombstone symbol meanings - 24 hrs a day. There are graves resulting from frontier justice, of Civil War heroes, along with simple hand carved stones to the more decadent styles. Take your camera!
