Evart Summer Musicale

DATE TIME LOCATION	EVENT

May 2010
May 1 & 2	American Rabbit Hound Association Field Trials & Show @ Osceola County Fair Grounds
May 14 & 15	Mid-Michigan Independent Trappers Show & Sale @ Osceola County Fair Grounds
May 15	Evart Police Bike Safety 10am-12pm @ Evart Moose Lodge
May 28 - 29	Chamber Flea Market @ Airport
May 30	Demolition Derby @ Airport (contact Car Club Bill 734-3890 or Herb 734-6689)
Monday May 31	10:00AM Memorial Day Parade --- Main Street
JUNE 2010
June 9 - 12	Woodcarvers Roundup @ Osceola County Fair Grounds
June 13	Evart Area Historical Society Victorian Tea 2pm-4pm @ Evart Museum
Thursday, June 10, 7:00-9:00 PM, At The DEPOT Blue Water Ramblers Biography (from www.bluewaterramblers.com) The Blue Water Ramblers are lead singers who take turns harmonizing with each other to create the Blue Water Rambler tapestry of sound. Banjo-Jim Foerch sings of the sailors, farmers, lumberjacks, politicians, and workers. Bear Berends croons love songs and delivers protest songs old and new. Banjo-Jim Foerch picked up his first banjo in 1965 and has not put it down since. As a founding member of the regional touring band "Beats Settin' Home," Banjo-Jim was busy pickin' and singin' all over the Midwest for 20 years between 1982 and 2002. He says singing the songs of Michigan, America and our lives to all the people we meet on tour is the best thing he has ever done. "Everyone I ever met here in Michigan or around the Midwest is proud of our home state and our country. Our songs express that pride the best way we know how- by getting us all singing together!" R. H. "Bear" Berends holds down the rhythm with his big, black six and twelve string guitars. As with so many baby boomers he started strumming guitar and singing folk songs in high school in the sixties. He joined Banjo-Jim and "Beats Settin' Home" at the Wheatland Music Festival in Remus, Michigan in 1993 and "Da Bearster" hasn't stopped playing and touring since. "I wanted to sing with Banjo-Jim, so I learned all his songs and taught him mine and here we are," he explains. Whether delivering the lead line of a love song or harmonizing with his solid baritone, Bear sculpts the Blue Water Ramblers’ sound.
June 14 - 18	Creative Carving Seminar @ Osceola County Fair Grounds
Saturday, June 19, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, DEPOT Colmus Family Biography (from .www.colmusfamily.com) Nashville recording artists, the Colmus Family began as the Colmus Sisters and Gospel Country. They began touring in the early 1980’s. In 1995, the group changed their name to the Colmus Family. The Colmus Family is Edith Colmus Hunt, Lois Colmus Blount, Richard Hunt, and Todd Hunt. Edith plays keyboards and sings lead vocals and harmony. Edith's husband, Richard, plays bass and sings lead vocals. Their son, Todd, plays lead guitar, mandolin, dobro and sings lead and harmony. Edith's sister, Lois, plays rhythm guitar and sings harmony. This family band from Michigan/Kentucky still tours the United States and Canada with their brand of Christian Country music. Their rich family harmonies and solid musicianship are strong foundations to their music ministry. The Colmus Family is not a southern gospel group or bluegrass group. Mix up some Buck Owens, Brad Paisley, Travis Tritt, and George Strait. Then toss in some Oak Ridge Boys, Alan Jackson, Martina McBride, and Rodney Atkins and then throw in a positive message and you have their style. They play their own instruments live and do not use backing tapes.
June 24 - 27	Gold Wings Touring Association @ Fairgrounds
Friday & Saturday June 25 & 26	Relay for Life / Grandstand @ Osceola County Fair Grounds
JULY 2010
Friday, July 2, 6:30 - 8:00 PM, At The DEPOT Chris Vallillo (Lincoln in Song) Biography (from press kit) "On February the 12th, 1809, Abraham Lincoln came into this world in a dirt floored log cabin on the big south fork of Nolan’s Creek in Kentucky" says folk singer Chris Vallillo as he launches into the combination of narrative, storytelling and music that is his one man show Abraham Lincoln in Song. Vallillo, a former archaeologist turned musician and folklorist, created the show using period music Lincoln was directly associated with to tell the story of Lincoln’s life and times. With Abraham Lincoln in Song, Vallillo combines Lincoln’s own words and stories with contemporary folk music and period folk songs to shed light on one of our nation’s most beloved historical figures -- not only as a remarkable leader, but as a man who knew and loved this very music himself. Skillfully presenting both well known and obscure songs from Lincoln’s time, Vallillo tells Lincoln’s story -- from his birth 200 years ago on the Big South Fork of Nolan’s Creek in Kentucky through his death in 1865 at the hand of John Wilkes Booth. From an old jew’s-harp tune Lincoln used to play, to political songs like Lincoln and Liberty, Vallillo’s show uses the music to tell the tale in a way that words alone can’t match. Vallillo himself is a performer with an affinity for American roots music and a gift for translating historic topics into modern day understanding without losing the bedrock from which they surface. A former archaeologist turned folksinger/songwriter, he is a skilled six-string and bottleneck slide guitarist whose love of the past evolved into a love for old music.Vallillo has performed Abraham Lincoln in Song at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, The Gettysburg National Battlefield Museum, the Abraham Lincoln Home National Historic Site, President Lincolns Cottage in Washington DC and theaters, museums and historic sites around the country to celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth.
Saturday, July 3	11:00 AM Independence Day Parade On Main Street 12 - 4PM Party in the Park @ Riverside Park ( Family Activities & Chicken BBQ at Riverside Park) 5pm Barnyard 400 Race @ 15 Mile Rd. & 70th Ave.
Saturday , July 3, 7:00PM - Dusk, Grandstand @ Fair Grounds Shout! Beatles Tribute Biography (from www.shouttribute.com) Oh yeah I'll tell you something I think you'll understand...In this era when Beatles tribute bands abound, one stands out above the rest - SHOUT! Since its inception in February of 1996, the band has made a quick and decisive rise to fame. While some personnel changes have been made, founder Rae Loeffler has made sure the group's subsequent line-up matches and exceeds its previous quality. Many attribute the band's popularity to its polished vocals, attention to detail in both performance and persona, and the evident chemistry between its members. Whatever the cause, SHOUT's celebrity shows no sign of slowing down. Instruments and a certain look, of course, add flavor to Shout's performance. Band members were careful to acquire the correct guitars, amps and drums, and use those acquisitions proudly. Each piece is dated as closely to the Beatles' own as possible. Gersabeck's on stage collection includes a Vox Royal Guardsman amp, a black Rickenbacker 325 guitar, and an Epiphone Casino. Manier uses a Hofner bass, a Rickenbacker 4001 and Vox Bassman amp. Wilcox plays a Rickenbacker 360-12, Gretsch Country Gentleman and Gretsch Tennessean guitars, an SG, and uses a Vox Buckingham amp. The kit of choice for drummer Kogut is a 1958 Ludwig Hollywood set. And where would a Beatles band be without the right clothes? Shout strives for authenticity, from Cuban-heeled boots to mop-top hair, and even sports tailor-made suits like the Fab Four, including the famous Paris suits. From head to toe, this fantastic tribute to the Fab Four is everything an audience might expect from a Beatles tribute band and more. Everybody's talking about Shout and the group continues to gain more and more acclaim with each performance. And you know that can't be bad....
Saturday , July 3, Dusk, Fair Grounds EVART'S Spectacular Fireworks Display ; Registration code (if you have it) ; Optional URL link when the applet is "clicked" ; Reglink opened in new frame? ; Name of new frame for reglink ; Statusbar message ; Optional sound file or "NO" ; Number of fireworks at same time ; Fireworks explosion power ; Fireworks drawn density ; Fireworks time duration ; Gravity; speed of free fall ; Background image ; Background colour in hex rrggbb format ; Optional image over applet ; Over image X offset ; Over image Y offset ; Memory deallocation delay ; Task priority (1..10) ; Min. milliseconds/frame for sync Sorry, your browser doesn't support Java. ; Message for no java browsers.
Sunday, July 4	5:30PM Demolition Derby @ Airport
Saturday, July 10	2:00 PM @ DEPOT Open Microphone Competition Prize money for top three winners. To register to perform. E-mail dsalinas@evart.org
July 15-18	Non-Electric Music Funfest @ Osceola County Fair Grounds
Tuesday, July 20, 6:30 - 8:00pm, DEPOT Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp International Jazz Orchestra Biography (from .www.bluelake.org and welcome packet) The 2010 Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp International Jazz Orchestra (Jazz Orchestra) consists of eighteen talented young musicians and two directors from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, New York, Texas, and Florida. Upon returning from their European Tour the Jazz Orchestra will play in Evart before returning to Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp for their Homecoming performance. The Jazz Orchestra is conducted by Bill McFarlin, a trumpet player who has performed or recorded with numerous artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Phil Wilson, Louie Bellson, and Lene Horne. Mr. McFarlin is a graduate of Boston’s Berklee College of Music, and is a recipient of that institution’s Distinguished Alumni Award. In 2007, Mr. McFarlin received the Chairman’s Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, a summer school of the arts located on a 1,300 acre campus in Michigan’s Manistee National Forest, offers fine arts education for all ages. Each summer, the principal camp program annually serves more than 5,300 gifted elementary, junior high, and high school students with diverse programs in music, art, dance, and drama while offering more than 175 performances during its Summer Arts Festival. Blue Lake also operates a widely acclaimed International Exchange Program and two public radio stations. Since its inception in 1966, Blue Lake has provided cultural enrichment to more than 300,000 gifted students and countless concert-goers.
July 23 Friday	8 - 10 PM Folk Fest Fireside Sing Along. Depot Picnic Area
Saturday July 24 1PM - 9PM DEPOT	; Registration code (if you have it) ; Reglink opened in new frame? ; Name of new frame for reglink ; Image 1 to load ; Image 2 to load ; Image 3 to load ; Image 4 to load ; Image 5 to load ; Image 6 to load ; Image 7 to load ; Image 8 to load ; link 1 ; link 2 ; link 3 ; link 4 ; link 5 ; link 6 ; link 7 ; link 8 ; statusbar msg on image 1 ; statusbar msg on image 2 ; statusbar msg on image 3 ; statusbar msg on image 4 ; statusbar msg on image 5 ; statusbar msg on image 6 ; statusbar msg on image 7 ; statusbar msg on image 8 ; resolution (1-8) ; speed of fade (1-255) ; pause (value = milliseconds). ; Progresive fading ("YES" or "NO") ; Optional image over applet ; Over image X offset ; Over image Y offset ; Memory deallocation delay ; Task priority (1..10) ; Min. milliseconds/frame for sync Sorry, your browser doesn't support Java ; Msg in no java browsers	10 th Annual All Day Folk Fest Featuring: Anne Hills www.annehills.com Matt Watroba www.folkslikeus.org/watroba/home.htm Rev Robert B. Jones, www.revrobertjones.com Lou & Peter Berryman www.louandpeter.com Workshops from 2-4pm and a Children’s Concert from 4-5pm.
July 25 - 31	Osceola County FF A-4H Fair @ Osceola County Fair Grounds
July 31	5pm Barnyard 400 Race @ 15 Mile Rd. & 70th Ave.
AUGUST 2010
Aug. 3	5pm National Night Out @ Riverside Park
Friday, August 6, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, DEPOT Rant Maggie Rant– Biography (from www.myspacecom/rantmaggierant) This five member ensemble brings you a presentation of Celtic music with a bit of attitude. Traditional tunes played straight up or yielding to the influences of world rhythms. Reels with a touch of Appalachian Swing, jigs driven by Latin hand percussion, slow ballads as they've been played for centuries."Rant Maggie Rant" will take you on a journey charted through the past, to new compositions of the present, passing by the shores of the seven Celtic nations on their way. Rant Maggie Rant has performed numerous concerts at premiere festivals, entertainment halls, theatres, folk clubs and community centers.
Friday, August 21, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, DEPOT Dr. Edward K. Mallett It's not just the Tuba. It's much more than Bach. It's a series of Sunday afternoon concerts featuring internationally acclaimed tuba/euphonium artist and composer and Big Rapids resident Dr. Edward K. Mallett, joined by outstanding musicians in diverse programs ranging from opera to bluegrass, avant garde to rockabilly, and - of course - Bach.
Fri - Sat- Sunday August 27 - 29	Mid Michigan Trappers Assoc. State Convention @ Osceola County Fair Grounds
September 2010
Friday, September 3	6:30PM Burn Out @ Industrial Park
Friday, September 4	7 AM Car Show @ Riverside Park
Friday, September 4	5pm Barnyard 400 Race @ 15 Mile Rd. & 70th Ave.
Fri - Sat- Sunday September 10 - 12	Spit N Whittle Woodcarvers @ Fairgrounds
Fri - Sat- Sunday September 17 - 19	National Caricature Woodcarving @ Fairgrounds
September 18 & 19	American Rabbit Hound Association Field Trials & Show @ Osceola County Fair Grounds
Saturday September 25	Downtown Fall Fest Street Fair
October 2010
Fri - Sat- Sunday October 1 - 3	Michigan. Travel Trail Club Rally @ Fairgrounds
Fri - Mon October 22 - 25	Mary’s Dream Scrapbooking Weekend @ Fairgrounds
October 30	Children’s Halloween Costume Contest @ Schmidty’s
October 31	City wide Trick or Treating 5-8pm
November 2010
November 15	Masonic Lodge Big Buck Contest and Buck Pole Contest @ Schmidty’s
December 2010
December 4	Christmas in a Small Town 1-4pm @ Depot and Crossroads Community Church
December 11	Christmas with Santa @ Schmidty’s
December 11 & 12	American Rabbit Hound Association Field Trials & Show @ Osceola County Fair Grounds

We thank you for your loyal patronage and look forward to seeing you again in 2010.

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