COUNTY LIFE
Bowie Community Band idea drawing local interest
By BARBARA GREEN
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“Who is interested in a Bowie Strong Community Band?” That is the question being asked by Debbie Halbrook, a newcomer to the community looking to establish a group she enjoyed in other cities where she has lived.
Debbie and her husband moved to Bowie about two years ago from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. It was an RV trip to Montana and Wyoming that led them to realize when they returned home they were “feeling closed in” with neighbors only five feet away from their property.
When it came time for her husband to retire and it was no longer necessary to be near the corporate office or airport, they began looking into area cities. They made the move just before COVID hit and Halbrook had just started teaching yoga at the community center which came to a stop.
Her interest in band and music is lifelong instilled at a young age in school growing in high school with her alma mater, the Miami Palmetto Panther Band. Playing flute was part of her life, and as an adult she continued with her church orchestra, the Mountain View and Metropolitan Winds, Charleston Community Bands and Carrollton Wind Symphony.
A meeting of those interested in a community band will be at 7 p.m. on Aug. 10 in the Bowie Community Center.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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