COUNTY LIFE
By DANI BLACKBURN
Tanner Fenoglio grew up in the small town of Nocona listening to his grandfather, Don Sewell, singing to his grandchildren while his grandmother, Mackie, played piano.
Their love for music rubbed off on their young grandson, who picked up a guitar his senior year of high school and taught himself to play.
“I started messing around and learning how to play,” said Fenoglio. “I took one guitar lesson, but learned by looking online and listening to songs. I had never sung a whole lot, but started singing when I played and that’s how I got started.”
Fenoglio wrote his first song “Realize” his senior year, which he played at his 2005 high school graduation with the Nocona High School choir singing harmony.
He has come a long way since those days, releasing his first album on iTunes in early March with the single “This Ain’t the Movies” rising to number 55 on the Texas Regional Radio Charts.
Read the full feature on this hometown Nocona musicians in your weekend News.
Bowie Community Center presented a concert featuring the music country greats Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash this past Friday night.
Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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