COUNTY LIFE
After eventful 2019 new year looks good for Monty Dawson
By BARBARA GREEN
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The year 2019 was pivotal for Bowie country music singer and songwriter Monty Dawson, and he thinks 2020 is “already looking good.”
It was Feb. 25 when Dawson released his record, “When You Call,” the product of the first ever Texas Country Music Association’s Artist’s Scholarship he received in November 2018. The scholarship covered the costs of recording, production, distribution and promotion of the single. It was the start of a year that has been filled with expanded exposure for his music and growth in his song writing.
The 43-year-old Dawson had never recorded anything because of the expense. He previously told The Bowie News, “I’m just a poor kid from Bowie. I made a decent living playing music and I never worried about recording. I never thought my songs were that good.” Obviously the TCMA thinks differently.
Recently months have seen release new music, play with some of the genre’s top acts and grow as a song writer.
Read the full feature in your weekend Bowie News.
The Back to School Fair for Bowie Independent School District students will be 9 a.m. on July 20 in the high school cafeteria and gym.
The fair will feature free school supplies, haircuts and eye screening and vendors.
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.
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