COUNTY LIFE
Free Music in the Park Festival on June 14
Make plans to enjoy a leisure Saturday in the park at the Music in the Park Festival on June 14 in Bowie’s Pelham Park.
Guests are invited to bring their lawn chairs and set up under the oak trees that fill the park near the amphitheater. This is the second year for this free festival as it expands to a full day hosted by the Bowie Community Center and R&K Sound Company.
The day opens with a 5K run/walk at 8:30 a.m. at the Pelham Park Pavillion. Pre-race warm-up begins at 8:10 a.m. and the race starts at 8:30 a.m. There will be first-third place winners in each age category.
Entry fee is $35 and participants receive a T-shirt. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Clear Choice Pregnancy Resource Center. Enter at the QR code on the Clear Choice Facebook page or email fourseasonsraceseries@gmail.com.
Live accoustic music opens the free festival starting at 11:30 a.m. with Corbin Woolsey, Blake Mangus, Tiffany Chandler, Sara White and Dillon Edwards. Other live music that day will include Bad Daddy Band and Bricktown Band. ZZ Texas, a ZZ Top tribute band will take the stage at 8 p.m. Live music continues until 10 p.m.
There will be food truck vendors, bounce houses (fee) and vendors. Guests are allowed to bring beer in a cooler, but no soda pop or similar drinks. There will be a $5 cooler fee.
Those with questions may call Bonnie at 940-872-4861 or Kenny at 817-704-9847.
The “Biggest Little Rodeo in Texas” comes back around Aug. 8-9 in Forestburg as the Forestburg Riding Club pulls out all the stops to present an exciting rodeo, which also coincides with the annual Forestburg Watermelon Festival on Aug. 9.
The rodeo will include ranch bronc, bull riding, calf roping, senior barrels, team roping, double muggin’, junior barrels and breakaway roping. Tickets to the rodeo are available from any of the rodeo royals or contestants. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the gate.
In the rodeo royals contest, Reigning Queen Emersyn De Noon will hand off her crown to one of two young women. Reigning Princess Annabelle Spooner Annabelle Spooner will pass her crown to a new princess out of three contestants.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Emersyn De Noon
It’s time to jam and enjoy an evening of fiddle music and good food to support one of North Texas largest fiddle competitions on Oct. 4.
The 23nd annual July Jam returns on July 26 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street. 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 and goodies.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. and they can be purchased at the door. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition at Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival each year. 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. 4.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
The Nocona Chamber of Commerce and its members invite you to Sip & Shop during Christmas in July activities from 5 to 8 p.m. on July 25.
Souvenir cups will be available for $10 as you enjoy a festive evening of fun, deals and early holiday cheer visiting local participating merchants.
Call the chamber office at 825-3526 with any questions.
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