The Jackson Purchase Friends of Bluegrass Newsletter for June, 2010!

As in years past, May was Bluegrass Month, and once again we did it up right! Thanks to my friend, Carroll Wayne Cope, whom I understand , in my absence, hosted one of our best ever Bluegrass Nights, with especially good performances by “Poor Farm Road”, “The Lakeside Review”, “Old Santa Fe”, and “The Ridge Runners”.

I was present for our second May event, when on Friday May 21^st, thanks to our continued partnership with the City of Benton, Kentucky, we had one of our best ever “Bluegrass On The Square” nights with “The Josh Williams Band” and “The Ridge Runners”. I am happy to announce that our help for the Marshall County Caring Needline pantry netted an increased amount of non-perishable food, and $451.00 in cash donations as well. Our thanks go out to the staff of WAAJ Radio, along with Terri Williams and Charlene Jameson for collecting the food and cash, and to Clarence Hatfield for delivering the donations to the Needline office after the show.

Our next Bluegrass gathering will take place on Friday June 4^th, at the Kentucky Opry. We will have a slightly modified format from what we normally do. The open Jam will start at 6:30 PM in the lobby, with performance on the stage beginning at 7:30 PM. We will open with our good friends “The Bankester Family” followed by a set by “Ken Mallard & Chickasaw”, then a closing set by “The Bankester Family” again. This should be a really good night of Bluegrass music! This great family band has just finished a week of performances at Silver Dollar City in Branson, and has kindly offered to do their two sets as they performed them there. See you there.