Suzy Bogguss in Oakley!

Suzy Bogguss had a revelation on stage with Garrison Keillor in 2008. Everyone loves to sing along on “Red River Valley” – except the children who somehow don't know the song. Folk songs are the scrapbook of the American experience, but as music education fades from our public schools, she worried; these beautiful melodies are in danger of being overlooked. She resolved to record these timeless songs in an updated but reverent way – so that everyone can sing along on “Red River Valley.”

And who better than the golden throated Suzy? The platinum selling songstress already had a full bookshelf of Grammy and CMA awards and now with the release of American Folk Songbook she can put her own book up there too. The CD and companion Songbook was released in the summer of 2011. 

Northwest Kansans can hear Suzy at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday October 6th in Oakley, Kansas at the Oakley High School Auditorium. Admission is by season ticket or individual ticket at the door.

In additional to the many WPAA businesses, individual sponsors,  and the Logan County Community Foundation. The Dane. Hansen Foundation is a major contributor. 

“Music has always been my purest joy even as a child,” Suzy writes. “One of my favorite memories is my grade-school music teacher pounding on the piano and leading the class in rousing renditions of folk songs from all around the world.”

"The President's Own" in Colby!

For the first time in 10 years, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band returns to Colby, Kansas as part of the band’s Coast to Coast tour, performing a free 7:30 p.m. concert on Wednesday, October 16th at the Colby Event Center.

For full details, please visit www.marineband.marines.mil/Tour. 

Free tickets are available starting September 16th. Seating is general admission and ticket holders must be seated by 6:45 p.m.; remaining seats will be released to the standby line at that time.

The web site for free tickets is https://marineband.ticketleap.com/Colby2024

“We are incredibly excited to continue the tradition of our national concert tour.” Marine Band Director Lt. Col. Ryan Nowlin said. “Musicians of the band are more eager than ever to share their musical talents with audiences live, and in-person on this Coast to Coast tour.”

Nowlin has programmed musical selections in the style of the band’s 17th Director John Philip Sousa, who initiated the concert tour tradition in 1891. Concertgoers can expect a mix of works including traditional band repertoire, Sousa marches, contemporary compositions, vocal and instrumental solos and a patriotic salute to the Armed Forces.