Kickin' Off Summer - May 2011

By: M. Michelle Spencer

    The evening starts off with a great dinner consisting of great friends, some wonderful food and giddy anticipation of the night's upcoming events. The early summer evening still has a slight cool touch and the mountains reverberate with the sounds of nature, that is until the band strikes their first cord and the music begins to fill the air. This is the evening that Tabby Valley Parks and Rec has planned for you on Friday June 17, 2011. The evening will start off with dinner at 4:30 PM and the concert is set to open at 6:00 PM and will take place in the scenic Tabby Valley Centennial Park and the best part of it all, it helps to raise funds for the park!
    "We are so excited about this concert. We have put a lot of hard work into it and we have some great talent that will be performing so we want to let everyone know that they are invited up to help us kick off the summer with a big party," explained Lindsay Gines, concert coordinator, "We just feel that this is a great way to celebrate the area and get the summer kicked off right."
    TVPR with the efforts of Gines was able to secure up and coming country Chance McKinney and his band Crosswire. Gines was also very pleased to announce that their opening performance for that evening is local trio from Neola called Blue Saige. This is the first year that this type of event has been planned but Gines is hoping that they can make this a yearly event, not only for community projects but also because of the way it helps to draw the area closer together.
    "It's a beautiful mountain valley community, where some of the greatest people in the world reside. Once you enter this valley you become part of an extended family. We are never too busy to and say hello, and the only traffic jam you will ever see is 2 old timers parked on the highway discussing water rights, or the price of cattle. We are the gateway to one of the most beautiful mountain passes in the world. Wolf Creek pass is a road frequent to motorcycles and Sunday drives in the summer and fall months. We are people that choose to live in this beautiful place, and know our neighbors are more than just friends!"
    Gines went on to explain that she has hopes that the rest of the Uinta is willing to come out for a night of friends, family, food, and some awesome music. And while you are there makes some great memories with your new extended family in the upper country.


Tickets go on sale May 1st and are available at IFA in Vernal and Roosevelt, Gateway 66 in Duchesne, Country Flare in Altamont, and The Sage and Sandstone in Tabiona.