If you're a

fan of country music and would like to support local

artists as well as a good cause in the community, head

out Saturday to the fourth annual Country Music Concert

benefiting Fayette Senior Services.

The concert

will be held at Sams Auditorium from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Fayette

Senior Services has done a lot of good for the seniors in

the community over the last 20 years. The most well-known

FSS-sponsored program is the Meals on Wheels, but the

agency also conducts a congregate meals program and

in-home services like Friendly Visitor, homemaker

services and personal care; case management services, and

an active senior group, the JOY Club.

This

concert is the primary fund-raiser for FSS and helps keep

the group current with its programs.

This year's

performers will be Allen Goodman and Band, J.J. Cox and

John Hudson, along with instrumentalists and vocalists

Bobby Calmes, Debbie Clanton, Wayne Bailey, Walley

Panutich and Steve Geis. They are also known as AWWOL.

The vocalists also include local singers Debbie Walker

and her daughter Susanna, Melanie Thompson and Tonya

Anderson.

Goodman is

a young musical phenomenon that plays a brand of music

like Jerry Lee Lewis, while Clanton is better known as

one of the Rader Family Musicians from Panama City's

Ocean Opry House. Thompson and Anderson are sisters that

sing a gospel-like form of country music alongside

Calmes, their cousin. The evening will close with Cox,

one of last year's favorites acts. She will be backed up

"I

will put our talent up against the record labels any

day," said Harold Joyner, the concert's organizer.

"This is an exceptionally talented group of

musicians and singers." Joyner is a retired

assistant vice president for Delta. He works closely with

local businesses as well as the Board of Directors of FSS

to raise money for the group.

"We

really appreciate the hard work that Harold and the Board

of Directors do on this concert," said Andy Carden,

executive director of FSS. "We always have a great

time with the raffle and door prizes at the concert and

we hope the community will come out to hear these bands

and support FSS."

Tickets for

the show are $5 for adults and $3 for children. Groups or

individuals interested in attending the concert can

purchase tickets in advance by calling Fayette Senior

Services at 770-461-0813. Tickets also will be available

at the door.

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