Country

music fans will have something to cheer about this weekend, the Fifth

Annual Country Music Concert benefitting Fayette Senior Services returns

to Sams Auditorium Saturday night. The concert will feature an assortment

of local musicians and singers, as well as door prizes and give aways.

The show will last from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

The

show will feature The Allen Goodman Band, which consists of Starr's Mill

senior Allen Goodman on keyboards, Jimmy White and Art Thompson of Attina's

Music Store on the guitar and drums, and Whitewater Middle School coach

Lance Bowen on bass. The band has performed all over the county over the

last few years, including the Kiwanis Fair.

The

opening act of the show will feature Steve Geis on steel guitar and Debbie

Clanton on keyboard, along with Reid Williams on bass, Tom Pike on guitar

and Wally Panotich on drums. Other performers at the concert will be vocalist

Debbie Walker with her two daughters Susanne and Molly, and Clanton's

children, Andy and Melissa, joining their mother in a family presentation.

Dian Caldwell, a fifth-grade teacher at Brooks Elementary, will sing a

Patsy Cline-style repertoire amd J.J. Cox of Griffin will also sing.

The

concert is organized by Harold Joyner, a retired Delta Air Lines assistant

vice president, and other members of the Board of Directors from Fayette

Senior Services. The show also receives help from the Metro Fayette Kiwanis

Club.

"We're

very excited about this year's concert,' explains Joyner. "Our area

is overflowing with great talent and a forum like this is a great opportunity

to showcase these promising musicians. I'll put our talent up against

the record labels any day."

Fayette

Senior Services has been serving senior citizens in Fayette County for

over 20 years. The most well known program is the Home Delivered meals

Program, but other services include an Adult Day Care Center Program with

meals held at the Friendship Center; Friendly Visitor, Homemmaker Services

and Personal Care; Case Management Services and the active senior group,

the J.O.Y. Club.

"We're

trying to stay updated with the changing needs of the senior population,"

explained Andy Carden, Executive Director of Fayette Senior Services.

"This benefit concert is one way we can get the funds necessary to

remain current with our programs."

Tickets

for the concert are $7 for adults at the door or $5 in advance 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 or Harold Joyner at 770-461-8970.

Back

to the Top of the Page