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The mission of the Community Outreach program is to provide events for the whole community that reflect country values.  These events will create opportunities for families, community members and visitors alike to join together.  

Outreach events 2011

  • Peter Lewis Whitbird April * Peter Lewis Whitebird  After a tuff fight with Cancer Pete returned to give his special brand of country music and insight. 
    Pete and Judy Whitebird travel thousands of miles each year. Pete has ministered to groups as small as 8 and as large as 5,000! Their only goal; to see lives changed by the saving life of Christ. Pete sings his songs to thousands, but he sings to one soul at a time.
         Peter Lewis Whitebird Web Site
     

  • The Wintons March * The Wintons  “Four years. That's how long the Wintons–Randy and his two sons, Cody and Jesse–  have been playing gospel and bluegrass music together. 

    Randy had changed careers and started a business so he could spend more time working with and discipling his boys, but when some medical issues and new additions to their family forced them all to spend much more time together than they ever expected, it was a blessing in disguise. Being homebound meant there was time to develop their musical abilities through practice, practice, practice. A band was born, and a ministry grew out of the trials that proved the strength of God truly is perfected in weakness.  The Wintons Web Site

    Don EdwardsJuly * Don Edwards  * Sonora Opera Hall Outreach Concert

    Grammy nominated singer-guitarist Don Edwards continues to build a legacy that enriches our vision of the American West.  In tales of the day-to-day lives and emotions of those who have lived it, his ballads paint a sweeping landscape of both mind and heart, keeping alive the sights, sounds and feelings of this most American contribution to culture and art.  The quality of this cowboy balladeer's music stems from the fact that he is so much more than a singer.  Bobby Weaver of the National Cowboy Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, summed up Edwards' importance as "...the best purveyor of cowboy music in America today."

    An historian, author, and musicologist, unusually well-versed in cowboy lore and musical traditions, Don brings a rare compliment of knowing and loving his craft.  Mostly though, there is the soul of a poet; a man who has never succumbed to the temptations of presenting a glamorized or romanticized version of the West.   Don Edwards Web Site

 

 

 

Outreach events 2010

  • RW Hampton Concert   * Sonora Opera Hall Outreach Concert R.W. Hampton is one of the leading Western Entertainers in America today. Blessed with a wonderfully rich baritone voice, R.W. has a quality of genuineness about him that resonates when he's on stage, in person or just through the words of his songs.
    RW Hampton Web Site

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  • Belinda Gail Concert  Belinda Gail is one of the most sought after women performing Western music today. A vibrant and natural entertainer with a dynamic and captivating voice, Belinda stirs the emotions and visions of the West in the heart of every audience she embraces. Belinda Gail Web Site

  • Peter Lewis Whitebird Concert  Those who know recording artist, Peter Lewis Whitebird, will tell you he is first and foremost an evangelist for Jesus Christ! His unique Christian County style of music opens doors through which he takes the gospel message of God's love and the saving grace of Jesus.   Peter Lewis Whitebird Web Site

  • Joe Hannan Concert A lifetime of family singing combined with their true love of cowboy music has the Sons of the San Joaquin in constant demand. Family is the key word for the Sons of the San Joaquin. Joe, Jack and Linda, and Lon and Susan consider anyone who has ever picked up a rope, watched an old Western, or hummed a cowboy tune, to be part of their family. Sons of the San Joaquin Web Site

  • Mother Lode Roundup Parade