The Mid Spring Jamboree

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The Mid Spring Jamboree!

This was an absolutely great event!  What started out as something to tie in with the Gettysburg Fest ended up a little bit more than that.  Originally, we had 104.7 WAYZ coming in and doing the remote, and were going to utilize some of the artists performing at the Fest.  Unfortunately, we weren't able to secure any at the time, so we put out the call and got 3 amazing local Franklin county musicians to come and play!  Jamie Negley, Kevin Shannon, and Dean Brocious all agreed to show and play.  A few days before, we confirmed Lindsey Erin would also be able to make it.  She's a country artist from York and is one of the opening acts for Eric Paslay during the Festival.

     We also were able to secure Antietam Dairy to come out and provide ice cream for anyone that stopped by as well!  Things looked like they were coming together.
Jamie showed up early to set up sound, within 5 minutes, the music, ice cream, and radio station had all arrived and set up without a hitch!  We opted to cook up some hotdogs on the grill too as a free lunch/snack as well, they were a hit.

      Dean set up and played first, a mix of covers and originals from his CD.

When he was finished, Jamie played his set.  He usually plays with his brother Justin, but he couldn't make it due to a conflict of schedule that day.  Kevin decided to get up and play with Jamie instead.  They had never done it, had no practice, and knocked out a bunch of good songs!  Around 3pm, Lindsey Erin showed up and sang us some beautiful country music!  She had to take off quick to another show but wanted to make sure she put on a good show for us.  After her, it went to open mic pretty much.  Everyone was just

hanging out having fun chatting and eating, so Bart Patterson, another friend of the guys playing, picked up a guitar and did a few songs for us.

     After Bart finished up we cleaned and tore down, and are SO grateful to the fine folks at Antietam Dairy, Randy from Gettysburg Fest, the crew at 104.7, and especially to the local guys/gal that came out, jammed, and entertained us with awesome music on a gorgeous day.  We gave away $200 worth of gift certificates on Saturday, and 104.7 drew names later for Gettysburg Fest tickets!

     Thank you again, everyone!  We all had a great time, and we hope you all did too!