KASSEBAUM REUNION SCHEDULE
Friday, June 21
Several people who arrived early checked out the Emma Chase Friday Night Music in Cottonwood Falls.
(https://www.facebook.com/pg/EmmaChaseMusic/about/?ref=page_internal)
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Open group of musicians & listeners who gather in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas for free jam sessions/open mikes.
General Information - EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT! (THIRD FRIDAY: Country-Folk-Bluegrass – Acoustic)
TIME: 7:30 - 10:00 (can come-n-go)
PLACE – either:
INDOORS at Prairie PastTimes-Flint Hills Arts & Crafts Store 220 1/2 Broadway, Cottonwood Falls; or OUTDOORS (weather permitting) in front of Symphony in the Flint Hills Gallery & Gift Shop
31 Broadway, Cottonwood Falls
Saturday, June 22
THE MAIN EVENTS
~5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Refreshments at Nancy's farm. (The farm is about 25-30 minutes from Council Grove.)
7:00 p.m. - ~ 9:30 p.m. Reunion at the Methodist church in Burdick. (Burdick is about 5 miles from Nancy's farm.)
The Brookville Hotel (http://www.brookvillehotel.com) served their famous fried chickent for the meal. Pies came from the Durham Cafe.
THE PROGRAM
#1 – Welcome from Nancy
#2 - Thanks and Announcements (Susan Hattan)
#3 – Presentation to Mike Torrey as the “Biggest Loser” in the 2019 NCAA Basketball Pool (Mike Horak)
#4 – Cowboy poem (Ron Wilson)
#5 – Limericks (Kay Sharp declared “Grand Champion” in absentia.) Other presentations by Susan Hattan and Alan Ott
#6 – Musical presentation by Buffy & John of song written for the occasion
#7 – Announcement by musician Annie Wilson that attendees may pick up complementary copies of a “Songs of the Kansas Flint Hills” CD
#8 – Video message from Ann Shirley
#9 – Memory from Nancy Briani (Read by Susan)
#10 – Presentation of gifts from C-SPAN by Rob Stoddard
#11 - "Open Mic"
-- Ed Bolen
-- Deanna (Clough) Bradley
-- Deb Davis Groves
-- Greg Musil
#12 – Announcement that we are making a reunion tribute to a charity of Nancy’s choice. Details to be sent after the reunion. (Susan) [Note: the chosen charity is the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research – Grand Central Station – PO Box 4777, New York, NY 1 10163-4777)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
10 a.m. - ~ 1 p.m. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve - Mike Horak arranged for a formal tour and lunch at the Old Schoolhouse following the tour. Brian Obermeyer conducted the tour.
Gwen Shirkey catered lunch for those on the tallgrass prairie tour who wanted it. The lunch included Kansas beef sandwiches, homemade chips, a pesto pasta salad, dessert and drinks. The cost per lunch was $12 per person, payable to Mike Horak.
Council Grove –
Washunga Days (https://www.washungadays.com/);
Hays House (https://www.hayshouse.com/);
Significant historical sites in the area. (www.councilgrove.com/historicsites.)
[Council Grove is about 20 minutes from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.]
Abilene –
Eisenhower Presidential Library. Abilene is about a 90-minute drive from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Admission was free to reunion attendees who visited on June 21, 22, or 23.
CHECK OUT THE "AREA ATTRACTIONS" TAB FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE, EISENHOWER LIBRARY, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IN MORRIS COUNTY.