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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
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~5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Refreshments at Nancy's farm. (The farm is about 25-30 minutes from Council Grove.)
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7:00 p.m. - ~ 9:30 p.m. Reunion at the Methodist church in Burdick. (Burdick is about 5 miles from Nancy's farm.)
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The Brookville Hotel (http://www.brookvillehotel.com) served their famous fried chickent for the meal. Pies came from the Durham Cafe.
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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
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#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.
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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.
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Council Grove –
Washunga Days (https://www.washungadays.com/);
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Hays House (https://www.hayshouse.com/);
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Significant historical sites in the area. (www.councilgrove.com/historicsites.)
[Council Grove is about 20 minutes from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.]
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Abilene –
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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.
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CHECK OUT THE "AREA ATTRACTIONS" TAB FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE, EISENHOWER LIBRARY, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IN MORRIS COUNTY.
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