{"id":101928,"date":"2018-04-27T08:39:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T13:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=101928"},"modified":"2018-04-27T08:39:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T13:39:25","slug":"time-to-think-of-fountain-park-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/04\/27\/time-to-think-of-fountain-park-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to think of Fountain Park music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we can\u2019t seem to get into spring, so let\u2019s try jumping right into summer!\u00a0The Van Wert County Foundation sponsored Fountain Park Summer Music Series is all set.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Plans for eight fun and exciting concerts are being made to go with two Van Wert Community Concert Band concerts.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Friday nights will light up Fountain Park once again for the 17th consecutive year.\u00a0It really is hard to believe that an entire generation of young people has been gathering in Fountain Park for fun and music on Friday nights for as long as they can remember.<\/p>\n<p>This year, we welcome old friends back to Van Wert as Phil Dirt &amp; the Dozers return to kick off the season and take part in the Peony Festival activities.\u00a0It\u2019s been five years since the Dozers have entertained a Fountain Park audience in Van Wert.\u00a0They continue to make great music and provide an amazingly fun time for music lovers around the country. They re-create some of the very best of classic rock and roll music over the past several decades.\u00a0This concert will be on a sunny and balmy June 1 in Fountain Park.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>You can expect a huge crowd with many food vendors and activities surrounding the park.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The Peony committee will be serving food and drinks in the Rotary concession booth.<\/p>\n<p>After a week off, we welcome Endless Summer Band on June 15.\u00a0This is a band I have been trying to get back to Fountain Park for some time following their enormously popular debut in 2010.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>They hail from Indianapolis and were voted the No. 1 party band as \u201cBest Music in Indiana!\u201d<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0They are very popular at wedding receptions and festivals throughout not only the Midwest, but the entire U.S.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>I added a horn section to allow the band to expand their repertoire with everything from Sinatra to Chicago to Bruno Mars.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Food will be provided by the Van Wert Eastern Star District.<\/p>\n<p>For those who are fans of Southern Gospel and Christian Country music, we are bringing two popular groups to the park on June 22.\u00a0The Tacketts, starring Van Wert native and former Miss Ohio, Sarah (Evans) Tackett will lead off the concert with an hour of their style of Country Gospel which has taken them to the stage of the Grand Ole\u2019 Opry in Nashville just last year.\u00a0After an intermission, The Kingsmen Quartet will take the stage to provide their flavor of Southern Gospel music.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Over the years, this quartet from the mountains of western North Carolina has become one of the most beloved and innovative groups in Christian music.\u00a0Portal 220 ministry will appropriately serve food this night.<\/p>\n<p>Our Independence Day celebration of America concert with the Lima Symphony Pops Orchestra will be on June 29.\u00a0It will be a few days before most start celebrating the July 4 holiday, but you can bet Maestro Crafton Beck will pull out all the stops as this may be his swan song with the symphony in Fountain Park as he announced his retirement from the Lima Symphony following the 2018-19 season.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>This is always a popular concert filled with all types of pop music as well as patriotic tunes to stir your soul.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The Van Wert Cattlemen\u2019s Association will be grilling in the park for your dining pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>This takes us to the half-way point of the summer.\u00a0I will pick up here next week to feature the rest of our concerts in Fountain Park.\u00a0Don\u2019t forget that there is a new audience view in the park as we removed the slope in the middle to hopefully increase the experience for all audience members.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>We hope you enjoy it!<\/p>\n<p>I also want to mention that the Van Wert Area Community Concert Band under the direction of Richard Sherrick will warm you up to our Van Wert County Foundation sponsored concerts by presenting their first concert of the season on Friday, May 25.<\/p>\n<p>All concerts begin at 7 p.m. and are in cooperation with the Van Wert City Parks &amp; Recreation.\u00a0Food is normally ready by 5:30 p.m. for you to enjoy while visiting with friends and neighbors you haven\u2019t see all winter long.\u00a0Help us spread the word to all.\u00a0Full descriptions can be found at the websites of The Van Wert County Foundation, Niswonger Performing Arts Center, Main Street Van Wert and the City Parks &amp; Recreation.\u00a0So, it\u2019s easy for your out-of-town friends to check us out too.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Brochures are also available at many local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this brings sunshine and warmth to all of you.\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>We could all use it!<\/p>\n<p>FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we can\u2019t seem to get into spring, so let\u2019s try jumping right into summer!\u00a0The Van Wert County Foundation sponsored Fountain Park Summer Music Series is all set.\u00a0\u00a0Plans for eight fun and exciting concerts are being made to go with two Van Wert Community Concert Band concerts.\u00a0\u00a0Friday nights will light up Fountain Park once again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 19:27:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}