{"id":54046,"date":"2014-07-29T23:29:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T04:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=54046"},"modified":"2014-07-29T23:29:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T04:29:08","slug":"a-summer-finale-friday-in-fountain-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/07\/29\/a-summer-finale-friday-in-fountain-park\/","title":{"rendered":"A summer finale Friday in Fountain Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems we just listened to Papa Doo Run Run in the park during the Peony\/ArtRageous Festival.\u00a0 And now we are about to hit August and our big finale concert in Fountain Park!\u00a0 This Friday night, we are proud to present a totally new band to our area called Never Stop Believin\u2019, a tribute to the band Journey.<\/p>\n

As you know, we certainly try to offer a variety of music for many to enjoy during the summer.\u00a0 I realize not everything is everyone\u2019s cup of tea, but I certainly appreciate people\u2019s openness to different types of music.<\/p>\n

This Friday night, the music of the classic Eighties rock band, Journey will fill the air in Fountain Park.\u00a0 If you are a fan of classic rock music, this is one you certainly don\u2019t want to miss.\u00a0 When you look under the heading of \u201cgenres\u201d for Journey, you find rock, jazz, fusion, hard rock, progressive rock and soft rock.\u00a0 Between 1978 and 1987, this band was one of the most popular on the airwaves.\u00a0 Since then, their music has become perhaps even more popular and crosses generations.<\/p>\n

\"Never<\/a>If you enjoyed the music of Chicago and the concert given by Brass Transit a few weeks ago, I think you will enjoy Never Stop Believin\u2019.\u00a0 Although the music of Chicago actually started about a decade earlier, they are cut from similar molds. \u00a0For those of you hard core Journey lovers, lead singer, Donnie Ferrari of Never Stop Believin\u2019 will amaze you with his sound alike vocals of Steve Perry.\u00a0 This is why I actually booked them.\u00a0 They come to us from Florida and I think they will draw a huge crowd in the park.<\/p>\n

It will be a lively night in Fountain Park as we put to bed our 13th<\/sup> Fountain Park Summer Music Series.\u00a0 The Women\u2019s Bowling Association is serving up the food and marketers will be in the park for you to enjoy browsing before and during the event.\u00a0 Wassenberg Art Center has enjoyed hosting many after-concert patrons who wish to continue the night.\u00a0 They will once again be open and would love to see you after the concert to have a drink and talk about the concert.<\/p>\n

Could you believe last Friday when the Simon & Garfunkel tribute Scarborough Fair started singing Bridge Over Troubled Water, a rainbow appeared in the southern sky?\u00a0 Proof once again that God does exist and blessed us that evening.\u00a0Memorable!<\/p>\n

Thank you all who have supported the 2014 Fountain Park Summer Music Series.\u00a0 The Van Wert County Foundation is proud to offer these concerts for you to enjoy and we look forward to returning next year in the park.\u00a0 Now, don\u2019t forget that the Van Wert Community Concert Band will be in concert in Fountain Park on August 15.\u00a0 I would love to see a big crowd for them!\u00a0 August 8 is the Rib Fest, which is why we decided to end our season this year on August 1.\u00a0 Many things are still happening right up until we open the exciting Niswonger season on October 4 with the Annie Moses Band.<\/p>\n

Lastly, the news of the firing of Jon Waters as the OSU Band director is saddening.\u00a0 We were fortunate to host them at the Niswonger last year and I may share some thoughts with you next week.<\/p>\n

FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems we just listened to Papa Doo Run Run in the park during the Peony\/ArtRageous Festival.\u00a0 And now we are about to hit August and our big finale concert in Fountain Park!\u00a0 This Friday night, we are proud to present a totally new band to our area called Never Stop Believin\u2019, a tribute to […]<\/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-54046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 21:58:38","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\/54046","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=54046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}