Bluegrass Festival

The 2^nd Annual Ben Green Memorial Bluegrass Festival will be held on July 24-26 in Dexter.  Hosted by the Briarpatch Band, it will be located at 1 ½ miles east of K-15 Highway on 212nd road.  Look for the giant tent.  For more information contact Jim Sexton at 876-5876.  Some of the featured performers include the Walnut River String Band, Timber Creek and the Briarpatch Band. The cost is $10 for Friday only, $12 for Saturday only or $20 for the whole weekend.  Kids under 12 are free.

 ABCDE Flint Hills Country Music Opry at the Fair

The ABCDE organization will be putting on a Flint Hills Country Music Opry at the Cowley County Fair on August 2^nd.  The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the free stage on the midway.

The line up is as follows:

Dr. Steve Abrams
Trinity Lutheran Children's Choir
Wanda Dudgeon
Micah Thom

Bob and Arlene Otto
Norman and Rita Krug

Next ABCDE Meeting

The next ABCDE meeting will be held on Monday, August 10^th.  Although we typically meet on the first Monday of the month, we always move the August meeting back a week for the Cowley County Fair.  The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. in Cambridge.

ABCDE Website

Our website is changing.  The new and improved site will be www.abcdebettertogether.com.  Although still under construction, it does have some basic information

Upcoming Activities/Events

July 30-Aug 4           Cowley County Fair

Aug 2                        ABCDE Flinthills Country Music Opry at Fair, 6:30

Aug 10                      ABCDE Meeting 7 pm, Cambridge

To submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to Shannon Thom Martin at shannonthom@hotmail.com.