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What’s Happening in Fort Scott! July 28th Weekly Newsletter

The above photo is of the Farmers’ Market which is held every Tuesday from 4-6pm and Saturday’s from 8am-12pm, located at Skubitz Plaza in front of the Fort!

UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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Fort Scott National Historic Site

Daily Guided Tours: 10am & 1pm

Special activities all this weekend! See link below.

Visit your National Park!

Trolley Tours of Fort Scott

50-minute narrated historical tour

Every Friday & Saturday on the hour

Fridays 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm

Saturdays 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm

$6 adults, $4 12 & under, leaves from the Chamber

Click this link: The Artificers

August pottery class/workshop

schedule, a creative space for all ages!

Click here for all the FUN activities at the

Museum of Creativity, something for all ages!

BINGO hosted by the American Legion Post 25 every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month unless it falls on a holiday. Doors open at 6pm and Bingo starts at 7pm at Memorial Hall.

Fort Scott Public Library Summer Schedule has ALOT of fun things to do! Click here to see!

The Lavender Patch Farm will be open many days throughout the month of July, click here for specific hours/dates.

7/28 ~ Otis Nixon Youth Baseball Camp, $20/per participant, ages 7-15, call Steve Anthony at 620.215.2392 for more info!

7/28 ~ Special Olympics Golf Tournament Horse Race, come out and be part of the gallery, starting at 5pm, Woodland Hills Golf Course!

7/28 ~ GRAND OPENING of the Splash pad and Sensory Park! Music, food trucks, and so much fun for all ages, RIBBON CUTTING is at 5:30pm with the opening of the splash pad to follow, Skubitz Plaza, click here for more info!

7/28 ~ Friday Night Concert in the Park will be held at the First United Methodist Church this week for a special Branson Show, concert starts at 6pm, click here for more info!

7/28 ~ Uniontown Live Music Event Featuring Country Singer Rick Hite, Ice Cream Social starting at 6:15pm, music @ 7pm, Uniontown Park, click here for more info!

7/28 ~ Book Signing Meet & Greet at Fort Scott Munitions featuring Jessica Lynch Former POW Iraq 2003, books will be available on site for purchase, starts at 3pm, click here for more info.

7/28 ~ Absolutely Country, Definitely Gospel Faith’s Journey in Concert at First United Methodist Church, 6pm, click here for more info!

7/29 ~ Rumble on the Bricks, family friendly car meet on Skubitz Plaza, all vehicles are welcome, 3pm, click here for more info!

7/29 ~ BBCO Golf Scramble for Special Olympics Kansas, starting at 7am, awards/raffle prizes/ and silent auction will be later in the evening,

click here for more info!

7/31 ~ Sports Physicals and Immunizations at Bourbon County Health Department, call the health department to schedule an appointment time, or click here for more info!

8/2 ~ Mammography Event hosted by Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, no appt or referral needed, 7am-7pm, click here for more info!

8/2 ~ Wednesday Writers at Hedgehog.INK! Bookstore, all are welcome with an interest in writing, 1:30-3pm, click here for more info!

8/3 ~ Chamber Coffee and Ribbon Cutting hosted by Laree + Co, 3 S. National Ave, 8am

8/4 ~ Backroom Art Gallery 1st Friday at Hare & Crow, 118 S. Main, 1-9pm, click here for more info!

8/4 ~ First Friday at the Artificers, 8 N. National, stop by browse art/have light refreshments/enjoy good company, 5-8pm, click here for more info!

8/4-5 ~ Sales Tax Holiday Weekend, customers receive a discount equal to the sales tax of 9.4% on purchase, see flyer below for details.

8/5-6 ~ Woodland Hills City Championship, $65 per person, Men’s (18-50)/36 holes, Women’s/18 holes, Senior 55+/27 holes (completed on Saturday), Juniors 12-17/18 holes, click here for more info!

8/5 ~ Grand Re-opening and Lillian’s 7th Birthday at Laree + Co, enjoy treats/food trucks/door prizes/vendors, 10:30am-3pm, click here for more info!

8/5 ~ First Saturday Story Time at Hedgehog.INK! Bookstore, come enjoy a guest reader and an activity, 2:30-3:30pm, click here for more info!

8/5 ~ End of Summer Craft Creations, River Room, 8am-5pm, click here for more info!

8/5 Keith Meech Benefit, Fort Scott Elks Lodge, 12pm Scottish Doubles Pool Tourn, 3-5pm Pulled Pork Sandwich Meal, 5-6pm Live Auction, click here for flyer.

8/6 ~ Champions Forever Event by Advance Bourbon County, Fort Scott High School, 7-10pm, click here for more info!

8/10 ~ Chamber Coffee hosted by Old Fort Genealogical Society, 221 S. National Ave, 8am

8/12 ~ Poverty Paradigm by Core Community of Bourbon County, Tickets are $10, all are welcomed and encouraged to attend, Fort Scott Middle School, click here for more info!

SAVE THE DATE!

8/24 ~ Chamber Coffee and Ribbon Cutting at Structure by Margo, 19 S. National Ave.

8/26 ~ Todd Royce Comedy at Memorial Hall, 7-10pm, click here for more info.

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SHOPPING ~ SUPPORT LOCAL!

Boutiques-Antiques-Flea Markets & more!

Click here for Chamber member

specialty shopping & other retail in

Downtown & other areas of the community.
Fort Scott Area
Chamber of Commerce
620-223-3566
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Calendar of Events

Special Event Features

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Chamber Highlights
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Membership Directory.
We THANK our members for their support! Interested in joining the Chamber?
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Contact us for a relocation packet, information on grants & incentives, and more!
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Many opportunities available!
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Click here for our rental listing.

Book Signing with Jessica Lynch Former POW Iraq 2003, Fort Scott Munitions!

Friday Night Concert in the Park

will be held @ First United Methodist Church tonight, July 28th, 6pm!

Click here for info.!

Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of the Splash Pad and Sensory Park! Come out and enjoy music, food trucks, and so much fun for ALL ages!

Sports Physicals & Immunizations at Bourbon County Health Department!

Mammography Event hosted by Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas!

Keith Meech Benefit – Pulled Pork Dinner – Live Auction – Raffle!
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Bourbon County, Entertainment, Fort Scott

Friday Night Free Concert: Faith’s Journey

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Faith’s Journey. Submitted photo.

This week’s Friday Night Concert will be a special performance by Faith’s Journey, a trio from Branson, Mo. The concert will begin at 6 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 301 S. National Ave., which is bringing this concert to the public.

A free-will offering will be accepted.

Faith’s Journey is a ministry of music that performs over 120 dates a year from coast to coast. This ministry is comprised of Jonathan Edwards, MC and baritone for the group; his wife Deana Edwards soprano; and Scott Roberts, tenor and pianist.

Faith’s Journey has ministered on small and large stages across the country singing great traditional gospel music. They have been featured performers at Branson’s Silver Dollar City as well as had their music played on radio stations across the country.

Friday Night Concerts are organized by Ralph Carlson and sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce. Sound support is provided by Dave’s Music and Jim Butler.

Art, Entertainment, Fort Scott Community College, History

Tradition, Adaptation, Tragedy, Triumph, Survival: Experience the Wahzhazhe Story In Fort Scott This Weekend

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One can order tickets online for the Osage ballet being  performing at the Ellis Arts Center, Fort Scott Community College this weekend or at the door. The first performance is tonight at 7:30 p.m.

 

This scene in the ballet depicts the encounters with Europeans by the Osage, a tribe of Native Americans.

Wahzhazhe is the Native American name for the  tribal people we know as the Osage.

A dance academy in Pawhuska, OK has created a ballet telling the 400 year-old story of the Wahzhazhe.

The performers are mostly from the Dance Maker Academy in Pawhuska, in Osage County, which is home to the Osage tribe.

There are about 24,000 Osage people throughout the world, Randy Tinker-Smith, the ballet producer said.

Tinker-Smith said the 20 children dancers in this ballet are from different tribes, not all Osage.

The ballet is “an artistic expression of who we are,”Tinker- Smith, who is Osage, said. “We are not history, we are still here.”

They performed the Osage story at the Smithsonian Institution in 2012, she said.

The scene that resonated with viewers there, was the last one, where the performers demonstrate walking in two worlds, the Osage world and the other white people world, she said.

The ballet is the story of tradition, adaptation, tragedy, triumph, survival, and the enduring spirit of the Osage people, told by the Osage Nation, according to a press release from the FSNHS.

“This is not our story to tell, but it is our responsibility to provide a platform for these stories to be told,” said Carl Brenner, FSNHS Chief of Interpretation and Resource Management.

“This area was their native homeland,” Brenner said. “This (ballet) is part of a Native American series (at the Fort). We will continue to talk about this.”

“We jump started our relationship with the Osages,” Jill Jaworski, FSNHS Superintendent said. “There are a lot of doors being opened for having conversations with the Osage. We are looking to update our exhibits and are asking ‘What would you like shared?'”

Ballet: an Osage Tradition

The first  five prima ballerinas in the United State were Native Americans, two of them Osage, Tinker-Smith said.

Lavender Sarroll, a mom accompanying the ballet troupe,  said her daughter, Lilliana Guillen, 17, has been dancing since she was six years old at the Dance Maker Academy.

The ballet still is emotional for her, Sarroll said.

“To this day, when they get to the place in the ballet, where they rise from defeat, I cry every time,” she said.

Sarroll said the Wahzhazhe have their own government and language.

Doors are opened to a college education for some through the ballet.

Several of the ballet performers are offered dance scholarships to colleges, including her daughter, Sarroll said.

Logistics

Fort Scott National Historic Site and the Friends of Fort Scott National Historic Site, Inc. offered special access for the media to the Wahshazhe ballet producer, Randy Tinker-Smith, and for viewing  rehearsals on Wednesday, July 19.

The rehearsal was a prelude to the three performances, today, Friday, through Saturday at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 Horton St.

There are 50 people involved in the production of the ballet, but some parents accompany the group, with a total of 70 people. Most arrived on Wednesday and are staying in the FSCC Residential Halls.

Thursday was the dress rehearsal, then the performances are today,  Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 3 p.m.

Youth tickets are just $15, adults are $35. Go to Friends of the Fort Facebook page or at OsageBallet.com.

Or one can take a chance, wait, and hope it’s not sold-out and purchase tickets at the door.

There is a question and answer session following the ballet.

Learning More

The performance is for those who are interested in Kansas and American history, Native American culture, the arts and dance, and those wanting to experience something spectacular and different from anything they have seen before, according to the press release.

Killers of the Flower Moon-The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, a story on a tragic part of the Osage tribe is a book that has been made into a movie and will be open in theaters this years, Tinker-Smith said.

“Mollie Burkhart is in the book,” she said. “Her grand-daughter is in the ballet. This movie, we can let people know, we are still here.”

For a synopsis of the book:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/books/review/killers-of-the-flower-moon-david-grann.html