Category Archives: Entertainment
Enjoy The Music at Pioneer Harvest Fiesta: No Friday Night Concert
There will be no Friday night show this week due to the Pioneer Harvest Fiesta activities, according to Ralph Carlson, coordinator for the Friday night concert.
The public is encouraged to visit Pioneer Harvest Fiesta, located at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds on South Horton Streets on Saturday and Sunday where musicians will be entertaining the attendees.
There will be music in the entertainment tent at the festival, starting at 10 am Saturday, Carlson said.
The following is the list of music events.
Saturday
10 am Mike Lundeen on the keyboard. Old time music
11:45 am Sekanaires Quartet
1 pm Leta and Mike Miller
2 pm to 4, open mike with walk-ons welcome.
Sunday
9 am Rev Paul Rooks- Grace Baptist Church worship service
10:15 am Fuss and Feathers with Don and Mim Carlson and Ralph Carlson
walkons welcome and open Jam.
2 pm Marilyn Adcock
3 pm Open Mike jam with Fuss and Feathers
Pittsburg Youth Chorale Performs Oct. 20
Pittsburg Youth Chorale presents Pre-Parade Prelude
Pittsburg Youth Chorale, under the direction of M.J. Harper, will perform a pre-parade prelude at 8:30 AM on Saturday, October 20 outside of Root Coffeehouse at 802 N. Broadway.
Warm up your body before the PSU Homecoming Parade with a cup of joe or mug of tea and a scone or muffin.
Warm up your voice with patriotic pieces such as “The Star Spangled Banner” and “TAPS.” Warm up your feet with selections like “Sing, Sing, Sing!”
Performers: Auggie Allison, Ben Bolinger, Sydney Ewing, Eden Darling, Amaeus Hawkins, Quorynn Harris, Angie Miller, Rachael Miller, Zayne Miller, Chloe Riska, and Hayden Turnbull meet Tuesdays 5-6PM at Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium & Convention Center, 503 N. Pine.
If you are interested in booking this ensemble, email [email protected] or call 620-235-7827.
Area singers in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade are invited to join Pittsburg Youth Chorale.
Participants do not need to be enrolled in USD 250 to belong to this ensemble.
To enroll, visit Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium & Convention Center between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, or call 620-231-7827.
Contact: MJ Harper, 620-719-6633, [email protected]
Gilligan’s Island Comes To FSCC by Briana Blandamer
Fort Scott Community College Theatre and Music Departments are presenting Gilligan’s Island: The Musical on October 19 and 20 at 7:30 pm and then again on the 21 at 2:00 pm. All show times will be on stage in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center.
Tickets are $5 for the community. All students, staff and faculty have free admission to the show.
The show is directed by Allen Twitchell, Head of the Theatre Department and Seth Ernst, Head of the Music Department.
Twitchell chose Gilligan’s Island: The Musical because it had been at least four years or more since FSCC put on a musical. He had checked out a book from the library about the original making of the Gilligan Island series and had read that there was a musical version. He thought it was a great choice to get a musical brought back to FSCC because it has a very small cast number and it is something familiar to the community.
The cast has been working on the show for about six weeks now, with one week left till showtime.
Jared Oshel, former FSCC student from Richmond is playing Skipper. Oshel said, “My favorite part about acting, in general, is the fact that I get to get away from the stresses of life and work and get to come to the stage and become another person for a little while.”
Katelynn Coe, a student at FSCC, is the show’s stage manager. She is in charge of the set making, light and sound cues, and so much more. Katelynn says her favorite part of her job is that she gets to watch a show come to life from the very beginning and watch all the actors bring their individual characters to life in their own way.
The complete cast includes Aiden Ballinger, a freshman from Pleasanton, as Gilligan; Oshel, as the Skipper; FSCC instructor Harold Hicks as the millionaire, Thurston Howell; FSCC staff member Karri Johnson as Mrs. Howell; Fayelyn Kmiec, a freshman from Farlington, as movie star Ginger; Jasper Dunn, a sophomore from Whitehall, Wis., as the Professor; Katie Button, a freshman from Fort Scott, as Mary Ann; and Marcus Robinson, a freshman from Paola, as the Alien.
Come out and watch Gilligan’s Island come to life on the stage here at FSCC!
Forks and Corks Nov. 3
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Fort Scott Special Events Oct. 12-14
Free Friday Concert Series: St. Martin’s Academy Music Ensemble
This Friday’s concert will feature the St. Martins Acadamy music ensemble.
The group consists of 17 young men from the academy.
Also featured will be a juggling act and instrumental music with electric and classical guitar.
The concert will start at 7 pm in the Heritage Park Pavilion at First and Main Streets.
Come early and bring your lawn chairs as seating is limited.
“I am particularly pleased to have this group of young men perform for us,” said Ralph Carlson, coordinator of the concert series.
Gordon Parks Celebration Oct. 4-7
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Thursday October 4th
PHOTO EXHIBIT in the Lunt Lobby of the Fine Arts Center. The Merl Humphrey Photography-sponsored photo contest will be on display with the theme of “What Inspires Me.” Winners will be announced at the Chamber Coffee.
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. — Ft. Scott Chamber of Commerce Coffee at the Gordon Parks Museum.
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. —“Leadbelly” film in the Gordon Parks Museum. FREE.
Friday October 5th
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Registration open outside of the Museum.
9:05 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.: “Leadbelly and Irene: Heartbeat of the Musical Frontier” with Megan Felt. Megan Felt, Program Director at the Lowell Milken Center in Fort Scott, created this short documentary on Huddie Ledbetter when she was a student at Uniontown High School. FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center/Gordon Parks Museum. FREE
10:05-11:30: “A Conversation with Roger Mosley.” The 2018 “Choice of Weapons Award” honoree, Mr. Mosley played Huddie Ledbetter in the Gordon Parks-directed film “Leadbelly” and starred in the popular television series, “Magnum P.I.” Discussion led by Karole Graham, Big Mabel in “The Learning Tree” and Laura May in “Leadbelly.” FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center/Theatre. FREE
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.—Grab a sack lunch from the lobby ($8-purchase that day) and join us in the museum for PARKS POETRY OUT LOUD, sponsored by the Bourbon County Arts Council. Poetry Out Loud is a contest & reading of selected poems of Gordon Parks. ANYONE may enter. No preregistration –just show up! Prize money of $100 (First Place), $75 (Second Place), and $50 (Third Place). (The eight poems are on the gordonparkscenter.org website.) FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center/Gordon Parks Museum. FREE
2:00 p.m. Guided Trolley Tour of Gordon Parks’ Fort Scott. Meet at the entrance of the FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center. See the places in Fort Scott that are part of Gordon Parks’ history. Fee: $7.
5:00 p.m.—Meet and Greet at Sharkey’s Pub. Drop by and meet Roger Mosley and Karole Graham, “Big Mabel” in The Learning Tree.”
7:00 p.m.—Friday Night Concert in the Park featuring the music of blues guitarist Lem Sheppard, Heritage Park Pavilion at 1st and Main Street in downtown Fort Scott. Food Vendors will be open at 5:00 p.m.
Bring your lawn chair! FREE
Saturday, October 6th
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.: Registration open outside of the Museum.
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Kid’s Art Workshop–Art activities for kids age 5-12. FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center/Meeting Rooms. Fee: $5-payable the day of the workshop.
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Dimensional Art Workshop-Museum $10 Participants will experience creating a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork using photography, pastels and/or watercolors. The finished work will be printed on 11 x 17 paper. Gordon Parks used this technique in his later years and created beautiful images by creating a background either with pastels, watercolor, etc. He then used a found object, lit the entire scene on two levels and took a photograph of it. FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center/Gordon Parks Museum. Fee: $10-payable the day of the workshop.
12:00—1:30—Lunch on your own.
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – “Gordon Parks, Jazz, and Photography,“ with John Mason, Associate Professor, Associate Chair, University of Virginia Department of History. Mason is working on “Gordon Parks and American Democracy,” a book about the ways in which Parks’ Life magazine photo-essays on poverty and the black liberation struggle and the books that he published during the civil rights era made him one of the era’s most significant interpreters of the black experience. FREE
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.—Guided Trolley Tour of Gordon Parks’ Fort Scott. Meet at the entrance of the FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center. See the places in Fort Scott that are part of Gordon Parks’ history. Fee: $7. 7:00 p.m. – “Celebration Tribute Dinner.” Dinner and evening of tribute; presentation of the 2018 “Gordon Parks Choice of Weapons Award” to Roger E. Mosley and a Celebration 15th-year Anniversary retrospective. Liberty Theatre, 113 S. Main. All seats reserved. Fee: $30.00. (Reserve by Wed., Oct. 3)
Sunday, October 7th
10:00 a.m.—Breakfast at Nate’s Place. Enjoy breakfast at one of Fort Scott’s finest! Located on the corner of National & 8th Street, you’re sure to find something on the menu to please. Check it out at: lyonstwinmansions.com/nates-place-restaurant. (No ticket required-everyone pays for their own)
Friday Night Concert: Lem Sheppard
The Friday Night Concert Series this Friday at 6:00 p.m. at 1st & Main Street, is featuring the music of blues guitarist, Lem Sheppard.
Food vendors, art activities, and movie clips will also be a part of the program, in downtown Fort Scott.
Bring your lawn chair! The performance is FREE.
Tri-Yak-A-Thon Oct. 13
The Gunn Park Trails volunteers would like to invite everyone to enjoy the fall weather and join us for the 6th annual Tri-yak-a-thon.
This year’s proceeds will benefit the new bike share program. The event will take place on October 13 at 10:00 AM in Gunn Park.
The Tri-yak-a-thon is a race where participants run on Gunn Park’s beautiful trails, kayak up and down the Marmaton River, and then tackle the trails again on a bike.
The goal of the event is to have fun and raise money to support the bike share program.
The trail run is approximately 4 miles, the kayak portion is 2.5 miles, and the final portion is a 7-mile mountain bike ride. Participate as a relay team, or if you are tough enough you can do the entire race as a solo participant.
You must bring your own kayak, life jacket, helmet, and mountain bike.
Riders must wear a helmet.
Onsite registration and packet pickup will be from 8:00 to 9:45 AM at Shelter House 6. You can register online at https://www.trireg.com/tri-yak-a-thon.
The race will begin at 10:00 AM.
Whether you enter the race or just come and cheer, please join us and support our park, our trails, and our bike share program.
We would like to thank our generous sponsors:
UMB Bank
Landmark Bank
Briggs Auto of Fort Scott
City State Bank
Smallville Crossfit
Papa Don’s
Brock Electric
Southwind Cycle and Outdoor
Friday Night Concert in the Park, Sept. 28
On Friday evening, September 28, the Concert in the Park (First and Main Street) show will feature a group of performers drawn from Allen, Bourbon and Linn Counties.
Some of the performers will be familiar to regular concert attendees while others will be making their first appearance. They are all very accomplished musicians and entertainers. The program will be similar to the one presented by this group last year that was very well received.
This is part of the Friday night concert in the park series sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce.
The performance will begin at 7:00 PM.
In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved to the FSCC Round Room at 2108 S. Horton.
The concert is free to the public. Because of limited seating, you are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
Friday Night Free Concert Sept. 21
There is a free concert each Friday night at Heritage Park.
This Friday show will feature David Prickett, vocal and guitar, Marilyn Adcock vocal, autoharp and guitar, Mike Lundeen, keyboard, Floyd Feezell, vocal and others.
There will be a open mike period for vocals from the audience.
Showtime is 7 p.m. Bring your lawn chairs as seating is limited. In the event of rain, the show will move 1/2 block south to the Common Grounds Coffee shop.