The Vandalia Area Historical Society & Java Goddess Cafe along with our community is pleased to co-host
the Smithsonian Exhibit New Harmonies, Celebrating American Roots Music from June 27 through August 8, 2009
Meetings are held on the third Friday of each month at 6:30 at The Java Goddess Cafe on Main Street.
Come and help us Celebrate!
Fund Raisers
"Puttin on the Ritz" February 28, 2009
Dinner and Ballroom Dancing - Vandalia VFW Hall 100 Gaslight Road
Menu: Lettuce/mandarin/strawberry/pecan with poppy seed dressing salad , Beef Brisket, Chicken Cordon Blu, Baked Potato, Green Beans, Homemade Bread and Cheesecake
Demonstration and instruction in Waltz, Fox Trot and Swing with Bill and Winnie Morgan from Columbia. Bill and Winnie teach ballroom dancing and participate in dancing competitions. Guests are invited to stay and dance after the demonstration and instruction are provided. Tickets are $25.00 and on sale at Hickman's IGA Vandalia or Vicki Wright 573 594-3657 or vjwright@windstream.net Ticket sales end Feb. 23rd. For those who wish to attend the dance only - $10 at the door.
"LOAFERS DAY"
Date; Friday April 17th time; 11:00 a.m. - 7 p.m. Location; Modern Maturity Building East Joe Street, Vandalia. Ham n' Beans w/cornbread or Broccoli Cheddar Soup w/fresh breads, cake and drink $6.00. Carry outs available call 594 3939. Spend the afternoon playing cards popcorn and soda will be available.
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6/23 Old Time Barn Dance,
Nine Mile Band and Professional Square Dance Jim Thaxter as the caller. John White is our coordinator, and fiddler.
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Opening Night Vandalia Fair Grounds (South Hwy. W)
In many small towns the sense of community has all but evaporated as people go about their busy lives. We believe the Barn Dance will help spark that sense of kinship once again. This event will also encourage local musicians to keep playing. The main idea behind this event is to build community ties and create more interest in Missouri's musical heritage.
In Missouri, the development, maintenance, and preservation of traditional fiddling has been dependent upon dancing and vice versa. Participants can listen and dance to these same traditional Missouri fiddle tunes handed down from previous generations.
This event will be at the Vandalia Area Fair and will be on the opening night of the fair, which is free to the public. Several musicians from the Columbia area will provide the music and the calling. It will be held in the pavilion.
6/28 Gospel Sing Night
Steve Miller - Praises to Him Gospel
Recommended by the MO Arts Council-7:00pm
Baptist Church Family Life Center(Hwy.54 & N. Lindell)
Gospel music has its distinctive sound and makes its own important contribution to the complex palette of what we call indigenous American music.
This event will show how Gospel music is embedded in the experience of our daily lives and how it fits the functional and symbolic needs of our community. Familiar and favorite songs from gospel will be included.
Steve Miller will present Praises To Him. This program is recommended by the Missouri Arts Council. This presentation will be in the Baptist Family Life Center, an excellent venue, with easy accessibility for patrons, ample seating and a sound system already in place.
Hidden away in the Missouri Ozarks is a language and culture that has been studied by just a few scholars. Their songs, recorded on wax cylinders by song catchers decades ago and thought to have been lost forever, are still alive today, in sleepy little towns with names like Old Mines, Potosi, and Sainte Genevieve. The French frontier of North America, remembered today as the Louisiana Purchase, began in the late 1600s. Dennis Stroughmatt met and was embraced by the Creole people in southern Missouri, and has learned their language, music and culture. He will share this living history with us. This program is scheduled to be presented outside in downtown Vandalia.
7/11 Grand Ole Opry Night
Rotary Tractor Cruise
Grand Ole Opry Broadcast-6:30pm
Dirt Road Rascals Band-Bluegrass and Country 7:00 pm
Hammered Dulcimer, Mandolin, Accordion, Guitar,Bass & Percussion
Front Door Band Irish Music And Folklore Tales-9:00 pm
Downtown Vandalia
The Dirt Road Rascals Show is a country bluegrass variety show complete with a country clown, Hector of Huckleberry Holler and old fashioned fiddler and banjo tunes. The Rascals who have been called one of Missouris most popular bands are known for crowd pleasing family friendly performances and amiable meet and greet sessions with the audience. The band has a lengthy history in performing and creates a dynamic show that audiences find irresistible.
7/18 Prairie Stock Night
Car Show-6:30 pm
Hippie from the 60s
Kansas City Street Band-8:00 pm
Featuring Glen Bummer the Drummer Ward
A 6 member Rhythm and Blues Band
Recommended by the MO Arts Council
Burnt Toast-Rock and Roll-10:00pm
Local Vandalia Band
Downtown Vandalia
Blues is the single most influential black music of all. It is simple in form but infinitely adaptable and has left its mark on country and gospel and given rise to jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul and rap.
Glen Ward and the Kansas City Street Band is a six piece Rhythm and Blues, Blues and Jazz band. They have toured all over the USA and the Caribbean for over thirty one years. They will be presenting their Music mobile, a Brief History of Blues and Soul Music. This group has a great sound and will be enjoyed by all ages and will also educate the audience about this important and popular American music. They are on the Missouri Arts Council touring roster, and we are very lucky to have gotten them for our local celebration.
7/25 We Are Family Night
Special Guest- MO MO The Monster
Kids Games-6:30pm
Trivia Contest-7:00pm
CurreyKorn -Bluegrass-8:00pm
Mom, Dad, 5 Children & a Family Friend
The Defiance Band-Rock & Roll-10:00pm
Local Vandalia Band
Downtown Vandalia
For more information visit their web site @
http://www.myspace.com/curreykorn
8/1 Straw Hat Night
Wear Your Straw Hat
Art Show 6:00 pm
Street Chalk Drawing-6:00 pm
David Reetz Family Band- Bluegrass-7:00 pm
Roadhouse Band-Southern Rock-9:00 pm
Downtown Vandalia
It's Called Americana. American roots music is found at the
intersection of acoustic alternative, country, folk, roots rock,
bluegrass, rockabilly and western swing. country, folk, roots rock,
bluegrass, rockabilly and western swing. From alternative to bluegrass to
zydeco, all of these styles tend to have something in common with their
counterparts, great story telling and an honest, unpretentious realism.
Sometimes, it is a mixture of all this, other times it's something that
ol' Jake Bowen just made up on his way to town.
For more information visit their web site @
http://www.theroadhouseband.net/index.html
8/8 Down Home Night
Jam Session-4:00pm
Music Jamboree- Numerous Local Talent
Kevin Morris-Country-8:00 pm
Downtown Vandalia
Food Vendors Open at 6:00 pm
All Events are FREE
