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CANYON, TEXAS— Join TEXAS Outdoor Musical for Panhandle Towns Week! We invite all of our neighbors in the surrounding Panhandle region to TEXAS. Experience the 57th season under our new artistic director, Stephen Crandall. Venture into the beautiful Palo Duro Canyon to see a family-friend show set against its authentic tapestry of history. Learn about the life stories, struggles and triumphs of settlers in the Texas Panhandle brought to life by our talented cast and crew.

Musician/Composer Alex Moreno will perform a solo piano recital this Saturday, July 8, at 6 pm, at the Texas Crown Performance Hall. Admission is free, but contributions will be gratefully accepted.

On the program will be pieces by Chopin, Ravel, Gershwin, Milhaud, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Coleridge-Taylor, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff.

The Mesa View Senior Living residents had prime real estate to view the 2023 Stars & Stripes Parade. They sat in the shade of a tent at the Sixth Street home of Brandon and Kellie Reeves, right on the parade route. Residents enjoying the show were Jack Gill, Billy Ratliff, Eva Timmons, Joyce Cross, Mary Loe Hous, Bruce Content and Rudy Sias.

The July 4th Parade STARS & STRIPES FOREVER featured 58 entries

The winners were:

Sweepstakes: Lady Cat Softball Club / Aud

Classic Automobile: Jerry Smith / 1964 Ford

Antique Tractor: Guy Hufstedler / 1953 Ford Tractor

Wagon/Carriage: Rocky Jines/Jines Ranch / 1890 Doctors Buggy

1st: With Turtle #57—Ryker Houser

2nd: With Turtle #74—Elizabeth Landers

3rd: With Turtle #79—Shane Clements

The traditional Ogallala Commons Playa Tour held in conjunction with the Nazareth German Fest is set for the morning of Saturday, July 8, from 9 am to 11 am.

The Canadian Church of Christ’s traditional GO! Weekend—now in its eighth year of community-wide clean-up projects here—is packing up the shovels and work gloves and heading up US 83 this year to help the tornado-stricken town of Perryton. The date that was set for Canadian’s GO! Weekend—Saturday, July 22—has now been dedicated to Perryton’s recovery.

River Valley Pioneer Museum Director Tamera Julian decided a saddle exhibit would be the ticket for this year’s July 4th celebration. She had noticed last year that rodeo cowboys and their families from all over were among the visitors the museum attracted during the weekend of activities in Canadian.

Coffee Memorial Blood Center in Amarillo will host the Boots & Badges Canadian Community Blood Drive on Thursday, July 13, 1-6 pm, at the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall.

Donors will receive a Boots & Badges t-shirt and one WOW Pass to Wonderland Amusement Park.

Photo ID is required. You must be at least 17 years old to donate. Donors that are 16 may donate with a signed parental consent form.

In conjunction with the release of his sixth studio album (the second from the independent record label Mexican Summer), Hayden Pedigo will perform in his native Amarillo. The 28-year-old performance artist, politician, model and fingerstyling maestro whose talent is as irrepressible as it is undeniable, will take the stage at the Amarillo College Concert Hall Theater, adjacent to the Amarillo Museum of Art, followed by a cocktail reception at AMoA.