New Life of Opry Theater Stands In Remembrance

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HOGS ‘N’ HOT RODS -2013
What do you get when
you have a historic Main
Street and you add hundreds
of
motorcycles,
classic and antique cars,
live music, and great food?
The annual Hogs ‘N’ Hot
Rods celebration!
Collinsville Downtown,
Inc. will host this annual
fun filled, family event on
June 8, 2013.
Hogs ‘N’ Hot Rods was
originally begun by GreyBeards Bar and Grill
owner Mike Lames. He
started the celebration a
few years ago as “Bikes,
Blues and Brews”. However, he soon joined
with Collinsville Downtown,
Inc. and the “Hogs ‘N’ Hot
Rods” festival was born.
Collinsville’s Main Street
will close for the day to
accommodate the vast
number of visitors who
help double the town’s
population for the day.
Visitors will be treated to smokin’ hot rods,
rockin’ music and tricked
out motorcycles. People from all over Oklahoma and as far away as
Texas and Arkansas will
be on hand to show
off their cars and motorcycles which will be
strategically parked along
Main Street in front of
historic buildings, creating a realistic, old time,
small-town feel.
There will be a variety
of commercial vendors,
arts & crafts vendors
as well as food vendors.
There will be something
for
everybody.
These
will be set up down the
middle of Main Street.
ANTIQUES
BOUTIQUES
GOOD EATS
There will be everything
from
gourmet
packaged food items, dolls,
artwork, jewelry and of
course lots of food.
A DJ will be located at
the 10th Street intersection to play your favorite tunes from the ‘50’s,
‘60’s, and ‘70’s, as well as
some of the current top
tunes.
Admission is free to this
fun-filled family event.
The kids are not left
out.
Inflatables will be
available for the kids to
play on.
At 4:30 p.m. the awards
ceremony
will
begin.
This is a strong competition so there will be lots
of cheering as winners
from each category are announced.
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New Life of Opry Theater Stands In Remembrance
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It has been the longtime dream of Mr.
Rick Herron to own his own theater and
now with the help of his father, Duke
Herron, that dream is coming true. Father and son put in countless hours
restoring the historic Crown Theater to
downtown Collinsville. Having worked
as a promoter in country music Rick
Herron chose country music to be the
venue of his longtime dream. The refurbished movie theater now stands as
one of only a few country music halls in
Oklahoma. Herron’s Crown Opry Theater now also stands as a constant memorial to the elder Herron who worked
so hard to see it come to pass before
passing unexpectedly in April 2013.
Before his passing Duke Herron, made
it his mission to personally invite and
welcome countless patrons to the Opry.
He was able to see numerous talented
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Wounded Veterans Benefit Concert
Armed Forces Weekend
musicians take the stage with The Main
Street Opry Band that now calls Herron’s
home.
The Main Street Opry Band is composed of only the best musicians in the
area. Band members have toured with
some of the biggest names in country
music with the likes of Reba McIntire,
Clint Black, Brooks and Dunn, Doug
Stone and many others. The stage
comes alive on the second and fourth
Saturday of each month as accomplished guest stars are invited to perform with the band. Tickets are an affordable $10 and available at the door.
For more information about Herron’s
Crown Opry Theater visit them online at
www.herronscrownoprytheater.com, on
Facebook, or follow them on Twitter @
CvilleCrownOpry. You can also contact
owner Rick Herron at (903) 331-1325.
May 17TH - 7:00 PM
Herron’s Crown Opry Theater
Rick Herron has donated use of Herron’s
Crown Opry Theater for use by the Patriot Hope
Foundation to raise funds to support wounded
veterans returning home from war.
Foundation spokesperson, Ricquel Ivy, family
and friends will host an Armed Forces Weekend
Concert and Silent Auction. Featured performing
artists Wilbur Lee Tucker, Liz Goins and Cactus
Jones will be joined by other local performers.
100% of all proceeds will support foundation
effort to offer hope and service to those who
have sacrificed so much for our way of life in this
country, and help them to realize they have a
mission in this life. Anchored in hope for humanity, we serve our fellow man.
For more information or to offer help, contact
Ricquel Ivy, 918-805-1088, patriothopefoundation@gmail.com or friend them on Facebook.
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