Rupert 4th of July Festivities

As many of you know, Rupert has a full week of fun 4th of July festivities to enjoy. Beginning this Monday and continuing through the end of the week, the town square will be awash with entertainment and food booths galore. Each night there are free concerts and Monday is the big fireworks extravaganza. There is also PBA Bullriding and a carnival at the fairgrounds. Monday night's concert will be The Parrotheads (a Jimmy Buffet cover band), Wednesday night is some country singer that was on the Nashville circuit last year, and Thursday night is the big Patriotic Program. You may have noticed that I left out Tuesday night. That's because that night is reserved for local talent. This year our family has been asked to provide a 1/2 hour of entertainment from 8:00-8:30 pm. We're working hard to get a program together that will be entertaining (fingers crossed). The kids are going to sing some of the music they're preparing for music camp (Kate will sing "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" and "Zipadeedoodah", Todd will sing "I Won't Grow Up" (with backups from Kate), and "It's Possible" (from Seussical), then they will sing "Fifty Nifty United States", "Solla Sollew" with me, and the family will sing "America", I will be singing a few on my own including "Someone Like You" (from Jekyll and Hyde), "Popular" (from Wicked), "Over the Rainbow", and "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" (with Brad). We're still kicking around a few other ideas, so if anyone has a great suggestion I'm all ears. Anyway, if you're over Rupert-way next week you better stop by and enjoy a little slice of Americana. This week is one of my favorite parts of living in Rupert. It feels like stepping onto the set of Pleasantville.