OOMPH HERE IT IS! THE 2026 SCHEDULE!
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Our Redeemer Lutheran Church “Joyful Sounds”
2026 Praise in the Park at the Phoenix Park Bandshell FB Post
Cold Sweat is a consumate 8 piece dance band, featuring a 4 piece rock solid rhythm section and a super tight 3 piece horn section, lead by incredible vocalists, playing Funk, R&B, Soul, Dance, Rock & Pop.
TAKE IT EASY – A TRIBUTE TO THE EAGLES-FaceBook
In honor of one of the best country rock bands of all time, Take It Easy performs hit after chart topping hit from the vast catalog of music created by the Eagles. From their debut Witchy Woman to their climactic #1 Hotel California, Take It Easy covers the bases. Touching on the solo careers of each artist as well this band is sure to have your favorites covered.
Come on out and relive those timeless years of rock and roll and embrace the temptation to move your feet and sing along.
Sponsors
Watertown 1st Brigade Band – Patriotic
Palmyra/Eagle Community Band
Who We Are
The Palmyra-Eagle Community Band brings programs that feature a real slice of home town band music. Music to put a Smile on Your Face and the Tap in Your Toe.
Our band numbers about 45 dedicated musicians that perform year-round, from our first concert on Fat Tuesday through our Christmas concert on the first or second Sunday in December. Our performances include selections from a wide variety of genres including pop tunes, Broadway, movies, jazz, Rock & Roll, Sousa, Civil War, light classical, opera, 40s, polkas, marches, Dixieland and much more.
We take pride in developing themed concerts based on a historical event, such as World War II, the Civil War or a period of music such as Sousa, the 40s and American Pops.
Gary Stebnitz – Popular Rock
Ain’t That America
https://aintthatamericatribute.com/
Behind the Music
July 4th, 1992 was the day it all started for me. I was 15 that summer and happened upon the “Ain’t That America, a July 4th Celebration with John Mellencamp,” televised on ABC. Freshly off his “Cougar” moniker, John Mellencamp was playing all the hits, while promoting his latest “Whenever We Wanted” album live from Indianapolis, Indiana. Growing up with my boombox and several generations of walkman’s keeping me occupied on long family excursions, I was familiar with most of the John “Cougar” Mellencamp radio staples, so I decided to “Check it out.” A departure from my music catalog at the time, I was immediately taken by the energy of the show and the delivery of the songs. In the following days, I rushed out to pick up “Whenever We Wanted” on cassette. From that point, my backlog journey began with “Scarecrow” and continued through his entire catalog from “Johnny Cougar” to “John Mellencamp.” Since then, I’ve remained steady in my accumulation of his albums, attendance at shows, and even participation in Mellenfest #1 and #2 in Seymour, Indiana. Late in high school, I finally picked up a guitar and proceeded to struggle through “Jack and Diane” for countless hours as a freshman in college……
By 2000, I started Loud and Clear Productions, LLC as a “fun hobby that made money” in the spare time of my engineer-turned-sales career path in the Music Products/Audio industry. In late 2021, after producing hundreds of live events for other bands over 20 years, I decided it was finally “time” to retire from the 30-50ish shows a year, step out from the shadows and onto the stage, and devote my efforts to the “show” that I always wanted to produce. It is my privilege to bring “Ain’t That America: John Mellencamp Tribute” show to you.
Modeled after the show that started my Mellencamp journey back in 1992, with the addition of later hits, and topped off with quality sound, lighting, and video to tell the “story” of JM’s music and art, my goal is to provide an experience only surpassed by John himself. Whether you’re a “Mellenhead” or not, I hope you’ll join the band, crew, and me for some singing and dancing through the “minutes to memories.” I hope you enjoy my vision and execution of the ultimate Mellencamp Tribute.
-Eric Reese
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