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The backdrop of the Kansas River was a bonus for Dulcie Guinty, of Wichita, as she sat in Burcham Park Saturday afternoon and listened to the Lawrence band Avenue.

“This is a wonderful place for a concert,” said Guinty, the president of the Kansas Acoustic Arts Assn. “It’s isolated and not disturbing the neighbors, but there’s shade, trees and great entertainment.”

Guinty said she was visiting friends in Lecompton for the weekend. She came to support Kansas musicians and also help contribute to a good cause.

Organizer Chris Armstrong said one-third of the ticket sales to Saturday’s “Burcham Park: Music for the Masses,” where about eight bands performed, would be donated to Kirk Rundstrom, 37, a Lawrence musician battling cancer.

Armstrong, a recent
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›› Changing Times-Same God
We now have over 30 children in our Children's Choir.  It is made up of children ages three through 5th grade.  We have put on a number of Musicals during the last year including:  "Christmas in Egypt",  "Down on the Creek-bank", and "Fat, Fat, Jehoshophat".    All of these have songs carrying a Biblical message and is a wonderful way for children to learn the moral and ethical principals taught in the Bible.

We plan to split the Children's Choir group during the next year into two groups with one being ages 3 through 2nd grade and the second being 3rd grade through 5th grade.   Do any of you grandparents or parents remember how in Elementary School, many of the stories had moral
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›› Good For The Soul

Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six year old son asked if he could say grace, as we bowed our heads he said, "God is good, God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And liberty and justice for all! Amen!"

Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby, I heard a woman remark, "That's what's wrong with this country, kids today don't even know how to pray. Asking God for ice cream! Why, I never!"

Hearing this, my son burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it
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Elvis Presley & Johnny Cash
Garry Says... Johnny Cash's first single, "Cry, Cry, Cry"/"Hey Porter" (with guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant), was released in 1955 by Sam Phillips's Sun Records. Though the so-called
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Mother and Child
Paul Simon was once asked by a journalist about his "profound" song "Mother and Child Reunion". Simon's inspiration? A chicken and egg dish of the same name seen on the
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Tuscan Wit?
Pianist Victor Borge was once asked why the keys on his piano were so yellow. Borge insisted that, notwithstanding the evidence, the piano was not very old. His explanation? "The
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Dizzy Foreigner
In 1937, after an apprenticeship playing in jam sessions at various clubs (often several in a single evening), Dizzy Gillespie got his first big break. Teddy Hill, the leader of
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