By SALINA POST
GLEN ELDER STATE PARK - Rob Boeve will headline a free concert at Glen Elder State Park Sunday.
Organized by the Waconda Camping Club, the concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday at the Osage shelter house in Glen Elder State Park at Waconda Lake.
"The event is free with a state park pass and all are invited to attend. Bring your lawn chairs, tents, yard games, picnic and dancing shoes. Rob Boeve, a local Beloit resident, will be acoustically entertaining the summer kickoff event. Boeve has graced the stage at Tootsies and several other local venues," the Waconda Camping Club noted in a news release.
The concert is free, thanks to sponsors Schoen Funeral Home and Monument, Schoen Auto Repair and Expressions, LLC. The sponsors also will be selling Waconda Lake t-shirts, funds from which will be donated to the Waconda Cultural Association for lake and camping improvements.
Additonally, members of the Waconda Cultural Association will be on site to pre-sell LakeFest t-shirts.
LakeFest is scheduled for July 1 and is to include fun and activities to help raise money for the Waconda Cultural Association for lake improvements. Fun and activities planned include the following, according to information from the Waconda Camping Club.
●Yard game contests
●Kids’ activities
●Contests
●A live auction and raffle
●Live music, food vendors and a beer garden will begin at noon.
●The TreeSlayor, a talented chainsaw carver, is scheduled to entertain at the event.
●Musical entertainment is to include Henry Tice, Chey Knoll, and Back2Back, and Marzolf Trucking will sponsor DJ Bridwell for the headlining entertainment that night.
●The Beloit Area Chamber of Commerce's firework show over the lake is scheduled for dusk.
“It’s so exciting to be a part of these events at the lake! The people involved whether it be sponsors, volunteers, campers or attendees all come together to make these awesome events possible. It’s great that the money raised comes right back for lake and camping improvements! I’m super excited for some big announcements this year!” said Lydia Housh, with the Waconda Camping Club.
To help volunteer or sponsor or for more information on this event or upcoming lake events, contact Housh via text/call at Becker Autos & Trailers in Beloit at 785-534-1227.