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Summertime is baseball time and that makes this year’s Broadway RFD production a timely one! This year the cast of Broadway RFD is performing the baseball themed musical, Damn Yankees.

The final performances of Damn Yankees by the talented cast of Broadway RFD will be held this weekend, Friday July 20th and Saturday the 21st.

So bring your blankets and lawn chairs and head over to Swensson Park for this year’s Broadway RFD show. Performances begin at 8:30 and tickets are available at the gate. Prices are $6 for adults, 4$ for children ages 5 through 12 and kids under 4 are free.

In the event of rain, performances will be held on the 22nd.

And the Red Barn Studio continues its Artist in Residence program with a unique set of visitors the week of July 22nd through 28th. Artists of the Visual Arts Alliance of Mc Pherson? will bring a variety of interests and styles as they come together to work as a group during their residency at the Red Barn. Contact the Red Barn Studio at 227-2217 for more information.

Car lovers, mark your calendars! In just two weeks it’s time for Lindsborg’s annual Smoky Valley Classic Car Show. Held at beautiful Swensson Park from 9am until 3pm on Saturday, August 4th, this is a great chance to view some fine classic cars. In addition, there will be judging for winners in a variety of categories, including the humorous, most likely to get ticketed! If you are interested in exhibiting one of your classics, please contact the Lindsborg Chamber before August 1st.

Finally, in the tooting our own horn category, comes news that Lindsborg was named as one of the top 20 Small Town Get-aways for 2007 by the Midwest Living magazine. If you haven’t visited Lindsborg recently, why not drop by and find out why we were chosen to receive this honor?

Till next week, this is Mike Rodriquez with the Lindsborg update.

Listen to the podcast of the Lindsborg Update from the 20th of July 2007 simply by clicking the previous link. The Lindsborg Update is a podcast of a weekly bit I do on a local radio station, KSAL 1150AM. The Lindsborg Update usually airs on Fridays, a couple of minutes after 12:30 PM. Btw, if you use an RSS aggregator, and iTunes, you can automatically load this podcast into iTunes from within the aggregator.

Rain delayed Lindsborg’s annual fireworks display by one day, until July 5th. While this may have led to a smaller crowd, it didn’t hurt the fireworks at all. You can see even more images (larger ones, too) at my Fireworks 2007 set on Flickr.

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Lindsborg fireworks

Hello everyone,

On Sunday, July 8th, from 2-4pm there will be a special Swedish Genealogy workshop at the Bethany Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. This free workshop is an excellent opportunity to learn more about researching your Swedish ancestors. You may call 227-3595 for more information.

Well, it’s summer, and nothing says summer more than baseball! That makes this year’s Broadway RFD production a timely one, as this year they’re performing the baseball themed musical, Damn Yankees.

Returning to the bandshell in Swensson Park, the very popular annual summertime theater performances presented by Lindsborg’s Broadway RFD are always a highlight of the summer season in Lindsborg. Performances this year will be held on two weekends, Friday and Saturday, July 13th and 14th and again on the 20th and 21st.

So bring your blankets and lawn chairs and head over to the park for this year’s Broadway RFD show. Peformances begin at 8:30 and tickets are available at the gate. Prices are $6 for adults, 4$ for children ages 5 through 12 and kids under 4 are free.

Again, there’s 4 performances of Damn Yankees, Friday and Saturday the 13th and 14th of July and again the weekend of the 20th and 21st.

The Red Barn Studio will be hosting Rodger Gerberding, Council Bluffs, Iowa, as the Artist-in-Residence from July 1st – 21st. Rodger works in diverse media, including sculpture, printmaking, collage, box construction, drawing and painting.

During his residency Rodger will be working in mixed media and recycled material. He will also lead a Box Assemblage Workshop incorporating found or personal items on Saturday, July 14th , 12:15 – 4pm.

For more information about the class call the Red Barn at 227-2217

till next week, this is Mike Rodriquez with the Lindsborg Update.

Listen to the podcast of the Lindsborg Update from the 6th of July 2007 simply by clicking the previous link. The Lindsborg Update is a podcast of a weekly bit I do on a local radio station, KSAL 1150AM. The Lindsborg Update usually airs on Fridays, a couple of minutes after 12:30 PM. Btw, if you use an RSS aggregator, and iTunes, you can automatically load this podcast into iTunes from within the aggregator.