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YS 1A huge, gala Western Dance will be held Friday i in trie Wowftn s Clubhouse, to help^ set everyoithe western spirit for the Potato Festival.• dance wdl be entirely free, all expenses beingned bv the Potato Festival ' 'S.)ereattend -Churchnis com-ril 22, atresidence »ear Mrs. sfield, in eadings.5 been.ap-fuBQtions for iefeiah BakePsfi*is presidentonic SocietyPosters toBe JudgedOn ThursdayEvening Program pancelled; Posters io Be Displayed Thurs.Judging for the big Potato Festival Poster Contest will take place Tuesday morning, and all posters entered in the contest will go on display in the Woman’s Clubhouse all day Thursday, it was announced yesterday by Har-land Wilson, Director of Publicity for the Potato Festival.ous plans for holding a featuring school talent, on Thursday evening, have been changed, due to the conflict of so ms’ club and many other events being held, also icious as well | in conjunction with the Festival.Judging will take place on4 Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock, and all posters will be viewedby the general public through-out the day. Classes from all of ). the grammar schools in the area setting, and be brought to the Women'sO. Heary#C , Clubhouse to see the posters.Iff the aCH*^ °kmJchn9 will be open until. m.il in appear-jelected as her That My Re pecially appiis't .jU»MkiTtal trio, lusical selectionsour. Well-known iing presentations IWinedge. Di-The eontest was entered by students from Richland school district, and Maple School, Rio Bravo and Lerdo schools.11 Mmrn ihgz hpc;tWith a. strong Western motif prevailing, the dance will serve s a starter for an intensive final month of western spirit precedingthe big Spud Festival, which will be held May 21 and 22.Elaborate arrangements are being made by Bill Brown and. Les Hobson, who are in charge* for the biggest super-western dance ever held in Kern County. A special Western Square Dance calling-team is being imported from Bakersfield for the occasion. to call the section of the evening that will be devoted to square dancing.The typically western band of none other than. Cojote Collins* himself, will provide the down, beat for dancing.Everyone attending is to wear western garb, the westernish the better, according to Brown and Hobson.Special prizes will be awarded to the man and woman wearingr the best Western costumes. Other prizes will be given for various special westarn costumes, most authentic, mostwestern, etc.: ■Emphasis is placed on the fact t*nere will be no charge for admission to the dance, and it is definitely a Community Dance. Everyone in the Shafter area should attend and take part in the opening festivities of the all-western theme for this year’s spud season and Festival.Oh yes, Coyote Collins’ band is known as the ‘Melody Wranglers’.
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Shafter Press
Shafter, California, US
Tue, Apr 19, 1949
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