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Parkrose Barn Dance brings out the best; breaks records
Last month’s Barn Dance at Rossi Farms was the most successful yet. More than 1500 people showed up to eat chicken and trimmings, break soft and hard beverages, dance to the Last Rodeo Band, watch a Wild West Show and even, for a fee, do some shootin’ of their own. Most importantly, the event netted $10,000 for the Parkrose School Activities Fund, which supplements support for a variety of youth sports and activities in these cash-strapped times. Tom Mannen of Turkey Creek Productions, director of Wild West movies in past years, this time put together the show, and the Wild West town on which it occurred. As usual, Joe Rossi, the white hat of Parkrose, put it all together.
Last month’s Barn Dance at Rossi Farms was the most successful yet. More than 1500 people showed up to eat chicken and trimmings, break soft and hard beverages, dance to the Last Rodeo Band, watch a Wild West Show and even, for a fee, do some shootin’ of their own. Most importantly, the event netted $10,000 for the Parkrose School Activities Fund, which supplements support for a variety of youth sports and activities in these cash-strapped times. Tom Mannen of Turkey Creek Productions, director of Wild West movies in past years, this time put together the show, and the Wild West town on which it occurred. As usual, Joe Rossi, the white hat of Parkrose, put it all together.
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| (from left) Friends J. P. Pierce, Jerry Pekrul, Keely Moore, and Barbara Thierman party the night away at the sixth annual Rossi Farms Barn Dance. | |
Mid-County business owners and Barn Dance sponsors, (from left) Sandi and Kent Cooper of Budget Signs, Mary and Bob Brown of Bob Brown Tire Center enjoy a breezy evening down on the farm. |
| MEMO PHOTO: TIM CURRAN | MEMO PHOTO: TIM CURRAN | |
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| Anna Song (left), 1995 Parkrose High graduate, now a KATU reporter, with news photographer Julie Murray, covers the Barn Dance. |
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Brave souls line up to learn a line dance inside the barn at Rossi Farms, while others look on. |
| MEMO PHOTO: TIM CURRAN | |
MEMO PHOTO: TIM CURRAN |
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| Live music, great food and fun and the bank’s sponsorship of the event enticed Parkrose Bank of America Banking Center Manager Nancy Murphy and her friend Dr. Jim Frohnmayer to Rossi Farms for the annual fundraiser benefiting Parkrose Youth Activities. |
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The heart and soul of any fundraising effort are its volunteers. Here Rossi Farms neighbor, Heidi Tremblay (in face paint) serves up barbecued chicken prepared by the Parkrose Lions. |
| MEMO PHOTO: TIM CURRAN | |
MEMO PHOTO: TIM CURRAN |
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