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Tracy Byrd, Mark Chesnutt and Zona Jones announce "Beaumont Boys Bash"!
Country music stars and Southeast Texans Tracy Byrd, Mark Chesnutt and Zona Jones will
come home in April for a three-day-long series of
charity events.
The trio announced the Beaumont Boys Bash during a news
conference and breakfast Wednesday at Ford Pavilion.
The festivities, which will be held April 25-27,
will raise money for the Children's Miracle Network in
Beaumont, Netcasters Youth Ministries,
The Garth House, Boys' and Girls' Haven and
the Southeast Texas Humane Society.
The Bash will include a Wild Game and Casino Night hosted by Chesnutt at Ford Arena,
a Big Bass Tournament hosted by Byrd at Lake Sam Rayburn, a golf tournament at the
Bayou Din Golf Club hosted by Jones and a concert at Ford Pavilion featuring all three
musicians,
plus another, yet-to-be-determined, headliner.
Chesnutt said he was excited about having another opportunity to play locally (he has
performed regularly at Ford Pavilion over the past several
Labor Day weekends).
"If it were up to us, we wouldn't play anywhere but here," he said. "We travel all over the
world, but this is where we got our start. The people
here have been with us since the beginning."
The festivities are an extension of Byrd's Homecoming Weekend, which, until 2005, had
been an annual event. It was canceled, however, in
2006 due to lingering damage from Hurricane Rita.
"All of us were just trying to get our houses fixed and get back to normal," Byrd said
The Homecoming Weekend was canceled this year after organizer Angela Baker, whom
Byrd described as the brains of the event, stepped
down to do some hurricane relief work.Byrd said the event will no longer be "my work, but
rather our work," referring to Chesnutt and Jones. He also said the three now are working
on another headliner to come on board for the concert. They don't yet know who that might
be.
"We'll try to get some of our buddies from Nashville to come down, that have written some
songs you've heard on the radio," he said.
Ticket prices and times for some of the events have not yet been set. However, the Wild
Game Dinner is April 25, the Big Bass Tournament and
concert is April 26 and the golf tournament is April 27.
For more information on sponsorships, donations or volunteering, call (615) 400-6212.
Tracy Byrd, Mark Chesnutt and Zona Jones announce "Beaumont Boys Bash"!
Country music stars and Southeast Texans Tracy Byrd, Mark Chesnutt and Zona Jones will
come home in April for a three-day-long series of
charity events.
The trio announced the Beaumont Boys Bash during a news
conference and breakfast Wednesday at Ford Pavilion.
The festivities, which will be held April 25-27,
will raise money for the Children's Miracle Network in
Beaumont, Netcasters Youth Ministries,
The Garth House, Boys' and Girls' Haven and
the Southeast Texas Humane Society.
The Bash will include a Wild Game and Casino Night hosted by Chesnutt at Ford Arena,
a Big Bass Tournament hosted by Byrd at Lake Sam Rayburn, a golf tournament at the
Bayou Din Golf Club hosted by Jones and a concert at Ford Pavilion featuring all three
musicians,
plus another, yet-to-be-determined, headliner.
Chesnutt said he was excited about having another opportunity to play locally (he has
performed regularly at Ford Pavilion over the past several
Labor Day weekends).
"If it were up to us, we wouldn't play anywhere but here," he said. "We travel all over the
world, but this is where we got our start. The people
here have been with us since the beginning."
The festivities are an extension of Byrd's Homecoming Weekend, which, until 2005, had
been an annual event. It was canceled, however, in
2006 due to lingering damage from Hurricane Rita.
"All of us were just trying to get our houses fixed and get back to normal," Byrd said
The Homecoming Weekend was canceled this year after organizer Angela Baker, whom
Byrd described as the brains of the event, stepped
down to do some hurricane relief work.Byrd said the event will no longer be "my work, but
rather our work," referring to Chesnutt and Jones. He also said the three now are working
on another headliner to come on board for the concert. They don't yet know who that might
be.
"We'll try to get some of our buddies from Nashville to come down, that have written some
songs you've heard on the radio," he said.
Ticket prices and times for some of the events have not yet been set. However, the Wild
Game Dinner is April 25, the Big Bass Tournament and
concert is April 26 and the golf tournament is April 27.
For more information on sponsorships, donations or volunteering, call (615) 400-6212.
Photo: Beaumont Enterprise