Corbin concert, pre-show set for Monday
July 23, 2014
Charlea Mills
Ever since the announcement that Cassville’s local Country Dodge dealership had been selected a winning dealership to host a private, free concert by country star Easton Corbin, people have been waiting with bated breath for the concert date to arrive. The country singer is set to perform for a crowd of a little over a thousand on Monday, July 28.
Country Dodge was selected as one of the four dealerships given a private concert out of almost 100 dealerships that participated in The Next Crop Project, a fundraising drive held to benefit local FFA chapters. On Saturday, April 26, dealerships across the country paired with local FFAs to have a test drive event. For every test drive on that Saturday, Ram donated $20 to that local FFA. Locally, Cassville, Purdy and Southwest FFA chapters participated, inviting members of the community to stop by Country Dodge and take a test drive to help their chapter. The result was over $2,000 raised for their groups.
Kurt Berndt, general manager and partner at Country Dodge, stated, “We just are very blessed to have been selected for this concert as a way to help the local FFAs.”
The tickets for the free concert were split among a variety of local people and places. Berndt said that the first half of the 1,000 tickets were given directly to the Cassville FFA chapter. Berndt said, “It was their decision to also share the tickets with Purdy and Southwest since they also participated in the fundraising test drive event.”
The remaining 500 tickets were dispersed to Country Dodge employees and family for helping with the project that helped bring the concert to the community, as well as sponsors of the pre party event Freedom Bank, Jersey’s, Fastrip, and Business Link. Other tickets were given to country dodge customers, and local community leaders. A few tickets were also dispersed to nonprofit groups for charity raffles, like the weekend’s Habitat for Humanity fundraising benefit. However, people still have a chance to win tickets through some means planned by Country Dodge.
Charlea Mills
Ever since the announcement that Cassville’s local Country Dodge dealership had been selected a winning dealership to host a private, free concert by country star Easton Corbin, people have been waiting with bated breath for the concert date to arrive. The country singer is set to perform for a crowd of a little over a thousand on Monday, July 28.
Country Dodge was selected as one of the four dealerships given a private concert out of almost 100 dealerships that participated in The Next Crop Project, a fundraising drive held to benefit local FFA chapters. On Saturday, April 26, dealerships across the country paired with local FFAs to have a test drive event. For every test drive on that Saturday, Ram donated $20 to that local FFA. Locally, Cassville, Purdy and Southwest FFA chapters participated, inviting members of the community to stop by Country Dodge and take a test drive to help their chapter. The result was over $2,000 raised for their groups.
Kurt Berndt, general manager and partner at Country Dodge, stated, “We just are very blessed to have been selected for this concert as a way to help the local FFAs.”
The tickets for the free concert were split among a variety of local people and places. Berndt said that the first half of the 1,000 tickets were given directly to the Cassville FFA chapter. Berndt said, “It was their decision to also share the tickets with Purdy and Southwest since they also participated in the fundraising test drive event.”
The remaining 500 tickets were dispersed to Country Dodge employees and family for helping with the project that helped bring the concert to the community, as well as sponsors of the pre party event Freedom Bank, Jersey’s, Fastrip, and Business Link. Other tickets were given to country dodge customers, and local community leaders. A few tickets were also dispersed to nonprofit groups for charity raffles, like the weekend’s Habitat for Humanity fundraising benefit. However, people still have a chance to win tickets through some means planned by Country Dodge.
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