The Show scheduled to go on
Above, members of the band begin weekly rehearsals for October’s annual Cassville Show. Photo by Ezra DeVore.
June 16
Ezra DeVore
This October, the twenty-sixth annual Cassville Show will be performed in the FEMA building. The Show has occurred every year since 1993, except for 2020 due to COVID-19 precautions. Above, the core band rehearses their weekly session in preparation for the concert. “Greg Beck and his wife Brenda are the engine that pushes everything,” says Jim Craig, trumpet player for the band. “Without them nothing would happen.”
In 1991, Greg missed his years of playing professionally in bands, and decided he’d like to start one. So he sat down with his wife, pencil and paper in hand, and they listed people he’d played with in the past.
“Our first show, we practiced from October to October,” Brenda recalled. “The Chamber of Commerce and the city sponsored the event. They did the advertising and the food, but the band takes nothing,” she continued.
All proceeds from ticket sales go to the Cassville Chamber of Commerce, so “everybody here is doing it out of the goodness of their heart,” said Craig. “Everybody here works for somebody; we’re just normal folks who are really interested in music. We play because we love what we do, and there’s a fair number of people here that could be playing in Branson every week.”
Although there is a core band, “singers are never turned down, there are no try-outs,” Brenda said, “and we want to involve as many school age kids as possible, from all over the county.”
The Show is a display of local talent, "and there's a lot of it around here," said Craig. The Show will be in the FEMA building this October 21, 23, and 24.
Ezra DeVore
This October, the twenty-sixth annual Cassville Show will be performed in the FEMA building. The Show has occurred every year since 1993, except for 2020 due to COVID-19 precautions. Above, the core band rehearses their weekly session in preparation for the concert. “Greg Beck and his wife Brenda are the engine that pushes everything,” says Jim Craig, trumpet player for the band. “Without them nothing would happen.”
In 1991, Greg missed his years of playing professionally in bands, and decided he’d like to start one. So he sat down with his wife, pencil and paper in hand, and they listed people he’d played with in the past.
“Our first show, we practiced from October to October,” Brenda recalled. “The Chamber of Commerce and the city sponsored the event. They did the advertising and the food, but the band takes nothing,” she continued.
All proceeds from ticket sales go to the Cassville Chamber of Commerce, so “everybody here is doing it out of the goodness of their heart,” said Craig. “Everybody here works for somebody; we’re just normal folks who are really interested in music. We play because we love what we do, and there’s a fair number of people here that could be playing in Branson every week.”
Although there is a core band, “singers are never turned down, there are no try-outs,” Brenda said, “and we want to involve as many school age kids as possible, from all over the county.”
The Show is a display of local talent, "and there's a lot of it around here," said Craig. The Show will be in the FEMA building this October 21, 23, and 24.