By Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: A PURE KANSAS NIGHT “What’s the story here?” I asked Dave Kendall. “The story is the amazing ability of this place to hold off rain,” he said with a smile. Kendall, host and executive producer of KTWU’s “Sunflower Journeys,” was serving as the evening’s master …
Charlie Laughridge
The symphony has left the stage. The crowd is leaving. Crews are packing up the chairs and stands. Going away music is provided by Charlie Laughridge on harmonica. Charlie is part of the Tallgrass Express String Band that you’ve seen so often on this blog recently.
Symphony Store
Various entities had merchandise for sale in a tent at last Saturday’s Symphony in the Flint Hills. Hats and t-shirts… Regional books. That “Roadside Kansas” book is great. It follows a number of highways, giving the geological information by mileposts. So you can look out the windshield and refer to the book and know what …
Rounding up cattle
Fenceline conversation
Sky with tents
Symphonic clouds
Warning
Now you know.
Ranch Horses
At Saturday’s Symphony in the Flint Hills in Chase County, Frank Buchman talks about the shape of the saddle. He gave a talk/demonstration on ranch horses. Sounds like he’d rather be riding a horse than anything. He said, “If somebody wants me to do something that doesn’t involve a horse, I say, ‘I don’t know… …
Lyle Lovett sings
From the Symphony in the Flint Hills: Laurie Hamilton, the narrator, shares a piece about the land, creeks and livestock and then Lyle Lovett sings “Which Way Does That Old Pony Run.”
Before the Symphony
Dave Kendall, Master of Ceremonies, discusses last minute details with volunteer Abby Amick of Alma. The sound tent. The sound system was incredible. The saddle span concert shell with speakers held up by forklifts. The reserved seating area.