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2008 Handy Schedule of Events
June 7th - June 14th, 2008

Taste of Henderson Barbecue Cook-off
SATURDAY	TIME	PERFORMER
June 7th, 2008	10:00 am	Community Event: 8th Annual Poker Run Sponsored by the Masonic Lodges of Henderson PDF: Poker Run Flyer
	11:00 am	FOOD: "Taste of Henderson", sponsored by The Gleaner Food serving will actually start as early as 9:00am, live MUSIC will begin at 11:30am.
	11:30 pm	MUSIC: Chad Nordhoff
	1:00 pm	MUSIC: Mojo Peddlers Mojo Peddler plays a unique blend of southern style blues and swing.
	3:00 pm	MUSIC: Velveeta Jones From central Kentucky in the heart of the Bluegrass State, we bring you the best in raw electric blues and more.
	5:30 pm	MUSIC: The Daddy Mack Blues Band

Various Community Events
SUNDAY	TIME	PERFORMER
June 8th, 2008	-	None Announced

Various Community Events
MONDAY	TIME	PERFORMER
June 9th, 2008	11:45 am	LUNCH BREAK: TBA

Various Community Events
TUESDAY	TIME	PERFORMER
June 10th, 2008	11:45 am	LUNCH BREAK: TBA

Red, White and Blues Night
WEDNESDAY	TIME	PERFORMER
June 11th, 2008	11:45 am	LUNCH BREAK: TBA
	11:45 am	LUNCH BREAK: TBA
	4:00 pm	MUSIC: Hog Maw Blues Band
	5:30 pm	MUSIC: Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgang
	7:15 pm	MUSIC: Ana Popovic The blues and I go back a long way.... It's the only music I've been hearing at home throughout my childhood, and the reason I picked up the guitar and started to play.
LOCATION: Audubon Mill Park	9:15 pm	MUSIC: Ronnie Baker Brooks Brooks' twist involves enlivening blues-rock with deep soul and modern hip-hop vocals and funk rhythms.

Zydeco Night with Red Beans and Rice
THURSDAY	TIME	PERFORMER
June 12th, 2008	11:45 am	LUNCH BREAK: TBA
	11:45 am	LUNCH BREAK: TBA
	4:00 pm	Music: Huckleberrys
	5:30 pm	FOOD: Red beans & rice, andouille sausages and other cajun food goes on sale.
	5:30 pm	MUSIC: Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp Every now and again a band comes along that redefines a genre of music and carries it even further...that group is Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp.
LOCATION: Audubon Mill Park	8:30 pm	MUSIC: Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band Pure Louisiana zydeco fun with a hot sauce chaser. Anybody who has doubts about the accordion as an instrument will be swayed the right way with Carrier's passion and fire on the instrument.

Riverbank Blues Blast
FRIDAY	TIME	PERFORMER
June 13th, 2008	noon	FOOD: Concession sales begin
	noon	MUSIC: Blues 4U
	2:00 pm	MUSIC: Small Train - Featuring Jesse Sellers
	4:00 pm	MUSIC: The Stella Vees
	6:00 pm	MUSIC: The Beat Daddys Reunited through a freak of nature, Beat Daddys co-founders Larry Grisham and Tommy Stillwell are setting the stage ablaze with their distinctive hybrid of rockin’ blues.
	8:00 pm	MUSIC: Tad Robinson Robinson places near the top of the list of the finest living singers of soul blues. His upward-bound voice is of a genuinely handsome quality and he uses it with confidence.
LOCATION: Audubon Mill Park	10:00 pm	MUSIC: Zac Harmon Zac Harmon is returning to his roots after several decades expressing an unbiased love for music.

Java Blues Jam!
SATURDAY	TIME	PERFORMER
June 14th, 2008	10:00 am	COMMUNITY EVENT: The William Branaman Street Strut People’s Parade Parade forms around 9:30 at Central Park on the park’s north side. Parade Contest Categories
	noon	FOOD: Concession sales begin
	noon	MUSIC: Jimmy Duck Holmes
	2:00 pm	MUSIC: BooBoo Davis Band
	4:00 pm	MUSIC: Organiks The Organiks music is a fresh and exciting take on American Blues, Roots and Countrified Soul!
	6:00 pm	MUSIC: Alexis P. Suter When she takes the stage there’s a change in the air as if something explosive is about to happen.
	8:00 pm	MUSIC: Big James and the Chicago Playboys
LOCATION: Audubon Mill Park	10:00 pm	MUSIC: Bernard Allison Bernard Allison totes the same smokin’ six string shooter that his late father Luther Allison assaulted the blues with.