Prior to a musical performance from Southeast Kansas native Dustin Treiber, the Girard High School Reflections group performed at the Friends of Crawford State Park’s weekly “Music on the Patio” at Lake View Café, held every Friday.
Kufara Marimba Band to play Crawford State Park concert
Morning Sun
PITTSBURG, Kan. The Friends of Crawford State Park will not only have their regularly scheduled Friday music event at the Lake View Café patio this week, which will feature a performance by Kent Dorsey, but will also host a special guest performer on Saturday: Kufara Marimba Band.
Dr. Ree Wells-Lewis, a sociology professor at Missouri Southern State University, along with John Wynhausen, is an original member of Kufara Marimba Band, which plays traditional Zimbabwean music.
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Kufara’ means ‘to be joyous, to be happy,’ so it’s joyful and happy music,” Wells-Lewis said. “We have about seven or eight instruments at any given time a bass, a baritone, two or three sopranos and two or three tenors, and we have drums, and we have shakers, which we call
Safe Travels: 10 Upstate NY museums with nearby restaurants to visit
Posted May 14, 2021
Editor’s Note: This is part of an ongoing series that features things to do in Upstate New York while we still experience the Covid-19 pandemic. Before venturing out, please take proper precautions and check for any changed business hours, park hours or availability. Safe travels!
The statewide reopening of museums at full capacity on May 19 should provide a boost to tourism for any number of Upstate venues. And, along with paying visits to our many and varied museums, visitors also no doubt will be paying restaurants located near them.