Jazz in Progress 8th Swingin at the Band Shell
Jazz in Progress will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 24th at the Dee Palmer Band Shell in Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore Road in DeKalb.
The 18-piece community jazz band will play a variety of music including classic jazz standards, Swing-era, funk from the 1960s and ‘70s, as well as other favorites. The band will also feature a number of vocal and instrumental soloists from within the members of the ensemble.
Jazz in Progress is an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that puts funds raised back into local community music programs, including the DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston, Hinckley-Big Rock, Indian Creek, Sandwich and Sycamore music booster organizations, as well as St. Mary’s-DeKalb and the DeKalb County Community Foundation.
SYCAMORE – The DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership, a community foundation established in 2012, raised over $1.5 million during their annual Give DeKalb County event, according to a May 21 press release. The money collected aims to benefit the nonprofit organizations in DeKalb County and help support their individual missions, said Ben Bingle, director of DCNP..
DeKALB – The DeKalb Rotary Club is planning to restore the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Clock back to working order, with $28,000 as the total goal to repair the clock and its exterior. The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Clock, 101 Lincoln Highway, is celebrating its centennial this year. Since the DeKalb Rotary Club is also.
To the editor:
I wanted to send a note about the recent Young Professionals of DeKalb County Community Engagement Fair. On May 11, 2021, the Young Professionals hosted a Community Engagement Fair at the YMCA of DeKalb County.
I first want to thank everyone who participated in this event by setting up a booth: Habitat for Humanity of NE IN, YMCA of DeKalb County, Alliance Industries, Excelsior Arts Academy and Youth Theater, Early Ford V-8 Museum, WorkOne, Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana, Junior Achievement serving DeKalb County, United Way of DeKalb County, Image of Hope Ranch, Sonshine Ministries, Purdue Extention-DeKalb County, DeKalb Pregnancy Center, NeighborLink of DeKalb County, DeKalb County Community Orchestra, DeKalb County Community Foundation, St. Martin s Healthcare, Inc., Better Together Auburn, The Gathering, Auburn Main Street, DeKalb Chamber Partnership and DeKalb County Young Professionals Group.