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FORT SCOTT —
Rachel Center’s will make her debut with the Fort Scott County Music Show at 2 p.m. Sunday in Fort Scott Memorial Hall, but she’s been singing for a long, long time.
“I started singing when I was real little, 6 or 7,” she said in a telephone interview from Fayetteville, Ark. “My grandpa, Frankie Kelly, was a fiddle player and I played with him until I was 18 or 19. That’s where I started my musical career, and he is the one who inspired me most. My mom and dad also sang, and I started out at the VFW. I go to a lot of Opry shows in Oklahoma and Arkansas.”
Center is also a regular on Kelly’s Kountry Junction TV show, broadcast at 9:30 p.m. Saturdays on Ozarks Public Television, KOZJ, Joplin.
“I heard about the Fort Scott show from the Joplin people,,” she said. “I’m really super excited about singing in Fort Scott.”
She’s also very happy that one of those Joplin people, Dewayne Bowman, who is co-host of Kelly’s Kountry Junction, will be back at Fort Scott on Sunday with the Swingin’ West Band. He has been out for the past few shows because of health problems.
“I’ve performed with him before and I’m so glad he’s well enough to come back,” Center said.
Born and raised in Greenland, Ark., she is a student at the University of Arkansas.
“I’m thinking about applying to nursing school at the end of this semester, but I don’t want to give up my music career,” Center said. “I hope to make a future out of singing for sure.”
She said that she loves all kinds of music.
“Country is pretty much what I’ve been raised up on, but I’m also a big fan of soul and bluegrass, and do a little jazz, too,” Center said.
She also loves animals.
“We have five dogs and a parrot right now, but we’ve had a lot more than that, including pigs and cows,” Center said.
Arkansas is billed as the “Natural State,” and she’s a big fan of that, too.
“I love camping and hiking and everything about being outdoors,” Center said. “I constantly catch myself wishing that I could stop time so that I can take in all the wonder and beauty surrounding me and appreciate all of the great things and people in my life to the fullest. I am often amazed by the simplest of things and I try my best not to take things for granted. I believe God has a plan for everyone and that there is no need wasting your time on stress or worry.”
The Sunday show will also include Ginelle Esry, vocalist; Scotty Henderson, steel guitar and vocalist; Gale Richey, keyboard and vocalist; Ronnie Blecher, drummer; Ernie Reed, fiddle and vocalist; Randy Vanderpool, bass guitar and vocalist; and Jason Richison, sound system, guitar and vocalist.
Admission is $10 at the door. Those 15 and younger are admitted free.
Rachel Center’s will make her debut with the Fort Scott County Music Show at 2 p.m. Sunday in Fort Scott Memorial Hall, but she’s been singing for a long, long time.
“I started singing when I was real little, 6 or 7,” she said in a telephone interview from Fayetteville, Ark. “My grandpa, Frankie Kelly, was a fiddle player and I played with him until I was 18 or 19. That’s where I started my musical career, and he is the one who inspired me most. My mom and dad also sang, and I started out at the VFW. I go to a lot of Opry shows in Oklahoma and Arkansas.”
Center is also a regular on Kelly’s Kountry Junction TV show, broadcast at 9:30 p.m. Saturdays on Ozarks Public Television, KOZJ, Joplin.
“I heard about the Fort Scott show from the Joplin people,,” she said. “I’m really super excited about singing in Fort Scott.”
She’s also very happy that one of those Joplin people, Dewayne Bowman, who is co-host of Kelly’s Kountry Junction, will be back at Fort Scott on Sunday with the Swingin’ West Band. He has been out for the past few shows because of health problems.
“I’ve performed with him before and I’m so glad he’s well enough to come back,” Center said.
Born and raised in Greenland, Ark., she is a student at the University of Arkansas.
“I’m thinking about applying to nursing school at the end of this semester, but I don’t want to give up my music career,” Center said. “I hope to make a future out of singing for sure.”
She said that she loves all kinds of music.
“Country is pretty much what I’ve been raised up on, but I’m also a big fan of soul and bluegrass, and do a little jazz, too,” Center said.
She also loves animals.
“We have five dogs and a parrot right now, but we’ve had a lot more than that, including pigs and cows,” Center said.
Arkansas is billed as the “Natural State,” and she’s a big fan of that, too.
“I love camping and hiking and everything about being outdoors,” Center said. “I constantly catch myself wishing that I could stop time so that I can take in all the wonder and beauty surrounding me and appreciate all of the great things and people in my life to the fullest. I am often amazed by the simplest of things and I try my best not to take things for granted. I believe God has a plan for everyone and that there is no need wasting your time on stress or worry.”
The Sunday show will also include Ginelle Esry, vocalist; Scotty Henderson, steel guitar and vocalist; Gale Richey, keyboard and vocalist; Ronnie Blecher, drummer; Ernie Reed, fiddle and vocalist; Randy Vanderpool, bass guitar and vocalist; and Jason Richison, sound system, guitar and vocalist.
Admission is $10 at the door. Those 15 and younger are admitted free.
