{"id":29216,"date":"2012-06-07T20:58:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T00:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=29216"},"modified":"2012-06-07T20:58:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T00:58:42","slug":"park-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/park-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksons open Concert in the Park season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/12june\/clarksonsth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>Wednesday, June 13<!--more--><br \/>\nVariety is truly the spice of life for members of the Jack Clarkson Band.<br \/>\nCajun, Western Swing, Rock &#038; Roll, Country, Blues and Bluegrass &#8211; the popular local band will do it all Wednesday, June 13 at the season-opener of the 2012 St. Johns Concert in the Park series. The music begins at 7 p.m. at the St. Johns City Park Performance Shell; there is no admission charge.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/12june\/paige.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nJack Clarkson who plays lead guitar, fiddle and mandolin and his wife, Tess, who plays guitar and sings lead and harmony, will be joined by Clarkson Band regulars and a very special guest. Rodney Lamar Page, former orchestra director at St. Johns Public Schools, brings his &#8220;string&#8221; finesse to the stage to play &#8220;dueling fiddles&#8221; with Jack.<br \/>\nThe Jack Clarkson Band has performed at thousands of events since its formation in 1980, including shows at the Rock &#038; Roll, Country, and Bluegrass Halls of Fame sites. The band&#8217;s set at the 2012 San Antonio Rodeo, &#8220;The World&#8217;s #1 Indoor Rodeo,&#8221; was a show-stopper. Along with the husband-wife team other Clarkson members include Paul Ojibway, playing sax, flute, harmonica and vocals; bass player, Jim Hammond; and Ricky Nalett, keyboards.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/12june\/clarksons.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nConcert in the Park is sponsored by the Clinton County Arts Council and the city of St. Johns, with support from the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition, Firstbank is being recognized at the June 13 concert for its financial support of CCAC and the summer music series.<br \/>\nConcerts are held each Wednesday evening, beginning at 7 p.m., in the beautiful outdoor concert venue at the St. Johns City Park. The St. Johns Lions and Lioness Club staff a concession stand that offers light refreshments. All concerts are held rain or shine.<br \/>\nFor information on Concert in the Park call the Clinton County Arts Council, (989) 224-2429.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, June 13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}