Gospel groups to sing downtown

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

If contemporary Christian music is your speed, tonight might be the night to take in some relaxation and entertainment downtown.

Main Street Music’s summer concert series continues tonight at the gazebo beginning at 6 p.m. with bands Good Noise and Praise Hym, who will be performing their songs for free.

The offering is part of Main Street McMinnville’s effort to try to coordinate efforts to bring more people downtown. Tonight’s bands follow a variety of Friday night acts included as part of that series, including country and western, bluegrass, gospel and rock-and-roll.

Scheduled for the rest of the summer are bluegrass country music group Shot in the Dark, set for next Friday, bluegrass group Just Lookin’ Around set for Aug. 13, the marching tunes of the Silver and Gold Band set for Aug. 20 and bands for Aug. 27 have yet to be announced.

PHOTO INFO:
Members of the Praise Hym Band are front row, from left, Peggy Bratcher, Marsha Newman, Linda Young and Dana Mullican. Second row, Ashley Cantrell, Chip Jones, Steve Alexander, Sam Young, Monte Mullican and Bobby Boyd. Not pictured is Bruce Smith. They will join another band, Good Noise, tonight at the gazebo at 6 p.m.