ON THE ROAD WITH BOB & SHEILA EVERHART
Carroll, Iowa…..”One of our last ‘concerts’ for
the year was at Carroll, Iowa, for the Carroll County Historical
Society,” Bob Everhart, the 12-string guitarist for the Smithsonian duo
Bob & Sheila, said. “We sure had a nice crowd in a very nice
theater we didn’t even know existed in Carroll. The program was
sponsored by the Historical Society to help raise money for their
‘little red schoolhouse’ which sits in Drake Park there. Apparently it
has been at this location for a very long time, and a golf course has
grown up around it. Now, there is occasionally a broken window, or a
splatter on one of the side boards from a stray golf ball. So, they
asked us to do our Smithsonian “Traveling Museum of Music,’ for them,
and they had a very nice audience for it. It was especially moving to
receive a very sincere standing ovation, repeatedly, when we finished. I
think they really liked hearing some of those old songs they haven’t
heard since they were children. It always makes Bobbie Lhea happy
because she takes care of the CD table, and we pay her part of the
proceeds for doing that. She sold a lot of CD’s and that gave her some
extra spending money as she travels to Missouri to visit her grandmother
Virginia (that would be Sheila’s mom). I will also leave the budget
lunch to Bobbie Lhea, I’m sure she will want to tell you about it.”
the year was at Carroll, Iowa, for the Carroll County Historical
Society,” Bob Everhart, the 12-string guitarist for the Smithsonian duo
Bob & Sheila, said. “We sure had a nice crowd in a very nice
theater we didn’t even know existed in Carroll. The program was
sponsored by the Historical Society to help raise money for their
‘little red schoolhouse’ which sits in Drake Park there. Apparently it
has been at this location for a very long time, and a golf course has
grown up around it. Now, there is occasionally a broken window, or a
splatter on one of the side boards from a stray golf ball. So, they
asked us to do our Smithsonian “Traveling Museum of Music,’ for them,
and they had a very nice audience for it. It was especially moving to
receive a very sincere standing ovation, repeatedly, when we finished. I
think they really liked hearing some of those old songs they haven’t
heard since they were children. It always makes Bobbie Lhea happy
because she takes care of the CD table, and we pay her part of the
proceeds for doing that. She sold a lot of CD’s and that gave her some
extra spending money as she travels to Missouri to visit her grandmother
Virginia (that would be Sheila’s mom). I will also leave the budget
lunch to Bobbie Lhea, I’m sure she will want to tell you about it.”
“Bob went to the hospital for a colonoscopy,” Sheila
said, “and he’s OK. They took out five polyps, and told him to come
back in five years, he was fine. That set my heart at ease, and now I’m
getting ready for two big occasions. First we have the Dale Eichor and
Bobby Awe concert at the Oak Tree Performance Center in Anita on Friday,
October 26th, start time 7pm. I probably shouldn’t talk about it very
much, it’s completely sold out. That means extra hot dogs and polish
sausages for the intermission, and I’ll be all ready for that, as well
as an astonishingly good music program. We are so fortunate to be able
to present talent like this, it’s one of those ‘let’s go somewhere
interesting this weekend’ kind of shows, and it’s the last one of our
season. We’ve never been able to afford the installation of a furnace
in our old building, so we just shut it down for the winter. We’ll be
all set for next spring though, April 19-20-21 for SpringFest, a great
early-bird opportunity to get out and see some great talent. I’ve also
been getting the RV ready to go to Florida, it takes a lot of work, and I
have to remember not to forget something that we’ll need down the
road. We have a concert in Illinois on November 5th, and we’re looking
forward to that first one on the road.”
said, “and he’s OK. They took out five polyps, and told him to come
back in five years, he was fine. That set my heart at ease, and now I’m
getting ready for two big occasions. First we have the Dale Eichor and
Bobby Awe concert at the Oak Tree Performance Center in Anita on Friday,
October 26th, start time 7pm. I probably shouldn’t talk about it very
much, it’s completely sold out. That means extra hot dogs and polish
sausages for the intermission, and I’ll be all ready for that, as well
as an astonishingly good music program. We are so fortunate to be able
to present talent like this, it’s one of those ‘let’s go somewhere
interesting this weekend’ kind of shows, and it’s the last one of our
season. We’ve never been able to afford the installation of a furnace
in our old building, so we just shut it down for the winter. We’ll be
all set for next spring though, April 19-20-21 for SpringFest, a great
early-bird opportunity to get out and see some great talent. I’ve also
been getting the RV ready to go to Florida, it takes a lot of work, and I
have to remember not to forget something that we’ll need down the
road. We have a concert in Illinois on November 5th, and we’re looking
forward to that first one on the road.”
“It was definitely a ‘budget lunch,” Bobbie Lhea
added. “The folks at the Carroll County Historical Society invited mom,
dad, and me out to dinner after the concert. Dad said he had never
heard of the Santa Maria Winery and Restaurante in Carroll, but there it
was, and it was absolutely super. It was once a car dealership
building, but what they converted it into is absolutely amazing. It’s a
beautiful Italian restaurant and the food was absolutely delicious. I
wasn’t bashful, I ordered ‘smothered chicken dinner’ which was with
mushrooms and green onions. Ummmm good. Mom had ‘Scilian chicken’ also
with fresh mushrooms in lemon garlic butter, and dad had ‘petite cut
prime rib.’ He said it was really good with roasted potatoes and
grilled vegetables. We hadn’t any idea there was such a regal
restaurant as this, just an hours drive north of us. I’m pretty sure
dad will want to go there again, even if he does have to pay for it.
Now I have to crack the books, we’re getting ready to go to Florida.”
added. “The folks at the Carroll County Historical Society invited mom,
dad, and me out to dinner after the concert. Dad said he had never
heard of the Santa Maria Winery and Restaurante in Carroll, but there it
was, and it was absolutely super. It was once a car dealership
building, but what they converted it into is absolutely amazing. It’s a
beautiful Italian restaurant and the food was absolutely delicious. I
wasn’t bashful, I ordered ‘smothered chicken dinner’ which was with
mushrooms and green onions. Ummmm good. Mom had ‘Scilian chicken’ also
with fresh mushrooms in lemon garlic butter, and dad had ‘petite cut
prime rib.’ He said it was really good with roasted potatoes and
grilled vegetables. We hadn’t any idea there was such a regal
restaurant as this, just an hours drive north of us. I’m pretty sure
dad will want to go there again, even if he does have to pay for it.
Now I have to crack the books, we’re getting ready to go to Florida.”