(L to R) Arts Council Pres. Bill Stacks, Morrilton Mayor Bobby Kirby, and M.L. Tester

MAYOR PROCLAIMS BOB WILLS DAY, AIMS AT INCREASED TOURISM

Over the past seven years, the small city of Morrilton, Arkansas, has become closely identified with the the world's most famous Western Swing band, The Bob Wills Texas Playboys.  Each spring, hundreds of Western music fans from all over Arkansas and surrounding states flock to Morrilton to the historic Rialto Community Arts Center to see, hear and visit with the great musicians who are faithfully carrying on the music of their late, great bandleader and western movie star, Bob Wills.  The annual concert  is advertised nationally in "Western Swing Monthly" magazine and throughout the world on the internet.  This week, Morrilton Mayor Bobby Kirby announced that this year's concert will be held Saturday, March 31, at 7:00 PM and proclaimed that date "Bob Wills Day" in Morrilton.  Mayor Kirby said this concert and other entertainment at the Rialto brings visitors to town and helps the local economy.  He said it also showcases our community, and makes it even more important that all of our citizens pitch in and help clean up and maintain our city, because "company's coming".  In addition to the Texas Playboys, the Classic Country Connection band, featuring Wade Benson Landry, M.L.Tester, and other outstanding musicians, will open the concert at 5:30pm.  Concert tickets are $25.00 each and are on sale now at Clover Alley and the Morrilton Area Chamber of Commerce.  For more information call Bill Stacks at 354-8650 or Lindell Roberts at 208-2619.