GIDDINGS—The 5th a Country Gospel Jamboree, to be held Sunday, at the Giddings High School auditorium.
The opry-style show kicks off at 6:30 p.m., hosted by Second Chance, the band of the Cowboy Church of Lee County.
Admission is free, and $10 hamburger plates will be available starting at 5:30 p.m.
The Second Chance Band consists of award-winning fiddler and vocalist Paul Schlesinger of Taylor, his wife Tara Schlesinger on piano, and bassist Bill Tucker of Lexington. Steel guitarist Roy Carroll of Round Rock and drummer Jim Bowles of Austin round out the band. Second Chance will back a select group of area talent well versed in traditional, country-flavored gospel music.
Headline entertainers will be the Wallace Family Band, a professional 7-member, Southern Gospel and Christian Country group from the Soldiers of the Cross Cowboy Fellowship church in Nolanville.
They were named the 2016 Gospel Music Artists Association (GMAA) Group of the year, the 2016 GMAA Band of the year, and band leader Joshua Wallace received the 2016 GMAA Group Male Vocalist of the year.
Leading the list of guest talent is the popular vocalist Johnny Youngblood of Taylor, pastor of the Taylor House Church, and musically ministers at many area senior residential facilities.
Lexie Casari of Lexington joined the Cowboy Church of Lee County’s music team as a vocalist in 2018.
Paul Kessler has played guitar for over 50 years, and mandolin and fiddle for over 10 years.
He is a member of the Colorado River Cowboy Church house band and often serves on Christian music teams for Walk to Emmaus and Kairos Prison ministry. When not at his home in Houston, Paul runs a ranch in Muldoon.
Rounding out the guest list is Violet McCullough who moved with her family to Lexington last year. She performs at every opportunity, including onstage with music team at the Cowboy Church of Lee County.
This year’s show is dedicated to the memory of Jim Bob Dube of Giddings who recently lost his life in an accidental fi re.
Proceeds will benefit “Mission Mescalero,” a mission trip to the Apache Nation hosted by Soldiers of the Cross Cowboy Fellowship and the Cowboy Church of Lee County.
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