Friday Night in the Park Begins Tonight

Each Friday night, beginning June 21 and continuing through July 26, the Angel Park in Sewanee will be the place to enjoy friends, music, food and dance. At 7 p.m. each Friday, University Avenue will be closed to traffic, and the community will come together to enjoy the music in the Angel Park Pavilion from 8 to 10 p.m. Food, beverages and ice cream will be available from local establishments.
On Friday, June 21, from 8 p.m. to 9:20 p.m., Ben Ayers & Hillary Bevels will offer old-time, traditional and Celtic music. Guitarist Ben Ayers, a 2011 graduate of St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School, is in the music program at MTSU. Hillary Bevels plays fiddle and is a two-time top-10 finisher in the Grand Master Fiddler Championships. The pair frequently perform at Tullahoma’s Celtic Cup.
From 9:40 p.m. to 11 p.m., Southern Proof featuring Patrick Greer will perform American, acoustic and alternative country music. To hear a preview of the songs, go to <https://soundcloud.com/southernproof>.
The Sewanee Summer Music Festival is scheduled to appear the next week, from 8 to 10 p.m., on Friday, June 28.
The Sewanee Business Alliance is an informal group of business owners and leaders in Sewanee that promote, plan and execute community and business projects to improve Sewanee’s image and strengthen the economic welfare locally. Angel Park is nearing completion, and many other projects are currently on the SBA planning docket. SBA is funded by community and personal donations. To learn more about or to become a member of the Sewanee Business Alliance, go to <www.sewanee.biz> or contact John Goodson at 968-1127.