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Coyote Store reschedules Asleep at the Wheel for March 2025 After adverse weather April forced the cancellation of the Coyote Store’s season opener May 4, 2024, the fanfavorite Texas combo Asleep at the Wheel will appear March 15, 2025.
—Coyote Store Facebook page
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25th Annual Western Swing Festival set for Snyder June 12-15 Western Swing is the official music of Texas, and for the past quarter century, the Snyder Chamber of Commerce and itsWestern Swing committee have brought the leading Western Swing musicians in a one-of-a kind music festival for this area.
This three-and-a-half-day event, June 12-15, has RV spots for rent, vendors, concession stand, all-day dancing, and nine top-of-the-line artist for dancers’ boot-scootin’ needs. — Snyder News SCURRY
Actor, Texas native Barry Corbin to appear in one-man show in Snyder July 13 Barry Corbin has appeared in hundreds of movies andTV shows over the past 40 years. Fans remember him early on in Urban Cowboy, Lonesome Dove and Northern Exposure. His career is still going strong with roles in recents years on The Ranch, Yellowstone, Tulsa Kings and he’s in the new
Martin Scoresese movie Killers of the Flower Moon.
Before Corbin made his first onscreen appearance in Urban Cowboy, he had already acted in theater for over 20 years. He started off performing on stages in West Texas where he grew up, and eventually acting in plays all along the East Coast. Corbin was known as a classically trained Shakespearean actor, a style of training which has helped him in his film and television work.
Barry’s Texas heritage has also informed his approach to many of his characters and life in general. Raised in West Texas, Corbin’s family always encouraged his education and success. His mother LaMerle was a schoolteacher and his father, Kilmer Blaine Corbin, was a school principal, judge and state senator. He served two terms in the Texas State Senate from 1949 to 1957.
For “An Evening with Barry Corbin” on Saturday night, July 13, the skillfull storyteller has put together a presentation that is a celebration of his personal and professional life. The includes photos from some his most cherished moments on set and off. The event is highly interactive, with Corbin taking questions from a moderator and the audience. He’ll also do photos and sign autographs afterwards. The event takes place at the Worsham Auditorium 3801 Austin Ave., Snyder, starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40.
—ritzcommunitytheatre.org
