Entertainment

Country music star Shane Yellowbird continues to pick up nominations for some of the country music world’s most prestigious awards. Yellowbird, who attended school in Ponoka and grew up in Hobbema, has been touring the country after performing at the Ponoka Stampede on June. 26.

The Ponoka County Fair will be hosting a multi-denominational church service on Aug. 10 at 10:30 a.m. at the Ponoka Curling Rink. Trinity Lutheran, Sonrise Christian Reformed and Word of Life are helping to organize the event but all churches and anyone without a home church are welcome.

The title of the Passion and Grace album featuring Ponoka artists Bill Tozer and Rema Marney sums up the messages and styles of the songs comprised in their new CD. Each artist has their own individual expressive music and sequencing of songs on virtually every other track between Tozer and Marney make for a fantastic variety.

Local band RPM performed at the Ponoka Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion on July 26 as part of the many festivities during the Ultimate Ponoka Car Show hosted by the Ponoka and District Chamber of Commerce.

The Ponoka County Fair is just around the corner and is a time to celebrate the importance of agriculture in the community. The fair will run Aug. 8 to 10 at the Ponoka Recreation and Culture Complex and some events at the Ponoka Stampede Grounds.

Winner of the Great Makeover Reveal, Marie Smith didn’t think she would win the contest when she was nominated by her friend of 14 years Alicia Hill but when she did win she was quite excited and didn’t know what to expect.

In her new album ‘Perfekt World’ singer and songwriter Clara Lofaro brings two worlds together under one roof on her latest cd. Lofaro combines traditional and modern styles of music to create soulful and upbeat tracks that will appeal to a large variety of people.

Canadian Idol runner up Jaydee Bixby, is no longer in second place as his debut album Cowboys and Cadillacs was number one on the National Country Music charts (Nielsen SoundScan for top selling albums) for the week ending July 17. The album hit stores on July 8 and in the first week sold 4,096 albums. On the Top 100 chart, which covers all genres of music Bixby’s album debuted in eighth place, which is higher than Canadian Idol winner Brian Melo’s debut album.

Bars, nightclubs and other drinking establishments will undergo some changes when it comes to serving alcohol. The new province-wide rules will not allow cheap drink specials, limit last-call drink orders and regulate the duration of happy hours.

Bernard Lentz of Ponoka was recently named the best-dressed western cowboy at the Alberta Good Sam Samboree in Strathmore. From Ponoka seven RVs went to Strathmore to join more than 500 RVs at the Samboree. The Good Sams are from Canada and the United States with RVs of any type who try to camp once a month all over the country.