Entertainment

It’s here! The 64th annual Calico Rock Lions Club Rodeo is coming to town this weekend; Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11. The event, sponsored by the Lions and conducted by Rand Rodeo Company, will be held in the Tip Wiseman Rodeo Arena in Earl King Park located off Hwy 56 in Calico Rock.

Although you may not have heard his name, yet Lance Curtis, the brother who started it all at the tender age of one, stepped into the spotlight playing music with his Papa Gage and Uncle Shannon, and in that moment, he knew that the stage is where he belonged. Lance greatly admired and respected his Papa, who helped him develop his craft and his passion for music. It was obvious to his family from an early age that Lance had inherited his Papa’s “ear” for music, and at the young age of only 9 years old, he became proficient in playing the guitar and piano.

On June 4, Yellville Music on the Square welcomes Kickin Kountry to the perform on the stage for music lovers that are looking for a reason to dance. Kickin Kountry is a 5-piece band out of Harrison.

Naomi Judd born as Diana Ellen Judd on January 11, 1946, to Pauline Ruth ‘Polly’ and Charles Glen Judd in Ashland, Kentucky. Naomi had one brother Brian, he passed away at age 17 in 1965 of Leukemia. Naomi Judd’s first child, Christina Ciminella (later Wynonna Judd), was born when Judd was 18. After the birth of her daughter Ashley, April 1968, who later became a film and stage actress, and the end of her marriage to Michael Ciminella, Judd brought up both daughters as a single parent, first attending nursing school at California’s College of Marin while living in nearby Lagunitas, California, and later beginning a successful singing career with daughter Wynonna.