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frankfortstation.com life & ARTS<br />
the frankfort station | July 19, 2018 | 23<br />
Inaugural Lincoln-Way Foundation Summer Fest rocks for education<br />
laurie fanelli<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Lincoln-Way High School<br />
District 210 Foundation for<br />
Educational Excellence presented<br />
a fun, new way for the<br />
community to come together<br />
to support local schools on<br />
Friday, July 13, with its inaugural<br />
Lincoln-Way Foundation<br />
Summer Fest.<br />
Held at CD & ME, this<br />
“party with a purpose” featured<br />
not one, but two bands<br />
– Then Again and Johnny<br />
Russler and the Beach Bum<br />
Band – giving parents,<br />
teachers and neighbors a<br />
chance to enjoy a rocking<br />
night out while supporting a<br />
good cause.<br />
Food was available for<br />
purchase by local favorites<br />
Gatto's and Dancing Marlin<br />
while CD & ME offered a<br />
variety of drinks at its cash<br />
bars. The Wexler Group at<br />
Keller Williams, Old Second<br />
Bank, Image360, Kiwanis<br />
Club of Frankfort, Coopers<br />
Hawk Winery & Restaurant,<br />
Illinois State Rep. Margo<br />
McDermed and Glatz Management<br />
Services, Inc. all<br />
came together as sponsors.<br />
Several other local businesses<br />
and individuals also<br />
generously supported the<br />
event as table sponsors and<br />
ticket-buyers.<br />
“We came up with this<br />
idea based upon the desire to<br />
bring the entire community<br />
together and thank them for<br />
supporting our mission of<br />
enhancing student academic<br />
achievement,” explained<br />
Bob Kennedy, the foundation's<br />
executive director.<br />
“We wanted to have a community<br />
event and a casual<br />
event because every year<br />
we have a dinner gala that<br />
is black tie optional. We<br />
wanted to do something that<br />
is less costly and pure fun.”<br />
A big part of the fun<br />
came from the live music<br />
as attendees sang and<br />
danced along to a variety<br />
of popular songs. Not only<br />
were both bands comprised<br />
of very talented musicians,<br />
but they also featured members<br />
of the Lincoln-Way<br />
family as Beach Bum Band<br />
frontman Johnny Russler<br />
and Then Again vocalist<br />
Jayson Polad are both District<br />
210 teachers.<br />
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“Jimmy Buffett is playing<br />
at Wrigley Field tonight, but<br />
we feel like we've got the<br />
better bands here at CD &<br />
ME,” said Kennedy as the<br />
Beach Bum Band shared<br />
their tropical renditions of<br />
tunes by everyone from<br />
Paul Simon to Sublime to<br />
Harry Belafonte. Later, Then<br />
Again turned things up to<br />
eleven with a headlining set<br />
full of rock hits.<br />
Please see LW fest, 26<br />
Johnny Russler and the Beach Bum Band perform Friday,<br />
July 13, at the inaugural Lincoln-Way Summer Fest at CD &<br />
ME. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
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