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the lockport legend | July 18, 2019 | 17
Music on the Patio brings classic songs to public course
Jesse Wright
Freelance Reporter
It’s Thursday evening
and the sun is setting low
on the horizon across the
Prairie Bluff Public Golf
Course in Lockport, but
the action isn’t on the
course, it’s in the restaurant
on the property.
Paul Stolia is tuning up
his guitar and joking with
the staff, preparing for
another Thursday Music
on the Patio, the weekly
music series at Prairie
Bluff.
This is not the first year
of the Music on the Patio
series, but it is the first
series in several years.
Besides the patio music,
the public golf course is
also offering a variety of
summer fun including
a Wednesday Queen of
Hearts Raffle that benefits
the Dellwood Foundation,
which is a nonprofit that
supports the park district.
The drawing is at $3,592
this week, but it’s all in
good fun. Both the drawing,
the music Thursday
evening and an occasional
Tuesday series that combines
crafts with drinks
are all meant to bring the
community together to the
public course.
Of course, it helps when
the whether cooperates.
“We really lucked out
on the weather today,” said
Becki Dryer, the recreation
supervisory, on Thursday.
She said so far the musicians,
who will be playing
through the last Thursday
in August, have been
drawing in big crowds if
dozens of people all as
part of a plan to remind the
community of a resource.
“We know we have a
great product,” said Ryan
Cronholm the food and
In the foreground, Jean Hillard dances with mom, Carissa
Chruscinski, and her daughter Evelyn. Photos by Jesse
Wright/22nd Century Media
beverage manager. “We’re
trying every single way we
can to know we’re here.”
Last Thursday the
weather cooperated and
the audience enjoyed the
show. Dozens of people
clapped along to the songs
and Judy Medvesky, one
of the dozens in the audience,
said she enjoyed the
show.
“How much better could
it get,” Medvesky asked.
“Paul has been so great.”
Among the inducements
is a special called nine and
five, where for $60 golfers
can shoot nine holes and
get a meal for two or $60.
Though even those who
don’t go golfing can find
fun at the public course’s
clubhouse. The clubhouse
is open all year round and
in addition to the music
and golf discounts, the
club is offering a Tuesday
Glitter Your Palette event,
which is happening next
Tuesday and in August.
For more information,
visit www.lockportpark.
org.
Guitarist and singer songwriter Paul Strolia performs before an audience at Prairie
Bluff Public Golf Course on Thursday, July 11.
The audience at the Prairie Bluff Public Golf Course swings their hands to Neil
Diamond’s Sweet Caroline Thursday evening.