This past weekend, Yellow Medicine East band students braved the cold and attended the SWMBDA Honor Band Festival all day in Marshall! These kids were nominated and then selected from forty-nine different schools in Southwest Minnesota. They worked hard over the past two months to prepare some challenging music and performed it with students selected from other schools after working on it all day with guest conductors.
From Staff Reports
From Staff Reports
Saturday, January 25th: Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce Mid-Winter Community Celebration at the Rock Dining & Events 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. social hour, 6:30 p.m. silent auction, wine pull, raffle; entertainment at 7 p.m. Tickets available through the Chamber.
When I was a freshman in college, a (in my eyes) wise and seasoned junior gave me some advice out of nowhere that I’ve held onto for years. “Listen,” she said, “out here...” (we were in a kitchen at a house party in Morris) “November and February? You just have to get through ‘em.”
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On Saturday January 18, The YES! House hosted an event called SPARKS with presenter Raina Corn. Corn was born and raised in Canby, Minn. She left after graduating high school and moved out to California. Two years ago she moved back to the area after being gone for 25 years. She currently lives in Boyd, Minn.
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On Saturday January 18th, Clarkfield musician Betsy Pardick performed for a crowd of over 40 people. This was Pardick’s first time playing at Bluenose Gopher Public House in over a year and her first solo appearance, “I’ve always played in bands with others, I don’t typically play alone. I had a residency at the YES! House last year and I have a goal to play more music by myself,” said Pardick. She was joined on stage by Malena Handeen on accordion and Damen Tesch playing acoustic guitar throughout her performance. Handeen and Tesch took to the stage during Pardick’s intermission and again when they finished an encore with Pardick.
CCM Health is excited to welcome Nicole Wellendorf, MSW, LICSW to their Behavioral Health team. Nicole completed her education at Washington University in St. Louis and is board certified in Licensed Independent Clinical Social Work, is a Rostered Child Parent Psychotherapy and Certified Attachment Biobehavioral Catchup clinician and is Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health certified. Nicole will begin seeing patients at CCM Health in January 2025.