A full day of musical talent, vendors and more were on tap at Uvalde Memorial Park last Saturday as the Rotary Club of Uvalde hosts the 1st Uvalde Palooza festival at the Uvalde Memorial Park Amphitheater with culminating with a dance at the SSGT Willie DeLeon Civic Center featuring Ricardo Castillon y La Diferenzia.
According to Rotary Club President Roberta Walden, “The amphitheater was beautifully decorated with continuous streams of people dressed for summer. The music was amazing, and the bands started and ended exactly on schedule. It was a relaxing , harmonious day. There were no complaints. Nobody even complained about the fact that the Civic Center parking lot was full and there was no place to park. There was a steady hum of people happily visiting with one another, and there was constant entertainment from the six could-be headliner bands. The music provided by Morgan Ashley, Kay O’Neill, Kathy Bauer (duet with seasoned musician-husband Michael Broussard), Syphon, Clarkson Band (replacement, Analiz Mireya y la Kand Ambiente Caliente was interesting and lovely.”
The outdoor entertainment was free and for the nighttime concert tickets were sold for the dance later that evening.
A special permit was granted to the Rotary Club of Uvalde by the Uvalde City Council to sell alcoholic beverages. Proceeds from the event from beer sales, tickets and vendor booth space will go toward the Rotary Club of Uvalde and its service projects.
Pictured are: Left to Right (front row ): Olga Charles, Rotary Club President Elect Mayra Vasquez (back row) Tom Garcia, Rotary President Roberta Walden, Dr. Hiten Patel and Dr. Kevin Ermis
