Mark your calendar for Wed. August 5 as the next date on the busy event schedule of the 2015 Crown Guitar Summer Celebration Series, produced by the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation (COCGF). Billed as "Live at Finley Point Grill" the event will feature guitarist Mike Murray and his band performing on the lawn overlooking Flathead Lake at the newly renovated Finley Point Grill.
The musical fundraising party begins at 6 pm with appetizers and drinks offered during both a silent and a live auction where prizes such as tickets to the UM Adams Center (Go Grizzlies) a gourmet dinner with music provided by the COCGF and a Hawaiian vacation. The auction proceeds support both scholarships and programs of the nonprofit COCG Foundation that will produce its sixth annual Crown Guitar Workshop and Festival on August 30 - Sept. 6 at Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork. (www.crownguitarfest.org)
There will be music throughout the evening as two students of the Crown Guitar class held at Salish and Kootenai College this winter who recently were awarded COCGF scholarships, will perform solo and with Murray, who is also a scholarship recipient of the COCGF. The Mike Murray Band will take the stage at 8:15 pm and play until 10 pm.
Tickets for "Live at Finley Point" are $45 for singles and $40 on orders of two or more. Price at the door will be $45. The ticket includes two drink coupons and appetizers. Purchase tickets at the following Polson outlets: Crow's Nest Gallery, Two Nineteen Main and Finley Point Grill or in Bigfork at the Crown Guitar office, #104 Crestview Dr. #105. For credit card purchases call 406-471-8757.