FORT SILL, Okla. -- Country music superstars Big & Rich will take the stage on Fort Sill's Polo Field April 25, 2014, as part of the Tour for the Troops sponsored by the Air Force Reserve.
The free concert will start the Western Heritage Days weekend. Gates open at 6 p.m., and Ken Morrow and the Hired Guns open the show at 7 p.m. Big & Rich with Cowboy Troy take the stage at 8 p.m.
�"We are thrilled to be opening the Western Heritage Days event with a country concert featuring Big & Rich as the headliner. The concert is free to all DoD ID card holders, families, friends and our great community partners. What a great opportunity for all of our wonderful Co-Op partners to come out and enjoy the fellowship of our military, see our beautiful installation and hear a great band," said Brenda Spencer-Ragland, Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation director.
Then revisit the Old West, when Fort Sill hosts Western Heritage Days, April 26 and 27 at Rucker Park. Saturday's events begin with a western heritage parade including Buffalo Soldiers and the Lawton Rangers. The parade will start at 1 p.m. at the Old Post Corral Museum and move down into Rucker Park. Visitors to the park may take in a Chuck Wagon Camp, food vendors and displays.
Plan on events for the whole family including a marble competition, hayrides, nature trail, knucklebones (jacks) competition, horseshoe pitch and a poetry contest. At 5 p.m. Marty Tipton, a trick roper, will perform followed by the chuck wagon awards, and the history of the chuck wagon with Vance Johnson, Cowboy storytelling with Jim Garling follows and the evening ends with a concert by Les Gilliam and the Silver Lake Band.
�"We want to celebrate the rich history of Fort Sill and all who have played a part in our history including the Buffalo Soldiers, local Native American tribes and the Lawton Rangers rodeo," said Spencer-Ragland. �"Their involvement will ensure representation of all that made it such a rich history."
Sunday events begin with Cowboy Church from 10 a.m. to noon outdoors at Rucker Park. Then, Nye Library staff will host an Old Fashioned Community Picnic from noon to 3 p.m. Gather up the whole family and your favorite picnic foods and make a day of it.
�"This weekend will be a mixture of new and old beginning with the relatively new music of Big & Rich and then celebrate more than 100 years of history here at Fort Sill with displays and events so attendees can celebrate our western heritage days. The events will highlight the rich and diverse culture we celebrate each and every day at Fort Sill and in the Army. The events of the weekend underscore Team Sill, Oklahoma Pride," she said.
The Western Heritage Days concert is supported by a number of corporate sponsors some are local to the Lawton-Fort Sill Community, and some are on a national level.
�"With the tremendous support provided from these sponsoring companies, Fort Sill Family and MWR is greatly assisted in producing a quality-of-life event for the Soldiers, families and community guests," said Spencer-Ragland.
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