Choctaw Lake

A Living Legacy

July 17th Summer Concert:

The fun doesn’t stop on the 4th of July!! The next summer concert is scheduled for Saturday, July 17th. Below is the 411 on the band Rendition!

Rendition, a return act to our Summer Concert Series, has been performing classic rock and roll around the central Ohio area for years. Comprised of Baby Boomer’s playing the music they know and love, from the early years of rock through the 70’s, this group of professionals, from all walks of life, seeks to share this love for the sounds of the past. In recent years the addition of the horn section has moved the Rendition sound to the Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, and other late 60’s to 70’s groups who incorporated the brass sound in their music.  The songs they play include songs from The Blues Brothers, Michael Buble’, Santana, the Doobie Brothers, and others too numerous to mention.    Still, nothing can overshadow the exceptional guitar, and vocals, grounded by the rhythm section. There is always plenty of entertainment as Rendition energizes their audiences wherever they perform. 

Enjoy the evening, and thank you to Ernie’s Pharmacy for sponsoring all Summer Concert shows!!

June 26th Concert: Arrowhead Grounds

The Locals

June 26 (Saturday)

The Locals formed in 2018 for one-night-only as the musical entertainment for an annual fundraiser to support epilepsy and a departed friend. Comprised of Dayton-area musicians — each with their own respective bands and musical projects — the one-off collaboration turned into a few-times-per-year lineup.  You can think of The Locals as an all-star group of musicians.  Led by lead singer Nikki Luttrell and drummer Ben Willis, the band is comprised of Ernie Luttrell on keyboards, Jason Coots and Matt Bourelle on guitars, and Dave Horner on bass. The Locals play a little bit of everything: the Eagles, Prince, Paramore, Fleetwood Mac, Boston, and Tears for Fears, to name a few.    The Locals will knock your socks off!

Rudy’s BBQ food truck will be have food for purchase. They will be setting up at 6:30PM. We hope you all attend the concert. If you can’t stay, please feel free to grab some dinner to go for you and your family!!

Shout out to Dan Blazer for scheduling the bands, and a huge Thank you to Ernie’s Pharmacy for sponsoring all summer concert events. Please sends a thumbs up their way when you see them out and about. The concerts are special events for the community and are now summer traditions for many.

Have fun everyone!!

First Summer Concert!!! May 29th

That’s right folks!!! The concerts are back! The first show is Saturday May 29th. The show will start around 7:30PM at the Arrowhead stage. The Greek Village on the Go Food Truck will be set up for those that want to grab a bit to eat. And of course we can’t have a concert without Twisted Treats Ice Cream truck!

Special thanks to Ernie’s Pharmacy for once again sponsoring all Summer Concerts this year! Shout out to Dan Blazer and the Music Club for their hard work to set up the bands and food trucks. Please continue to support the Music Club…..they really just want you all to have a good time and dance to the music.

Below, Dan Blazer gives you an introduction to our first band…The Temps!!

The Temps, founded in 2010 and from Springfield, are a costume party band that plays familiar tunes that people know.   The Temps are a return act from last year.  They work best on stage, entertaining with their upbeat renditions of dance cover music from the 80’s to today. Their uncanny and clever mix of music genres stretches from The Black Keys, Johnny Cash, and Green Day to Michael Jackson, Flogging Molly, and Lady Gaga. Last year, The Temps had the biggest party going (i.e., people dancing) than any other act during our Summer Concert Series.

Their fans, many of whom frequent shows in “I love Nerds” and “Talk Nerdy to me” t-shirts, have come to expect the unexpected from the “fab” five-some. From the beginning of the show when the band runs on stage to “Eye of the Tiger” until simultaneously stripping out of their office attire (on stage) down to their matching necktie t-shirts, The Temps are sure to quench their fans’ thirst for entertainment! 

2021 Choctaw Lake Summer Concert Series

Dan Blazer and Ernie Sparks have finalized the lineups for the 2021 Choctaw Lake Summer Concert Series. Below, Dan Blazer provides dates and a great summary of this year’s music events!

The Choctaw Lake Summer Concert Series for 2021 promises to be an extremely exciting year featuring many “high energy” bands.  This year we have elected to schedule the best bands we have had the pleasure to listen to over the last 3 years.  As last year, this year our concerts are sponsored by Ernie Sparks and Ernie’s Pharmacy.  Here is the schedule for this year.

May 29 (Saturday) – The Temps

June 26 (Saturday) – The Locals

July 17 (Saturday) – Rendition

August 7 (Saturday) – Paradise Island Band

August 21 (Saturday) – Ashley Martin

September 5 (Sunday) – The Wayfarers/23 Southbound

The Temps are a high energy 1980’s through 2000’s rock band that put on different costumes as the night proceeds.  Their costumes represent the era of the music they are playing for that set.  The Temps had more people dancing last year than any other act during the summer.  “The Locals” will entertain us with their brand of rockin roll.  They represent, of sorts, an all-star group of musicians with a female lead singer from various bands from Dayton, OH that come together a few times a year for special events.  The Locals were the surprise of last year’s 2020 Summer Concert Series. 

Rendition has an outstanding horn section and plays music that takes advantage of that.  They also have a famous drummer from Choctaw Lake (i.e., Ernie Sparks ).  The Paradise Island Band is a rock/soul/funk band that features a fabulous female singer and saxophone player.  They play a high-energy selection of soul and funk songs.  Ashley Martin is a singer-songwriter from the heart of America.  Ashley now tours the country with her four-piece band.  She has created a unique style all her own – a mix of country, rock and pop. 

Finally, at our last concert of the year (i.e., Community Days) we feature two bands:  1) The Wayfarers fuse tight musicianship – centered largely by the fiddle – with the high energy that characterized early mountain music.  With old-time radio shows setting the example, their style encompasses Appalachian dance music, traditional mountain fiddle tunes, and pre-bluegrass music of the 1920’s – resulting in a dose of nostalgic Americana…and 2) “23 Southbound” is Columbus Ohio’s premier country band.  Comprised of four seasoned musicians, who have been playing an array of genres in multiple groups for several years now. They have opened for CMA, ACM, and Grammy Award winning Kentucky Headhunters and opened multiple times for McGuffey Lane.

Our concerts this year should be amazing!  Again, many thanks to Ernie Sparks and Ernie’s Pharmacy for sponsoring our Summer Concert Series. 

Garden Club Donation

A big thank you to the Garden Club for paying for the plant material for the new landscape around the flagpole at the west entrance. The plants selected will provide a subtle patriotic theme. Nepeta was chosen to be planted along the outer perimeter of the bed. The plant will produce light blue flowers from spring through early fall. Behind the Nepeta, Quickfire Hydrangeas fill the rest of the bed. Quickfire Hydrangea produces a white flower in early summer. As summer progresses, the flowers begin to turn red.

Along with the aesthetic improvement, the new landscape provides easier access to the flag pole.

Please continue to support the Choctaw Lake Garden Club. Club members work hard to raise funds to assist with enhancing the landscape throughout the community. You can support their efforts by purchasing notecards, summer flower baskets, and fall mums from the Garden Club.

Thanks again to all Garden Club members!!

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