Along with the music, there will be a silent auction with serious items you will want to bid on like ski passes, gift certificates to Pagosa's finest dining establishments, art work and jewelry plus food trucks and libations for purchase. In general, a memorable night at the County Extension Building you can regale stories to your grandchildren with. Today's times will soon become days of yore. Not big city tales. Small town extension building stuff. Walking to school barefoot in the snow stuff. 

 

The purpose of all this you ask? Surely, like everything in Pagosa there is a justified reason for doing what we do. No trick ponies here . All proceeds go toward the Pagosa Springs Rotary's Scholarship Fund. Since 1983, Rotary has granted higher education scholarships to 174 graduates, to a tune of almost $450,000. A driven purpose to elevate our youth. To give them a step up to be what they dream to be. College or trade school, it doesn't matter. Rotary is that behind the curtain mentor that speaks for the voice of all Pagosans that say, "Go be what you are meant to be. We're behind you".

 

Rotary, being Pagosa's largest service, non-profit club, is dedicated to bettering our community, our nation and our world. Locally, they direct the Feed the Children backpack program, annually gift almost $1,800 of fabulous color dictionaries to all third grade students, house foreign exchange students from all over the world plus send our local outbound students to other countries, help the town manage the largest attended event in Pagosa, the 4th of July Parade, support out of area clubs with time, talent and monies, give funds to third world countries for cleaner water, medical facilities and education and are part of the world wide club endeavor to eradicate polio. Yes, polio still exists.

 

Rotarians are givers of their time and talents, mentors, teachers, financial backers. Rotarians are volunteers whose motto is "Service Above Self". In Pagosa, it shows big time.

So Pagosa, here is a chance to dance a little, socialize a lot and give to our youth, knowing that you will be a part in making a difference in someone's life. Makes you want to learn that "Boot Scootin' Boogie"  just thinking about it. Can't make it? Buy a ticket or two for someone else. Think "Service Above Self".

 

Tickets are available at the Chamber of Commerce, the Chokecherry Tree or from any of your friendly Rotarians. Prices are $20 or $25 at the door. Better hurry. There are only so many tickets available and once they are sold, there goes your chance to tell those stories about an autumn night in October, dancing the night away in the County Extension Building, to the music of Country Thunder.