The Lady and The Gambler will be performing their annual show at the Embassy Suites in McAllen next week. Their performance will be on Tuesday, February 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. The show features Leslie Blasing and Rick McEwen.
If you love coming down to the Rio Grande Valley each winter, you’re invited to become a Winter Texan Ambassador. The job is simple: share with your friends all the good times you have in the Valley each winter – away from the snow and ice. In a place where you can play golf almost any winter day. In a place where your MH & RV resort is a community of its own with lots of friends to share in a whole array of fun activities.
On Monday, February 10, Lakewood RV Resort had a beautiful presentation of quilts. The Quilts of Valor were presented to ten Veterans and were made by quilters who may know a Veteran or simply wanted to honor a Veteran.
During the presentation, a Veteran called each recipient to order and shared their personal military story. The quilt maker and a family member or friend opened each quilt, before folding it in half and together each Veteran was wrapped with the quilt they were presented.
Get ready for the ultimate Winter Texan Fiesta experience. Join the Mission Chamber on March 7 at the picturesque Leo Pena Placita Park in Mission, for a day filled with fun, laughter, and celebration.
As a valued member of our community, the chamber invites you to be a part of this vibrant celebration of our Winter Texan residents. The Winter Texan Fiesta promises a day filled with live music, diverse vendors, and complimentary food for the first 1,000 attendees.
Brownsville is getting ready to celebrate Charro Days. The multi-day event will take place from February 20 through March 9.
The annual fiesta commemorates the Mexican heritage of the area on both sides of the Rio Grande and is named in honor of the “Charro,” that dashing Mexican gentleman cowboy. The first Charro Days was celebrated in 1938 and features parades, dances, races, a bullfight, rodeo, concert, a grand ball, and Noche Mexicana. Residents and visitors dressed in the traditional costumes of Mexico and honored the Mexican “Charros.”
On Tuesday, February 25, you can eat at Gatti’s to support the St. Baldrick’s fundraiser. If you eat from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Gatti’s on 4100 N. 2nd St. and tell the cashier you are there for the fundraiser, a percentage of the bill will go to St. Baldrick’s.
There will also be a large room by the salad bar reserved for St. Baldrick’s supporters.
Put on your dancing shoes and step back into the 1950s with Shake, Rattle & Roll in a special concert at Christian Fellowship Church, 901 N. Loop 499, Harlingen, on Tuesday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, visit the association’s website at www.HarlingenConcert.com or call (956) 392-9757.
