Palestine, Texas native, Kolby Cooper makes his way to the Bayou City 
in Armadillo Place this weekend,
Friday May 17, 2019.
In a recent interview with Tarleton State University's student news paper Copper had to say, “My heroes to me are my dad, Waylon Jennings and the guys from Cross Canadian Ragweed,” Cooper said. “Because my dad introduced me to Texas music and Waylon has been my favorite since I can remember listening to music and Ragweed was the first Texas/Red Dirt band I got into. Those three are the one of the main reasons I do what I do.”
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The story of the Dave Matthews Band is one that can only happen in America with our pop culture media fascination. This weekend they perform here in The Woodlands.
Here is how they happened. Songwriter David John Matthews, working in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a bartender at Miller's bar 
in 1990, became a friend of a lawyer, Ross Hoffman. Hoffman convinced the usually reserved Matthews to record a demo of the few songs he had written. Hoffman hoped Matthews could shop the songs in order to find other musicians to perform on some studio work with him. Hoffman encouraged Matthews to approach Carter Beauford, a local drummer in Charlottesville. Beauford had been in several bands and was playing on a jazz show on BET (Black Entertainment Television).
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It’s that time of year when the rains and the growing season commences with strawberries a stable crop for southeast Texas. In Pasadena, Texas th
ey celebrate this with a parade and festival. The annual Strawberry Festival is this weekend, May 17th-19th, 2019.
The festival's parade had to be canceled last weekend because of the stormy weather.
The festival's statement, "We do not make this decision lightly; we look forward to the Parade every year, as it's the kickoff event for each year's Festival, and the community always comes out and supports us by watching and participating."
But this weekend everything is a go. Look for what the festival calls the largest strawberry shortcake.
The uniqueness of this strawberry festival is its beginnings. Strawberry Festivals are held throughout North America and the world, but Pasadena's had an interesting beginning.
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