Friday - August 1, 2008
"Special Milestones Edition"

TODAY ONLY!

August 1....First Friday Art Trail - Once again, the galleries, studios, businesses and restaurants of downtown Lubbock and beyond will join together and open their doors for First Friday Art Trail, Lubbock’s monthly evening of art, music and food. First Friday Art Trail showcases culture and fabulous works of art, much of which is created locally in the unique and inspiring galleries, studios, businesses and restaurants of downtown Lubbock and throughout our city. Click HERE for a complete list of trolley routes, showcased artists, and other info. Event runs 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

FRIDAY and SATURDAY

August 1-2...."Paul the Apostle" - Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students. For more info call 1-877-8696; Ragtown Gospel Theater, 870 Ragtown Road, Post Texas, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY ONLY

August 2....Hub City Beach Party - Fundraiser hosted by Foster A Life. The Landsharks Show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 the day of the show and available at all Select-A-Seat locations. Ten tickets at $13 each available only at Foster A Life Office. Money raised goes toward granting dreams and providing opportunities for foster children in the 18 counties surrounding including Lubbock. For more information visit www.FosterALife.org. Cactus Courtyard, located at 1801 Buddy Holly Avenue; 2 p.m.

August 2....Jeff McCreight & Brandon Gwinn Present an Encore Tribute to Kenny Rogers & Neil Diamond - Once was not enough. The house was filled with applause as Jeff and Brandon performed their tribute to these two legends. Remember the great times you had back when these songs were new, and fall in love again with the way Jeff and Brandon deliver them. This show was a great hit the first time and is guaranteed to be even greater the second time around. Reserved seat tickets are $25; Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Avenue, 7:30 p.m.

MONDAY

August 4....Girl Time - Who knew? Sunday August 3 is National "Friend Day" as well as National "Sister Day"! Cookies By Design would like to help all "girls" celebrate these special occasions on Monday August 4 by decorating a special cookie with your sister or friend for just $10 for two cookies. One hour decorating appointments can be scheduled by calling Cookies By Design at 794-6992. All age "girls" are welcome. Everyday is a holiday - celebrate life with cookies. Cookies By Design, 3310 82nd, between 1 and 5 p.m.

Got an idea especially for the ladies? steph@lubbockfunclub.com

Got an idea to promote something just for the guys? shane@lubbockfunclub.com

Special event coming up? Send us the details! info@lubbockfunclub.com

Go to CALENDAR OF EVENTS for more on these events and MORE

MILESTONES: Celebrating Exactly One Year as Your LFC Hosts...and Announcing a New Life Together!

As hosts/owners of the Lubbock Fun Club, we, Shane and Steph, would like to announce to all our readers that we were MARRIED night before last - July 30, 2008 - at Spirit Ranch, just north of Lubbock.

For a little perspective, we'd like to share a little history with you...since it all literally started "right here." In March of 2005, Steph volunteered to coordinate a singles group for the LFC in hopes of offering more opportunities for adult singles in Lubbock - thus the "SOS" (Singles Only Stuff) group was born. In April of that year, Shane discovered the LFC while doing a basic online search for "fun in Lubbock." Upon finding the Lubbock Fun Club website and signing up to receive the weekly "postcard" - which you are reading now - a magical dream was set in motion. Upon receiving that first weekly postcard, Shane read an announcement for learning a new game with a crazy name - Pickleball. Steph had organized the event to teach the singles group a fun game while offering some recreation in the process. Steph lined up her parents, Jim and Bonnie Newville - in town visiting from California (and national Pickleball champs, no less) - to teach the "class" that evening at Leroy Elmore Park. Shane thought the game sounded "interesting" and showed up that evening just to check it out. It would be fair to say that the game proved to be a "match made in heaven." For the better part of these last three years, we have laughed and shared more fun times with so many of you than we can count. And...exactly one year ago TODAY, we took the reins of the Lubbock Fun Club as "partners" - two singles brought together through this local website...each searching for a healthy outlet for fun, good times and "something different." Today, as your newly-married hosts, we are proud to pause and say with sincere happiness....thank goodness for the Lubbock Fun Club and the founder Sandy Parker, for putting it all together...literally making it possible for us to "find each other." It's been an amazing three years...and like the song says..."we've only just begun." Thanks to all of you for reading each week - we truly hope you get something out of our combined efforts. We look forward to starting another year as your hosts....and the first year of the rest of our lives together.

Shane and Steph

SPOTLIGHT PREVIEW
and Ticket Drawing

"The Music Man" Hits the Stage Next Weekend

Based on a story by: Franklin Lacey
Book, Lyrics and Music by: Meredith Willson

Professor Harold Hill likes a challenge and when the other salesmen on the train west tell him that Iowa is the biggest test of sales ability, he gets off at River City. Marian the librarian doesn't buy the professor's line, but he convinces many of his other potential customers that the new pool table that has just been placed in the billiard parlor could mean "trouble in River City” . To keep the town's youngsters "moral after school", Hill forms the River City Boys Band. Includes favorite songs: Seventy Six Trombones, Gary Indiana, and Trouble in River City.

For a complete listing of the summer musicals lineup, detailed ticket info and more, click HERE

This week's ticket giveaway will be two-part: One drawing will be for two (2) tickets to next Friday night's debut performance of The Music Man; the second drawing will be for two (2) tickets to the Saturday show. To enter the drawing, please send your contact info (including daytime phone number) to us as at info@lubbockfunclub.com Good luck!

LOOKING AHEAD....

August 6, 13....Kids Cookie Camp - The Cookies For Dad event was so well attended that Cookies By Design has created a new opportunity to continue the fun. Owner, Kris King welcomes all Lubbock Fun Club kids and parents each Wednesday this summer to make a special treat and decorate fun theme cookies at Cookies By Design. Reservations are required for one hour appointments, 1-4 p.m. Call 794-6992 to reserve a spot. Children must be accompanied by an adult and the cost is only $5.00 per child to decorate one theme cookie. There will be a different cookie shape each week. Summer is sweeter at Cookies by Design, 3310 82nd Street.

August 7....SOS Singles Dinner - Please plan to join the Lubbock Fun Club singles SOS group for their monthly dinner. Everyone pays their own tab...simply come for a great time meeting and visiting with new friends. Logan's Roadhouse, 6251 Slide; 7 p.m.

August 8....Family Camp-In - Our once a year special over-nighter at the Museum. Be one of the first to see Fly Me To The Moon in the OMNI Theater. Enjoy awesome space science theme activities throughout the evening, a cook- out dinner, breakfast and even sleep in a tent inside the Museum. BYOPJ's. Registration Required. Call 745-2525 x 234 for more information; Science Spectrum, 2579 S. Loop 289; 6:30 p.m. to 9 a.m.

August 19....The King Lives! Kraig Parker and his ten piece band return with the world's #1 tribute to Elvis. Kraig has the looks, the moves, and of course, the voice. Elvis Presley's former concert producer Charles Stone calls it "the closest thing to a real Elvis concert!" Find out more at www.thekinglives.com. Tickets are $17, $21, & $25 from area Select-A-Seat outlets, online at www.selectaseatlubbock.com or by phone at 770-2000. Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theater; 7:30 p.m.

Many more UPCOMING FUN THINGS TO DO are listed on our website...lots further out than the weekly postcard. Click here to go to our CALENDAR OF EVENTS for more info on these activites and MORE> 

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