The 19th annual Boys and Girls Club of Brown County Barn Dance, featuring Clay Walker, will take place at 3 Springs Ranch and Resort in Zephyr on Saturday, May 8.  Walker was scheduled to perform at last year’s event which was cancelled due to COVID.

Boys & Girls Club of Brown County Director Katherine Palmer and board member Tim Espinoza were guests of Carl Wayne on KOXE  Tuesday morning to talk about the event.

“Clay Walker is our entertainer, a big name,” Espinoza said. The entertainment is always a big deal for us and we’ve been blessed to have great support to get that kind of entertainment. We’ve had Mark Chestnut, Tracy Byrd, Tracy Lawrence, Sammy Kershaw and the Bellamy Brothers. I think we’ve brought some pretty good entertainment for our fundraiser and it’s a good time, but it’s all geared around what our purpose is.”

Individual tickets will not be available this year, but tables of eight can be purchased online only at www.bgcbrownwood.org/barn-dance.

“We have made the transition this year to online sales,” Palmer said. “That is going to help with a lot of things and it makes it easier for people to make their purchase. We’re selling tables of eight so you do have to purchase the full table, the table cost is $1,200 and the purchase can be made on our website. Click on barn dance and the button at the top says reserve your table and it takes you to an online form.

Sponsorships for the event are still available, according to Espinoza.

“We’re so blessed with our retained sponsors from year to year, they’ve just been great with long term support,” Espinoza said. “Around February the phone starts ringing asking the date for the Barn Dance. We’ve been really fortunate that they understand what our purpose is and how important this fundraiser is for the club. A lot of work goes into it. The board and Katherine have been working hard to get this lined up.”