NextThreeDays: Event Display

End of Summer Celebration ft. Music, Movie in the Park & Water Slides
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: A Small Town Summer Event Series, Statement, The Comptons
Date: Thursday, August 3, 2017
Time: 6:00 - 10:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Town of Floyd continues their Floyd Small Town Summer event series with their End of Summer Celebration featuring live bluegrass music, movie in the park screening with "Finding Dory" and water slides on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.

Schedule:
• 6:00 pm: Park open to the public
• 6:00 pm: Music with Statement & The Comptons
• 8:45 pm: Movie: Finding Dory

The special End of Summer Celebration will feature local bluegrass bands Statement and The Comptons, a variety of fun activities for the whole family and the movie Finding Dory. There will be a variety of water-based activities in the lower field.

The Compton brothers, Darryl and Roger, began playing bluegrass gospel music in the 80's in church then was joined shortly after by their dad, Clinton Compton. The three make their home in Willis, VA in Floyd county.

The band just changed members about a year and a half ago. Tim Goins from Mt. Airy, NC now plays dobro and banjo with the group, whichever the song may call for. Tim in the past has played with such groups as the Easter Brothers, Mark Templeton and New Vision, Lynwood Lunsford and many more.

There are times when the Compton' friends consist of Doug Holly from Floyd on guitar and some vocals, also Jimmy Creed, cousin of the Comptons, on mandolin or guitar.

Links:

• http://comptonbluegrass.tripod.com/index.html
• https://www.facebook.com/The-Comptons-Friends-139296176140731/

Statement is a gospel bluegrass band that comes out with a no-holds-barred approach to witness through bluegrass music featuring the great singing and mandolin picking of Josh Blankenship with Josh Underwood on the 5 string banjo.

B.U. magazine called this gourp "Bluegrass Gospel at it's best".

Link: https://www.reverbnation.com/statementgospel

"Finding Dory" is a Pixar animated film rated PG and starring the voice of Ellen DeGeneres. "Finding Dory" reunites the friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the true meaning of family along the way.

For more information about the film, visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2277860/.

The Town of Floyd is producing a series of free events designed to provide a fun, family-friendly atmosphere in The Warren G Lineberry Park. These events will take place on alternating Thursdays from early June to the end of August and will feature, music, movies, and theater productions with lots of additional activities provided to highlight the park and community organizations.

The Small Town Summer Event Series is free and open to the public.

At all Floyd Small Town Summer events there will be food vendors, community organizations, face painting, games, inflatables and fun activities for all ages!

Some of the community organizations partnering this week to provide activities include Younglife, Healthy Floyd, Blue Mountain School, Floyd County Humane Society, Floyd County High School SCA and more!

The park will be open and access provided to the public starting at 6 pm on all Floyd Small Town Summer events.

For more information, visit: http://www.floydsmalltownsummer.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/floydsmalltownsummer/.