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I’d days like and to take opportunity Long nightsthis at the office are to invite you to stick around, to extendto I’d like to take this opportunity I’d like to take this opportunity I’d like to take this opportunity toto overrated, but you already know that! your stayyou few days, weeks, invite you stick around, toextend extend invite stick around, to invite you totoa stick around, to extend I’m eager toforto get out and have some months... or for even The your stay for fewtodays, days, weeks, your stay aaaindefinitely! few your stay for few days, weeks, fun, and January promises do justweeks, fun keeps coming; we keep dancing, months... or even indefinitely! The months... or even indefinitely! months... or even indefinitely! The that. We kick off the New Year with The fun keeps coming; we keep dancing, fun keeps coming; we keep dancing, dining, and having fun all summer fun keeps coming; we keep dancing, the Entertainer Showcase, a two-day dining, and having having fun all all summer dining, and summer dining, and having fun all summer long, and we’d love to fun have you join music festival, where entertainers from long, andwe’d we’dlove loveto have youjoin join and you long, and we’d love totohave have you join us.long, all across us. the country come to perform us. us. in If hopes get go, booked you that feelthey youwill must I’d for like to this season and next. We’ve opened If you feel you must go, I’dword liketo If you feel you must go, I’d like youtofeel youusmust go,the I’d like toto inviteIfyou help spread the event to the public, if you’re invite you helpus usso spread theyou word invite you to help spread the word invite you toto help us spread the word about South Texas to everyone in the mood for some new acts, the see about South Texas everyone you about South Texas to everyone you about South Texas toto everyone you meet along the way and those you Entertainer Showcase is where you meet along the way and those youto see meet along the way and those you see meet along the way and those you see every day back home. Invite them every dayback back home. Invite them home. them want to be.day every day back home. Invite them toto joinevery you next season! WeInvite would loveto joinyou you next season! Wemore wouldthe love join next season! We would love join you next season! We would love we have not one,The but two, toNext, have them join us. have them joinus. us.The Themore more the to them join totohave have them join us. The more the Winter Texan Expos--two days in the merrier! merrier! merrier! merrier! McAllen, January 16-17, and a new bonus in Brownsville, 18. our Thisday September, weJanuary will host Thisnot September, wewill will host our This we host our This September, we will host our Admission isSeptember, free all three! We have second, sofor annual (thanks to the second,not not soannual annual (thanks the second, so (thanks to second, not so annual (thanks totothe the an incredible entertainment lineup, pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion Story and Photos by Eryn Reddell Wingert tons ofso vendors…and did Itomention Tour, we’d also like invite you Tour, sowe’d we’d also liketo invite you Tour, so also like you Tour, so we’d also like totoinvite invite you it’s free? to to join us at one of our stops. Stay joinus usat oneof ourstops. stops. Stay Stayhe new year brings new and exciting things for visi- enjoy the show at the Harlingen Municipal Auditorium totojoin join us atatone one ofofour our stops. Stay tuned as as weJanuary announce our travel We close out on the 24th at tuned as we announce our travel tuned we announce our travel tuned as we announce our travel tors from the team at Welcome Home RGV (WHRGV). for a ticketed price. plans. our Bayside Special totoWelcome Welcome Home RGV plans. Music Festival at Louie’s plans. plans. Special WelcomeHome HomeRGV RGV Special to “Winter Texans bring cooler weather; I’m really excited Next up: the Winter Texan Expo will include an Special to Welcome Home RGV Backyard on South Padre Island. This about that.” says WHRGV owner Kristi Collier. “They additional date andwe location. The Expo is a free, twoIt has been a real pleasure to serve event It out every year, so get your ttttseems like only yesterday Ithas has been realpleasure pleasure serve been aaareal to Itsells has been real pleasure totoserve serve seemslike like only yesterday we vendors and entertainment acts seems only yesterday we seems like only yesterday we also bring cheese!” day event showcasing youyou this year. We will work throughout tickets before they’re gone, and join us youthis thisyear. year.We Wewill willwork workthroughout throughout you this year. We will work throughout were celebrating the long-awaited were celebrating the long-awaited were celebrating the long-awaited were celebrating the long-awaited thethe summer months onon allall ofof our about this at the McAllen Convention Center, coming up January for athe day of music, fun, great seafood, the summer months on all ourCheese aside, Collier says she’s excitedreturn summer months our summer months on all ofof our of so many of our friends. return of so many of ourfriends. friends. return of so many of our return of so many of our friends. programming so next season will be season’s events--traditional and new. First up on 16 and 17. programming sonext nextseason seasonwill willbe be so andprogramming yet another stellar music lineup. programming so next season will be Now, here we are bidding you Now,ishere here we“We are service biddingthe youentire Rio Grande Valley. Not are bidding you even better than this one! Now, here we are bidding you even better than this one! too. better than this one! even better than this one! I even hope you’re ready for 2024, the agenda: the Entertainer Showcase. Now, This the we farewell and safe travels. All of farewell and safe travels. All and safe travels. All of farewell and safe travels. All of Let’s have some fun! second year WHRGV will host the Showcase, providing everyone from Brownsville can trek to McAllen,” says Safe travels, Y’all! • •the Safe travels, Y’all! us at Welcome Home RGV look Safe travels, Y’all! Safe travels, Y’all! •• dots. • us at Welcome Home RGV Welcome Home RGV look us at Home RGV look ~We’re just connecting entertainment acts, nine minutes each, over two Collier. In a mountain-to-Muhammad move, the Expo forward your return. Plans are forwardto toyour yourreturn. return. Plans Plansare forward to return. Plans are We’re just connecting the dots, We’re just connecting the dots, days--January 9 and 10--to win over bookers for local will extend to January 18 and be held at the Brownsville We’re just connecting the dots, We’re just connecting the dots, FAREWELL WINTER TEXAN SEASON RV parks and resorts. FAREWELL WINTER TEXANSEASON SEASON FAREWELL WINTER TEXAN Event Center. FAREWELL WINTER TEXAN SEASON CONTINUED ON PAGE >> CONTINUEDON ONPAGE PAGE4444>> CONTINUED ON PAGE >> The public, once again, is welcome to come and CONTINUED CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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