| The first Country Music Monday Show was held in January, 1993 and has been bringing people to Giddings for the past 13 years. Our Rotary Club is very proud of the success of this program. It started out as a fundraiser for the club but it has turned into our most successful “Community Service” project. Proceeds are used to fund scholarships for deserving students in Lee county’s three school districts. During the past 13 years, the club has awarded 75 scholarships for $1,000 each!
Scholarships are wonderful and we’re very proud that we’ve been able to have a positive impact on our local youth. It’s all attributable to Country Music Monday. However, Country Music Monday is creating a positive impact on more than just the youth in Giddings… it’s creating an economic impact on the local economy too! Each month, year after year, on average 500 people attend Country Music Monday. That’s 6,000 people a year - 78,000 people for the 13 years! Most of the people who attend are from out of town.
The show starts at 7:30 p.m. but we have to open the doors at 5:15 because there is a line of people waiting to get inside. They come in, save their seats, and then head into town to eat in the local restaurants. They buy gas, pick up groceries, and shop in the stores. Many attendees and performers travel great distances and stay over night in the local hotels. They come from Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and many of the smaller area towns.
The club has never really advertised County Music Monday but we’d like to do so in the future. We’d love to see the shows attendance grow. We would like to advertise on area radio shows and do several live remotes each year. We also would like to do a promotional insert that could be included in area newspapers and perhaps could be given to some of the tour groups that are visiting our area now. Our club would like to encourage tour groups to plan their visit of our area so that they could include a visit to Country Music Monday.
Schedule page updated 05 May 2008. |
