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Performances at Heritage Festival to Re-Create ‘The Johnny Cash Show’

JONESBORO – When the lineup featuring Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss was announced in July for the 2018 Johnny Cash Heritage Festival, John Carter Cash, Grammy-winning son of Johnny and June Carter Cash, promised that this year’s festival would be like none other.

Last Thursday, he delivered on that promise when it was announced that the Oct. 20 concert in the field adjacent to the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home in Dyess would be a “50th Anniversary Performance,” paying tribute to The Johnny Cash Show tours that began in 1968 and led the following year to a television show that brought Cash into millions of households.

The Johnny Cash Heritage Festival Oct. 20 concert will take place in the field adjacent to the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places May 4. Other events will be held in the Dyess Colony Circle, Oct. 18-19. ***

EACC’s Announces 2018-19 School Series Performances

The East Arkansas Community College Fine Arts Center will host a pair of kid-friendly performances as part of its 2018-19 School Series.

“The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favorites” will be on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 10 a.m. (Recommended for Pre K–2nd Grades) Three beloved stories by Eric Carle are retold on stage through the magic of black light and fanciful puppets.

“The Magic School Bus” will be on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, at 10 a.m. (Recommended for Pre-K–4th Grades) Hop on the Magic School Bus for a ride in Theaterworks USA’s new musical adaptation based on the original book series published by Scholastic. When the class gets lost on the way to the planetarium, Ms. Frizzle saves the day by blasting into outer space for an epic inter-planetary field trip!

All shows are approximately one hour in length. Admission is $5 per person and school representatives are encouraged to make reservations early to guarantee availability. For more information or to reserve seats for a performance, schools should contact Niki Jones, Arts Center Manager at 870-633-4480, ext. 352 or njones@eacc.edu.