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Concert series wraps up with pep rally and performances
HUNTINGTON -- The Heiners' Pullman Square Concert Series wraps up from 6 to 10 p.m. tonight with a concert and pep rally.
The final show will feature several area artists, including John Eric Booth, Joe Lambiotte, Stephen Salyers and many others, as well as a pep rally featuring Marshall University head football coach Mark Snyder and the MU cheerleaders, dance team and pep band.
The pep rally will help get Marshall fans excited for the beginning of the team's season-opener with Illinois State, which kicks off at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, according to Nancy Pelphrey, coordinator of alumni programs for the Marshall University Alumni Association.
"We're looking for a big crowd of Herd fans to gather at Pullman Square to show their spirit and support of coach Snyder and the team. The pep rally is a great way to get the football season under way," Pelphrey said in a prepared release.
Events begin at 6 p.m. with a performance by John Eric Booth. The Alumni Association will sell raffle tickets for a chance to win a print from the "We Are Marshall" movie signed by Red Dawson and Matthew Fox. Several other items will be included in the raffle, such as gift certificates from Max & Erma's and the Marshall Hall of Fame Cafe.
A performance by Joe Lambiotte starts at 7 p.m. Beginning at 8:15 p.m., the cheerleaders and band will perform and interact with the crowd before Snyder arrives at about 8:30 p.m. Snyder will speak and draw the winning raffle ticket for the Marshall print. Individuals must be present to win the print and the other prizes.
Stephen Salyers will wrap up the concert series with a performance beginning at 9 p.m.
The Tri-State Transit Authority will run a free shuttle from Marshall's Huntington campus to Pullman Square and back throughout the evening. Passengers may board the bus at the corner of John Marshall Drive and 5th Avenue and at the corner of 18th Street and 5th Avenue.
The series kicked off in June and ran every Thursday. The shows were: June 5, The Tams; June 12, Big Planet Soul; June 19, Kelly Ray Davis and The Moneymakers; June 26, Steve Free; July 4, Dawg Dazzle; July 10, Matt "Elvis" Dollar/Traci Ann Stanley; July 17, City Heat; July 24, Band of Gold; July 31, Oakwood Road Band; Aug. 7, Big Planet Soul; Aug. 14, Hearsay; Aug. 21, Angie Fletcher Band.
The concerts are sponsored by 93.7 The Dawg, Heiner's Bakery, Cabell Huntington Hospital, Parker & Amy Ward of Remax Professional Advantage, Bailes Craig & Yon, Miller Lite & Miller Chill, Charlie's Harley-Davidson & MDA, Pepsi, Ohio University Proctorville, WOWK-TV, The Herald-Dispatch, Turnpike Ford, Penn Station, Stewart's Original Hotdogs, MacReedo's, Rick's Old-Fashion Lemonade, Community Trust Bank, Myrtle Beach Cigar Factory, Platinum Limo, Scraggle Pop Kettle Corn, Huntington C&O Railway Employees Federal Credit Union, and Marshall University Alumni Association.
For more information, call Pelphrey at 304-696-3134.
