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Dallas Days Dance is Sept. 12

Dallas Days Weekend festivities will once again get off to a “rocking start” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, with the Fifth Annual Dallas Days Dance at the Shadowbrook Pavilion in Tunkhannock. Back by popular demand, this year’s musical entertainment will feature the soft rock/folk sounds of the ever-popular trio “Just Us” from 7 to 8 p.m. followed by southern rock legends, “Abilene” from 8 p.m. to midnight.

Southern rock legend, ’Abilene,’ will headline the Fifth Annual Dallas Days Dance on Friday, Sept. 12, at the Shadowbrook Pavilion in Tunkhannock ’Just Us,’ a soft rock/folk trio, will open the event from 7 to 8 p.m. followed by ’Abilene.’

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Both bands were popular in the ‘70s and ‘80s throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. The evening’s headline performers, “Abilene,” formed during the U.S. Bicentennial of 1976, melding the genres of rock, country, bluegrass, blues and cajun music with a hard-driving stage performance that electrified audiences throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey for three decades.

Their rise to notoriety began when they were the opening act for piano man Billy Joel in Scranton. The outstanding reaction they received that night from the standing-room only crowd launched “Abilene” into the media spotlight and to a position of prominence among regional bands. Today, 30 years later, “Abilene” has stage performance that once again sets the standard for high-energy, good-time music!

A special door prize and numerous giveaways will take place throughout the evening. Winning ticket holders must be present to win.

Tickets are $25 per person (advance sales only) and are now available at Joe Nardone’s Gallery of Sound locations in Dallas, Kingston, Wilkes-Barre (Mundy Street), and Dickson City; Dallas Borough Municipal Office, 25 Main St. (675-1389); Ochman’s Coins and Jewelry, 18 Church St., Dallas (675-5872); and Wisnosky Jewelers, 230 W. Tioga St. (SR 6), in Tunkhannock (836-5754). Ticket price includes beer soda, and light refreshments. A cash bar will also be available.

For information on sponsoring this event, call the Dallas Harvest Festival Hotline at 675-1950.