Kennedys being inducted into Maine Country Music Hall of Fame

    On May 17 Ripley residents Joe and Nellie Kennedy, along with Lou Mathieu and Chris Fyfe, will be inducted as the 2014 class of the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame. The Kennedys mostly represent the bluegrass side of country music and they are proud to join a growing list of Maine bluegrassers such as Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell, Bob and Grace French, Ken Brooks, Perley Curtis, Al Hawkes and Jimmy Cox.

    The Maine Country Music Hall of Fame is separate from all the Maine country music associations, the hall accepts nominations from all. Current hall of fame members vote based on a point system of different categories. The Maine Country Music Hall of Fame also includes the Hall of Fame Museum, located in Mechanic Falls.
    Please join the Kennedys for their induction and to help them celebrate. They will be performing along with the other inductees and hall of famers. The ceremony will be at Le Club Calumet, 334 West River Road, in Augusta.
    Dinner will be served at noon and the show starts at 1 p.m. Meals — ham steak, roast pork or turkey along with garden salad, potato, vegetable, bread and dessert — must be paid in advance and tickets will be held at the door in attendees’ names. Tickets are also available at the door. For dinner reservations and more information, please call Nancy Crosby at 645-2472. Please specify if sitting at the Kennedy’s table. No meal reservations will be taken after May 7.
    On Saturday, April 26 the Wayside Theatre/Grange in Dexter will host a concert with Joe and Nellie Kennedy and Ken and Jane Brooks at 7 p.m.. Ken Brooks was inducted into the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012.
    For show information, please call 277-3733 or 924-5711.