Singer/songwriter Dustin Evans (left) will return to Wessington Springs to help the Company Cowboys Band celebrate their 40th anniversary on Friday, September 11.

The son of the late Kyle (Fagerhaug) Evans, who founded the Company Cowboys Band in 1969, Dustin will appear in an accoustic show at the restored 1905 Opera House in Wessington Springs early that evening before hosting a “plugged in” version at the Prairie Lounge later that night.

40 years of music -- The Company Cowboys will celebrate 40 years of playing together on Friday, September 11, 2009 with two shows in Wessington Springs. They are shown here, Lennis Fagerhaug, Brian Bergeleen, Dale Schimke and Kyle Fagerhaug Evans, singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas (1987).

The accoustic show is scheduled to feature Dustin, and Company Cowboys Band mates Lennis Fagerhaug, Brian Bergeleen and Dale Schimke, and long-time friend Craig Wenzel as they play songs and tell stories from the Opera House stage. Proceeds from the show will go back to the Opera House, where Kyle Evans played the very first fund-raising show that helped with the restoration of the grand old building. A Kyle Evans wing was added on to the Opera House after Kyle’s death.

Later that night the instruments get “plugged in” as Dustin, the Company Cowboys and Craig all get to play their favorites at the Prairie Lounge. Should be fun. If you like music –and who doesn’t– you might want to attend one or both of these shows!

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