Annual Concert and Trail Ride Expand Their Charitable Reach

12 | SEPTEMBER.7.2012 | FRIDAY WEEKENDER: GOING OUT LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | LEXGO.COM IF YOU GO Crockettsville Charity Concert and Trail Ride Annual concert and trail ride What: Outdoor concert, 42-mile ATV trail ride and motocross exhibitions When: Sept. 8, 9 expand their charitable reach Where: Abner farm in Crockettsville, Breathitt County Admission: $10 a person, $25 per carload for all-day Saturday concert, motocross event and festival. For additional $5 per rider or $20 per vehicle, fans may join the trail ride Sunday. Camping: $50 a night for RVs and camp- ers; includes concert tickets. Learn more: Crockettsville.com Montgomery Gentry , Warrix said. The Crockettsville festival attracted about 10,000 people last year, but some 25,000 came in 2009, when the big concert draws were country singers Tim McGraw and Dierks Bentley. McGraw’s company produced Halfway to Hazard’s debut album in 2007, and the duo opened for McGraw and wife Faith Hill’s two-year tour. Halfway to Hazard has been on a recording hiatus since 2010, although Warrix has promoted a solo single called Rain on the Roof. In March, the duo raised money for victims of the tornadoes that struck several Eastern Kentucky counties. “Halfway to Hazard is not over. We just decided to take a break for various personal reasons,” Warrix said. “David and I are still best of buddies, and we will always come together to do the Crockettsville event. KELSEY CRIM | FILE PHOTO “I feel like where I’m from gets a bad Country music duo Halfway to Hazard, which founded the Crockettsville event in 2008, performed during the fund-raiser a year later. rap sometimes, and I like to be a good ambassador for positive things,” Warrix By Greg Kocher music duo Halfway to Hazard. experience for igniting his said. “I’m not trying to be a hero by any [email protected] “We’re not trying to take passion for music. means, but I just truly like to showcase After four years and having raised anything from Buckhorn “At the time we were kind the area at its best and the people at $465,000, the Crockettsville Charity Children,” Warrix said during a of cutting-edge with our little their best.” Concert and Trail Ride is broadening its late August visit to Lexington. pep band that had an electric In the recent past, the Crockettsville influence. “We’re still giving all the guitar, electric bass and drums,” festival conflicted with the Kentucky In the past, proceeds from the proceeds from the trail ride itself Warrix said. “It was pretty cool. State Fair or other big events, but steers annual outdoor Breathitt County to them, and we’ll still allocate Chad Warrix We were small. There were, like, clear of other draws this year, with one concert and all-terrain-vehicle trail ride other money from the concert only 10 people in the band, so possible exception. went primarily to Buckhorn Children to them. But the charity is doing pretty we figured out a way to make ourselves “The only thing we’re dealing with and Family Services, a Perry County well, so we want to make sure we’re louder with amplified instruments.” on Sunday, it’s the opening day for organization that seeks to improve the dispersing it in the area.” Another Kentucky-bred country music the NFL, so there may be people who lives of suffering children. Some proceeds also bought new duo, Montgomery Gentry, headlines want to watch football games,” Warrix But as the event marks its fifth year instruments for band programs in Saturday’s all-day concert. Eddie said. “But you can still come out and weekend, it aims to spread the wealth to Breathitt and Rockcastle counties. The Montgomery is a Central Kentucky do the ride, and then go home and do other agencies, including Trooper Island, instruments will be delivered this week. native and brother of singer John Michael football.” the Kentucky State Police camp on Dale Warrix, 37, who grew up in Jackson, Montgomery. Warrix’s family counts Hollow Lake, said Chad Warrix, who played bass guitar and drums in his Troy Gentry and his family as friends. Greg Kocher: (859) 231-3305. with David Tolliver makes up the country high school band and credits that Halfway to Hazard has opened shows for Twitter: @HLpublicsafety..

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