monthly Let Your Inner Musician Free Just ‘dust off the case’ and join this community symphony band SPECIAL FEATURE Make a difference around the world at this special Hands and Hearts Foundation golf tournament PLUS! Get all the details on the upcoming Doggone Fun Run ENTERTAINMENT: Adam Sandler & Friends, A Perfect Circle, Bastille and some amazingly talented kids will capture the audience in Inspiration Stage’s production of ‘13, The Musical’ 2 • Pecan Grove Monthly DEDICATED CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY CARE IN SUGAR LAND Your emergency contact in Sugar Land You can’t keep emergencies from happening, but with our expertise, Children’s Memorial Hermann at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land can make it a better experience. Our ER is specifically designed for kids, and the affiliated emergency medicine physicians, pediatricians, nurses and staff understand the emergency medical care children need. Our child-friendly equipment is suited – and sized – just for kids, and Child Life specialists help families cope with the unfamiliar and make kids feel more comfortable. Reserve your time online at childrens.memorialhermann.org/ER 17500 West Grand Parkway South Sugar Land, TX 77479 Contents & Staff ™ Pecan Grove Pecan Grove monthly April 2017 monthly™ Features HANDS AND HEARTS | GENERAL MANAGER Lee Hartman This local foundation is [email protected] hosting its annual golf ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR tournament at the Pecan Marquita Griffin [email protected] Grove Country Club to raise COMPOSITION & GRAPHICS MANAGER funds for its mission trips. Alfred H. Dubé [email protected] 16 GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Melinda Maya [email protected] Ginger Garza [email protected] WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS THE ROSENBERG Michelle Cornell TO ADVERTISE SYMPHONIC BAND | If you are interested in advertising in the Pecan Grove Although a community band Monthly, please call 281-342-4474 for rates, informa- tion and deadlines. for the City of Rosenberg, the PHOTO & ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS Rosenberg Symphonic Band We are looking for fresh story ideas and enjoy publishing your articles in the Pecan Grove Monthly. welcomes all musicians from If you have an story idea or photo to publish please anywhere, just as long as they send your information to [email protected] with 20 “Monthly” in the subject line. have a passion to play. ©2017 Pecan Grove Monthly. All Rights Reserved. Pecan Grove Monthly has 30,000 print circulation and is a sister publication of Fulshear Living Monthly, Greatwood Monthly, New Territory Monthly and is a Publication of the Fort Bend Herald. 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