BANDERA BULLETIN T RAILHEAD GATEWAY TO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FALL 2019 WWW.BANDERABULLETIN.COM TRAILHEAD BANDERA BULLETIN OUR TEAM Publisher JONATHAN DEELEY Editor BILL PACK Office Manager INSIDE & Bookkeeper FRAN FOX Sales & Advertising THIS ISSUE DEE RUSS Magazine Designer TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................PAGE 2 MATT HELLMAN WELCOME FROM THE PUBLISHER ............. PAGE 3 FALL EVENTS CALENDAR ..............................PAGE 4 SOUNDS OF SYMPHONY ..............................PAGE 8 ARTS FEST RETURNS TO INGRAM .............PAGE 10 Cover photo by FALL AT LOST MAPLES ................................PAGE 11 FABRIZIO VERRECCHIA DAY AT THE MUSEUM ................................PAGE 12 HILL COUNTRY MUSIC FEST .......................PAGE 16 WELCOME HOME FEST ..............................PAGE 17 THIRTEEN NIGHTS OF FRIGHT ...................PAGE 18 NIGHTMARE ON MAPLE STREET ...............PAGE 19 MEDINA LAKE CAJUN FEST ........................PAGE 20 BANDERA BUCKFEST .................................PAGE 21 PUMPKIN PATCHES IN BLOOM ..................PAGE 22 P.O. Box 697 606 Hwy 16 South Bandera, TX 78003 For advertising, call 830-796-3718 www.banderabulletin.com 2 TRAILHEAD MAGAZINE MAGAZINE Welcome to the Trailhead BY JONATHAN DEELEY my father explained it wasn’t what he tough time with Buttercup. did as a boy. Without the benefit of a saddle, Bandera Bulletin Publisher The Boy Scouts filled some of the sound advice or adult supervision, gaps, but there was still no Wild West I learned my first lesson: crying and Fall is a special time of year. It marks equivalent to “running away and join- screaming will not stop a horse. In the beginning of the holiday season ing a circus.” Having three older sisters time, however, I learned how to hold and the outside temperature drops 10 did not encourage confidence that I onto the mane, jump off when Butter- degrees (to a comfortable 90). It’s a would achieve my cowboy goal. cup headed for a tree and at all cost, time of parades, family gatherings and one special night of dressing as your But one day, as luck would have avoid the one-eyed stud. alter-ego, whether that was a super- it, my dad acquired six ponies. He I also earned the distinction of the hero or a cowboy. had them boarded at our lake house first family member to break a bone. As any small child growing up in property where we would visit on the I would eventually break my left arm middle class America in the mid-70s, weekends. three more times. I found myself watching hours of re- My father never offered an explana- This will be my first fall season in runs, including The Lone Ranger, Lara- tion to where the small horses came Bandera since taking the helm as pub- mie and The Life and Legend of Wyatt from, nor did he offer any tack or in- lisher of the Bandera Bulletin. The list Earp. With familiar story lines of invul- structions as to how to ride them. Be- of events planned in our town and the nerable heroes who risked everything ing next to the youngest, I got last pick surrounding area is impressive, from to bring order to the untamed frontier, of the ponies. My default selection was the Nightmare on Maple Trunk or Treat these television shows captivated my a pregnant mare named “Buttercup.” (hosted by the Bandera City Marshal’s imagination. And like most small boys, At 10-years-old, I was a far-cry from office) and music festivals to an inter- we not only wanted to emulate these resembling the rough-and-rugged active haunted hayride where partici- heroes, but these shows only left us men portrayed in black-and-white - pants shoot paintballs at zombies. dreaming of a different life. cowmen who could start a fire, shoot a I look forward to more seasons in I wanted to be a cowboy. pistol and charm a damsel with the tip Bandera, exciting events and perhaps As a family, we didn’t go hunting, oc- of their Stetson hat. Protectors of the a lower electric bill. casionally fished, and my father’s idea home and hearth. I too plan to dress up for Halloween of roughing it was Howard Johnson’s. And most impressive, they could and perhaps even woo a damsel with A trained architect with his own firm, also ride a horse. I was having a pretty my Stetson. VOL. 1, NO. 1 | FALL 2019 3 Fall Events Call us at 830-796-3718 to sumbit your events for the next calendar. Casino Night one week earlier than nor- cabrito, brisket & sausage din- Wilkerson and Jason Eady. Sept. 21, 6 – 10 p.m. mal to avoid conflict with ner raffle and silent auction. Doors open at 6pm with mu- Flying L Ranch Resort event vendors. sic starting at 7 pm. Catered (830) 796-7745 TX Hill Country meal by Brick’s available. Casino Night at the Flying 9th Annual Texas Music Fest L Hill Country Resort Ghost Frogs For Freedom Run Oct. 12, 6 p.m. Market Day & 1st Town Facility. All proceeds Oct. 5, 9 a.m. 11th St. Cowboy Bar, annual Chili Cook-Off will benefit the Boys & Girls 11th Street Cowboy Bar Bandera, (830) 796-5726 Oct. 19, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Club of Bandera County. (830) 796-4849 8th Annual Fundraiser ben- Pipe Creek Presbyterian Registration begins 9am. Frontier Times First bikes out 10am efitting local non-profit- or Church (830) 510-6650 Jamboree ganizations in Bandera with Handmade items, greet- Sept. 22, 1 – 4 p.m. Bandera Market Days great live music. Live auction ing cards, jams and jellies, Frontier Times Museum Oct. 5, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. & 50/50 raffle. Featuring Zac soaps, candles, baby items, (830) 796-3864 Bandera County Court- Fourth Sunday of each house Lawn (210) 215-1995 month. Cowboy music perfor- Arts and crafts vendors mance, free and fun for all ages. on the courthouse lawn in downtown Bandera. 39th Annual Medina Lake Cajun Festival Pipe Creek Sept. 28, 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Pumpkin Patch Annual Cajun Festival & Oct. 5 – 27, 11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Gumbo Cook-Off (830) 751- Pipe Creek Tree Farm 2727 (210) 426-6191 Cost: $12 Adults, Children Activities include a hayride, 10 & under free. hay jump, scarecrow dress- ing, visiting farm animals and Cowboy Capital Opry pumpkin painting with the Oct. 1, 7 – 9 p.m. purchase of a pumpkin Silver Sage Community Center (830) 796-4969 13 Nights of Fright on Cost: $5 adults; $12 family; the Western Trail $10 per person reserved seating. Oct. 5 – 31, 6 – 11:55 p.m. Farm Country RV Park Bandera Market Days (830) 589-2276 Oct. 2, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Bandera’s first-ever interac- Bandera County Court- tive haunted hayride. Using a house Lawn (210) 215-1995paintball gun, guests will be A young visitor to the Great Hill Country Pumpkin Patch licks her lips while posing for a picture on the Arts and crafts vendorsable to ward off the undead. grounds of the Medina event. It and the Pipe Creek on the courthouse lawn in Pumpkin Patch open for business Oct. 5. downtown Bandera. Annual Cabrito Courtesy photo & BBQ Dinner Rumble on the Oct. 6, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. River 2019 Medina Community Center Great Hill Country Pumpkin Patch Oct. 4 - 6 Annual fundraiser bene- Oct. 05 – Oct. 28, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Mansfield Park fitting the Medina Livestock Great Hill Country Pumpkin Patch (800) 449-0882 Motorcycle rally moved & Wildlife Association with A festival for children and the child in us all. 4 TRAILHEAD MAGAZINE jewelry and more. Lunch, sures within the old jail- 2440 STATE HIGHWAY 16 NORTH quilt raffle and bake sale. house. There is a little bit Welcome OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Prizes will be supplied by of everything. Benefiting Bik� s 830-796-3825 nationally acclaimed artist the Frontier Times Muse- Esther Benedict. um. CHECK OUT OUR Bandera Wrangler Frontier Times MUSIC LINE-UP St. Jude Fundraiser Jamboree EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT: Oct. 19, 2 p.m. Oct. 27, 1 – 4 p.m. Red Horse Saloon Frontier Times Museum KARAOKE WITH DJ RAY Music, fish fry, auction, (830) 796-3864 50/50 raffle with proceeds Join us on the 4th Sunday benefitting St. Jude Chil- of each month as we have SEPT. 14: ....................TO BE ANNOUNCED dren’s Hospital. live music, storytelling and SEPT. 17: ............BRANDON NICHOLSON/ more. Free and fun for all BISD Education ages. LYNN CAVIN & OPEN MIC - 6:30-10:30 Foundation Fundraiser Oct. 19, 3 – 8 p.m. Nightmare on Maple SEPT. 21 ..................................WILDSTREAK Hill Country Cellars, (830) Halloween Event 6:30-10:30 796-2326 Oct. 31, 5:30 – 10 p.m. Four bands, bouncy Bandera City Park SEPT. 22: ................................WILDSTREAK house, 50/50 raffle, Bus- The Bandera City Mar- 5:00-9:00 bee’s food truck to raise shal’s Office second annual money for Bandera ISD Edu- combined National Night SEPT. 28: .............................ALLEN LOVE & cation Foundation. Out and Halloween cele- COUNTRY PRIDE- 6:30-10:30 bration. There will be Trunk Second annual or Treating, haunted hay- OCT. 05: .............. BRANDON NICHOLSON/ Bandera Fire & Rescue rides, bouncy houses and LYNN CAVIN & OPEN MIC - 6:30-10:30 BBQ & Chili Cook-off Haunted Halloween fun for Oct. 19 all ages. OCT. 06: ......................................MARK PIPER Mansfield Park 4:00-7:00 Washer tournament, Bandera County bouncey house, Lone Star Chamber of OCT. 12: ....................................WILDSTREAK Barbecue Society sanction Commerce Opening 6:30-10:30 chili cook-off for Bandera Day Buck Fest Fire & Rescue. Nov. 1, 6 – 10 p.m. OCT. 13: ..................................BOB STEWART Mansfield Park 4:00-7:00 Oasis Run for Annual dinner and dance the Heroes III celebrating hunters and the OCT.