Heaven Bound at BCAC This Saturday, September 23 @ 7 p.m. 

Heaven Bound, a group of six local Country Gospel Musicians, will be in concert at the Basin City Arts Center Saturday, September 23 at 7 p.m.  The concert in free and open to the public with donations to the BCAC appreciated.  Musicians include Ashley Dern, Alesha Dern, Don Weeks, Doris Todd, Dave Todd and Carole Blakeman. The band does Country Gospel, Old Country, and Bluegrass Music.  Some of their newer songs include Surely Goodness and Mercy Follow written by Alesha Dern and performed by Ashley and Alesha Dern, Redemption, Never Grow Old, Satan’s Jeweled Crown, and Cryin’ Holy.  About the band Carole says, “We have tons of fun with our music and practices, and enjoy bringing ‘musical happiness’ to others.  We share a great love of Country Gospel Music within the band.  There is lots of variety with duets, trios, various small groups and solos within the band group.  Some songs are instrumental while others are vocals.  Instruments include 2  12-string guitars, 2   6-string guitars, bass guitar, mandolin, and accordion in many and varied combinations.”

Heaven Bound organized in June 2009 when the choir director at Basin First Baptist suggested that the community needed some small musical groups for the summer.  He asked Carole to put together a Country Gospel Group and the “rest is history”!!  They have played for the Big Horn County Fair each summer since 2009, Shell Community Church, Presbyterian Gospel Music Round-up in 2015, the 2010 Greybull All-School Reunion, Wyoming Festival in Thermopolis, First Baptist Church in Buffalo, WY, Bonnie Bluejacket Nursing Home, and the Basin Bike Rodeo.   They play many other gigs as they are asked.  Each member brings in new songs; then they decide how they want it to sound and work toward that end.  Practice is one evening each week most of the year taking time off around Christmas.  Adding new songs each year, Heaven Bound has a huge repertoire of music from which to draw. 

For more information contact Carmen Olson at 568-2944.  The BCAC is a nonprofit organization developing and supporting the arts in the Big Horn Basin.

Heaven Bound in Concert

Wanted "Storyweavers"

Basin City Arts Center, along with the support of Wyoming Arts Council’s Art Education Grant is sponsoring a fun-filled storytelling workshop for children in grades 4-12. During this 3 day workshop, each participant will learn and perfect a story to tell.  The workshop will be a combination of games and activities that explore the techniques of the storyteller.

The workshop will be held August 15-17 from 10:00 - 12:00 each day.  A storytelling showcase will be held on August 17th,  from 6:30 to 7:30 at the Basin City Arts Center, for the storytellers who choose to share their story with an audience.

Shelly King from Basin will spearhead this program. She has been a professional storyteller since she retired 6 years ago. 

Because of the supplies needed, participants must sign up by August 14th.   Please call Shelly King @ 568-9313 or email her at telleroftales402@gmail.com , if your child or children will be participating. 

Summer Youth Activities
Basin City Arts Center

June 2, 2017

During the summer the Basin City Arts Center will be hosting youth activities on Friday Evenings.  The First Friday is June 2, featuring a Youth Dance with lessons.  All Youth Activities are free of charge and open to all high school students from freshmen through senior.  Each activity will begin at 7:00 and end by 10:00, but the doors will close at 8:00 so be on time.  Once you enter the building please be aware that if you leave you cannot get back in after the doors are closed.

Come fill your Friday Nights with safe, fun activities, and be sure to bring a friend!

Rocky Mountain Puppets

Dan Miller's Cowboy Revue Ticket Prices

Please note that the Ticket prices for this performance are $15 for people 13 and older and $5 for children 12 and under.

Dan Miller’s Cowboy Music Revue

Saturday May 6 @7:00P.M.

Basin City Arts Center 

Dan Miller’s Cowboy Music Revue Annual Fundraiser for the  Basin City Arts Center is on Saturday, May 6 at 7 p.m.  Tickets at the door are $15 per person and $5 for children 12 and under. The Basin City Arts Center is a nonprofit organization developing and supporting the arts in the Big Horn Basin.  For more information call 568-9346.

Dan Miller’s Cowboy Music Revue has spent thirteen seasons as the best musical entertainment in Buffalo Bill’s Cody Country! Drawing from his Nashville days, Dan and his “Empty Saddles Band” play musical styles ranging from cowboy and Americana to bluegrass and gospel at their summer show in Cody. They are the featured performers at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West from mid-May through the beginning of October. More than 120,000 visitors—from 65 countries around the world—have enjoyed their summer show as part of their Wyoming vacation.

Led by Nashville television personality Dan Miller, the group also features on the fiddle and mandolin Dan's daughter Hannah, a student at Northwest College in Powell; and bass player Wendy Corr, who spends her daytime hours covering the Bighorn Basin as the news director at the Big Horn Radio Network. 

Long before Dan was hosting television shows like PBR Bull Riding, American Magazine and Due West. he was playing the showrooms of Nevada with The Dan Miller Band.  While working on a dairy farm in Indiana he dreamed of movies, music and the entertainment industry.  After attending college on a football scholarship he headed to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams.  In L.A. Dan studied acting, worked in radio and television, and performed in clubs.  Those jobs led to the stages of Reno, Tahoe, and Las Vegas and a touring schedule that took him from Alaska to Florida. 

When he moved to Nashville to pursue a recording career, he found more opportunities existed for him there in television commercials and voice overwork.  Over the next 15 years he hosted a variety of television shows including the Cable ACE award winning Top Card and conventions for national corporations.

Dan Miller’s Cowboy Music Revue Annual Fundraiser for the  Basin City Arts Center is on Saturday, May 6 at 7 p.m.  Tickets at the door are $15 per person. The Basin City Arts Center is a nonprofit organization developing and supporting the arts in the Big Horn Basin.  For more information call 568-9346.