The Flint Hills of Kansas

by Jeff M

They come from all points of Chase County to hear the musicians: Diamond Creek, Council Grove, Cedar Point, Cassoday, Strong City. They flip open their lawn chairs and set them on Main Street, facing the icy clean windows of Emma Chase Cafe. The musicians --- ranchers, teachers, students, mothers, fathers, children --- stand as straight as rakes and play guitars, banjos, fiddles, basses, pulling from their instruments a medley of sounds, from old country to new country to gospel to blue grass. A great time, and one you can depend on every Friday night at 7:30 p.m.