KERRVILLE, Texas—The Texas Heritage Music Foundation  is proud to announce that the 13th annual Texas Heritage Living History Day will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, September 25, at the Robbins-Lewis Pavilion on the Schreiner University campus in Kerrville. The event, billed as “Another Way of Learning Using Stories and Songs,” will be free and open to the public. From 4-6 p.m. the Texas Folklore Society and THMF will co-host a panel on the songs of Texas in the historical Union Church on the festival grounds.

More than 50 performers and presenters will be spread throughout the park surrounding the pavilion to entertain and educate, with presentations such as Aztec Dancing, Hispanic Heritage Tribute with Joel Guzman and Sarah Fox, chuck wagons and cowboy cooking demonstrations, teepees with Native American exhibits and stories, Texas history demonstrations, storytellers and oral historians, and Texas singers and songwriters. Central to the event will be the annual noon tribute to former Kerrville resident and “Father of Country Music” Jimmie Rodgers. Joel Guzman will add his accordion to this special tribute. Come and listen to the stories of Jimmie Rodgers as told by Tony Navarra while area musicians play Rodgers’ legendary songs on stage. Food and drinks will be available for sale at the event, and a take-home educator’s packet will be available to all teachers.

Friday evening at 7:30 (location will be announced later) the THMF will pay tribute to Hispanic Heritage Month by showcasing the music of Joel Guzman and Sarah Fox. Recently featured at the 28th Annual Conjunto Festival in San Antonio, Guzman brings an original perspective to this music so important to our state’s musical history. Mexico and Texas have interchanged land, language and music since the beginning of “Texas.” This performance will be a fundraiser for the Wayne Kennemer Scholarship Fund, through which THMF provides annual scholarships to students pursuing a course of study in some aspect of music. THMF is inviting other organizations to join in this celebration. If your group is interested in taking part, call 840-792-1945 for more information. Terri Sharpe, songwriter now singing in Spanish and paying tribute to Lydia Mendoza, also will perform. Guzman will also be featured at the first THMF coffeehouse on September 2 at Schreiner University.

For more information about Texas Heritage Living History Day, go to the foundation Web site at www.texasheritagemusic.org. Living History Day is co-sponsored by the Center of Innovative Learning at Schreiner University and the Texas Heritage Music Foundation.