If you haven't seen Darci Lynne perform, you need to see Darci Lynne perform. She has effortlessly accomplished something I tried DESPERATELY to accomplish when I was a kid and just couldn't.

AMERICA'S GOT TALENT CHAMP, DARCI LYNNE

Darci Lynne is an ACE ventriloquist and blew audiences and a panel of A-list judges away with her extraordinary talent on her way to winning the most recent season of . Oh, and she's TWELVE YEARS OLD.  and how natural she is with her sidekick. So impressive.

You'll be blown away too when Darci--the youngest contestant ever to win --opens the 2022 season of the Beaver Dam Amphitheater Saturday, May 7th as part of her national tour. That's ingenious. And hilarious. Her show is going to be a blast.

CLASSIC ROCK FROM 38 SPECIAL AT THE DAM

You know when I was just a few years older than Darci is now, you couldn't go anywhere without hearing the music of 38 Special. They'd let us play music in the lobby during lunch and the legendary southern rock band's 1982 platinum album Special Forces was in heavy "lobby" rotation. Whenever I hear "Caught Up in You," I'm caught up in the summer of 1982 all over again. But they were there throughout my college years.

So there was a LOT of cool nostalgia when 38 Special comes to the Beaver Dam Amphitheater Saturday, May 28th.

I love the variety the Beaver Dam Amphitheater brings to the tri-state and that couldn't be more evident than Darci Lynne and 38 Special coming in the same month. Next spring can't get here quick enough.