Announcing Langford jamboree, concert and tractor pull
Saturday August 4, 2012 | By:Felice E. Krycia-associate editor | News
LANGFORD — Country music, tractors and trucks are headed to Langford for the annual Down Home Country Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 4 and 5. The award-winning music will begin Aug. 4 at 4 p.m. and continue until 11. Featured this year is Nashville recording artist John Michael Montgomery.
On Saturday, the gates open at 3 p.m. and the music starts at 4, with opening acts American Ride Band and 100 Proof Justice. Clay Moden from WYRK will be hosting the evening.
At 7:30 p.m., Montgomery will perform many of his songs, including “Be My Baby Tonight,” “Sold,” “Cowboy Love,” and “I Can Love You Like That.”
In addition to listening to the music, attendees can take advantage of the 2,000-square-foot, outdoor dance floor.
Children 12 and younger are free. There are no pre-sale tickets or reserved seating. A chicken barbecue will begin at 5 p.m. and the food tent will be open throughout the evening. All entertainment ends at 11 p.m. No carry-ins are allowed for the show.
This year’s event is sponsored by the Langford and New Oregon Volunteer Fire Company; Native Pride, Irving; Save-A-Lot Food Stores, North Collins; Steve Baldo Chevy-Buick-Cadillac, North Collins; Gateway Recycling, Cheektowaga; Superior Decks and Gazebos of Angola; Preischel Brothers Tires and Service, Hamburg and Bowman Farms, North Collins.
The Western New York Championship Truck and Tractor Pull, which is sanctioned by the Western New York Pro Farm Pullers and the Empire State Pullers Association, will begin on Sunday, Aug. 5 at noon.
This year’s 11 classes include light pro farm, heavy pro farm, limited light pro farm, limited light super stock, pro stock 4–by–4 diesel trucks, modified, super farm, light super stock, heavy super stock, two-wheel-drive trucks and 4–by–4 diesel trucks.
The event will kick off with the introduction of the drivers at noon, followed by the new ESP 2.6 diesel class at 12:30 p.m. The WNYPFP action will follow the ESP classes at 6:30.
This event was voted the EXP Pull of the Year in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.
On Sunday, the gates will open at 11 a.m. Admission is free for children 12 and younger. Children younger than 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
The food tent is open throughout the day and the chicken barbecue will start at noon. No alcoholic carry-ins are allowed.
The events are held in Langford, near the intersection of Route 75 and Route 249, 11 miles south of Hamburg.
Free parking and a free shuttle to the gate will be located on both streets.
Handicap parking is available in the Epiphany of Our Lord Church parking lot on Sisson Highway, across from the Langford Tractor Pull Grounds.
For more information and directions, visit www.downhomecountryweekend.com.
On Saturday, the gates open at 3 p.m. and the music starts at 4, with opening acts American Ride Band and 100 Proof Justice. Clay Moden from WYRK will be hosting the evening.
At 7:30 p.m., Montgomery will perform many of his songs, including “Be My Baby Tonight,” “Sold,” “Cowboy Love,” and “I Can Love You Like That.”
In addition to listening to the music, attendees can take advantage of the 2,000-square-foot, outdoor dance floor.
Children 12 and younger are free. There are no pre-sale tickets or reserved seating. A chicken barbecue will begin at 5 p.m. and the food tent will be open throughout the evening. All entertainment ends at 11 p.m. No carry-ins are allowed for the show.
This year’s event is sponsored by the Langford and New Oregon Volunteer Fire Company; Native Pride, Irving; Save-A-Lot Food Stores, North Collins; Steve Baldo Chevy-Buick-Cadillac, North Collins; Gateway Recycling, Cheektowaga; Superior Decks and Gazebos of Angola; Preischel Brothers Tires and Service, Hamburg and Bowman Farms, North Collins.
The Western New York Championship Truck and Tractor Pull, which is sanctioned by the Western New York Pro Farm Pullers and the Empire State Pullers Association, will begin on Sunday, Aug. 5 at noon.
This year’s 11 classes include light pro farm, heavy pro farm, limited light pro farm, limited light super stock, pro stock 4–by–4 diesel trucks, modified, super farm, light super stock, heavy super stock, two-wheel-drive trucks and 4–by–4 diesel trucks.
The event will kick off with the introduction of the drivers at noon, followed by the new ESP 2.6 diesel class at 12:30 p.m. The WNYPFP action will follow the ESP classes at 6:30.
This event was voted the EXP Pull of the Year in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.
On Sunday, the gates will open at 11 a.m. Admission is free for children 12 and younger. Children younger than 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
The food tent is open throughout the day and the chicken barbecue will start at noon. No alcoholic carry-ins are allowed.
The events are held in Langford, near the intersection of Route 75 and Route 249, 11 miles south of Hamburg.
Free parking and a free shuttle to the gate will be located on both streets.
Handicap parking is available in the Epiphany of Our Lord Church parking lot on Sisson Highway, across from the Langford Tractor Pull Grounds.
For more information and directions, visit www.downhomecountryweekend.com.
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