☀️🎶💙 Heatwaves, High Notes & Heartfelt Moments | What’s Up Big Rapids Ep. 24

This week on What’s Up Big Rapids, the heat is on and the community calendar is full! Chris officiated another wedding 💍, High Strung Steel made their debut at Creekfest 🎸, and we take a moment to honor Pat’s cousin, share a prayer for Tuba Bach’s Ed Mallett, and wrap up Chris’s year as Rotary President.

Also in this episode:

• Ribbon cutting at Depot Trailhead Park ✂️

• Extended Splash Pad hours 💦

• Drum Circle, Pridefest, and Airfest are all happening this weekend 🎉

• Plus: fireworks 🎆, tennis, pickleball, BBQ chicken 🍗, and dinner & a show at The Peaks.

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⏱️ Time-Stamps

0:00 – Intro and Welcome 👋
1:01 – The heat is real this week ☀️🔥
4:50 – Chris pulls back the curtain on the show’s schedule 🎙️
5:24 – Chris officiated another wedding 💍
9:22 – High Strung Steel debuts at Creekfest 🎶
11:38 – Pat’s Return Event recap 🎉
14:00 – Prayers for Pat’s family on the loss of his cousin 🙏
15:14 – Chris wraps up his year as Rotary President 🎖️
17:35 – Support Angels of Action’s Chicken BBQ at the fair 🍗
20:22 – Wednesday Night Concert Series at the Bandshell 🎵
23:10 – Big Rapids Drum Circle this Friday, 6–8 PM 🥁
24:25 – Ribbon cutting at Depot Trailhead Park ✂️
26:09 – Updates on the theater and Chipotle 🎭🌯
27:30 – Splash Pad hours extended! 💦
29:50 – Airfest is this Saturday from 7–11 AM 🛩️
34:19 – Would you jump out of a plane? 🪂
39:06 – Tennis lessons for kids at Hemlock Park 🎾
41:04 – Fireworks show in Big Rapids 🎆
42:44 – Pridefest Big Rapids is this Sunday 🏳️‍🌈
46:13 – Dinner & a Show Friday night at The Peaks 🍽️🎭
47:48 – Learn to play Pickleball! 🏓
49:15 – Please pray for Tuba Bach founder Ed Mallett 🙏
51:50 – In case of annihilation, our love to all ❤️😅
52:33 – Dom’s corrections and info 📝
53:19 – Use #WUBR to win prizes! 🎁
54:51 – Outro 👋

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