Daybreak played jazz, oldies, rock and country music at the first Bands in the Park event of summer in Pequot Lakes' Trailside Park on Saturday, June 20. One Night Stand will perform rock, blues, jazz and gospel from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, June 27. The series continues Saturdays through summer.
1/2: After the on again, off again rain that came through the area Saturday, June 20, skies became clear and a large crowd gathered in Trailside Park in Pequot Lakes to listen to the music of Daybreak. Donna Evans / Echo Journal Correspondent
2/2: Amber and Ralph Gruenewald, of Breezy Point, who recently moved to the area from Florida, found a quiet place to do a slow dance at the Bands in the Park event in Pequot Lakes. Donna Evans / Echo Journal Correspondent
Nancy Vogt is editor of the Pineandlakes Echo Journal, a weekly newspaper that covers eight communities in the Pequot Lakes-Pine River areas - from Nisswa to Hackensack and Pequot Lakes to Crosslake.
She started as editor of the Lake Country Echo in July 2006, and continued in that role when the Lake Country Echo and the Pine River Journal combined in September 2013 to become the Pineandlakes Echo Journal. She worked for the Brainerd Dispatch from 1992-2006 in various roles.
She covers Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, Lake Shore and Crosslake city councils, as well as writes feature stories, news stories and personal columns (Vogt's Notes). She also takes photos at community events.
Contact her at nancy.vogt@pineandlakes.com or 218-855-5877 with story ideas or questions. Be sure to leave a voicemail message!
