By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
One of Decatur’s most popular warm-weather events, Connor Brite’s Wildflowers benefit, will be held Saturday … and this year will have a different twist.
Four young people who have completed the free Wildflowers music program, will perform to kick off what will be the fifth annual event on the Madison St. Plaza.
And that’s not all. Students from the Fort Wayne-based School of Rock will perform, as well the Sunglasses at Night band, which debuted in Decatur last fall during the Summer Concert Series and is scheduled for a repeat performance in August.
Maddison Young, Nakoma Setili, Agustin Sponseller and Karsen Combs – whom organizers call “Our Wildflowers” – will take to the stage from 6 to 6:30.
They have completed the Wildflowers music program, which provides free lessons in keyboard, guitar and drumming for Adams County students.
School of Rock will entertain from 6:45 to 7:45, followed by Sunglasses at Night from 8-10.
Food and drink will be available from the American Legion post, Cindi’s Kitchen, Andy’s Coneys, Soda House and 2 Pour Guys.
No admission will be charged.
T-shirts and water will be on sale and pre-ordered shirts can be picked up at the main tent at the concert.
This year’s shirt honors the Tom Petty Wildflowers CD, the shirt colors reflecting the CD’s color.
Organizers said that in the event of inclement, the event will moved to the local K of C pavilion – which happened last year.
FREE LESSONS: The concert, of course, raises funds for the Connor Brite’s Wildflowers music program.
Connor’s parents, Jeff and Steph Brite, his sister, Allie, family members and friends, started the free lessons program to honor Connor, who loved Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers” album.
The lessons are provided by volunteers in a room leased at the MERIT Center.
Over 100 Adams County young people in grades 4 through 12 have completed the program which provides individual, introductory lessons in keyboard, guitar and drumming.
The lessons are provided by volunteers in a room leased at the MERIT Center.
Applications for the program will be available Saturday night. Anyone interested in signing up for the next session should visit www.cjbwildflowers.com
SIX YEARS: Last Sunday marked the sixth anniversary of the tragedy which suddenly snuffed out the lives of three Decatur young men.
Connor Brite, Trevor Ortiz and Jordan Fuelling – all in their early 20s – were killed by an impaired driver in a traffic accident in Union County, Indiana, on June 7, 2020.
They were on their way home from a weekend event.
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