Desert Messenger

8 www.DesertMessenger.com January 3, 2018 See MINSTRELS PAGE 36 1360 N. Moon Mountain, Quartzsite A warm, friendly invite to those 55 & up. Bring your family pet with you and call our RV Park Home. We have large pull-thru and back-in spaces in quiet, peaceful surroundings with 30 amp or 50 am full hookups. Rentals are available by the season or annually with a 3-month minimum stay. Amenities: Club House, Laundry Room, Library, Big Screen TV, 2 BBQ Areas with Picnic Tables, Mail Services & Showers. Walking distance to churches, 1/4 mile from emergency services, Urgent Care & Air Med. Easy access to Hwy. 95 North & South to Las Vegas, Parker, Yuma & Mexico. I-10 is nearby with easy access East to Phoenix. or West to Los Angeles. Quartzsite Shuttle Service is available by phone request. 928-927-4333 T ews & Date Palm RV Park Please call for reservations as this will ensure you a space during the busy winter months. www.TewsRV.com 1360 N. Moon Mtn. Ave. PO Box 4870 Quartzsite, AZ 85359 Fire Station Tyson St. MAIN ST. Hwy. 95 Moon Moutnain N N Moon Mt. Ave. Tyson St. 928-927-8929 928-273-3442 (mobile) Service on all Makes and Models ~ 15 years Experience Extensive experience with vintage and new Airstreams MC/Visa Accepted ~ Discount for Veterans Service to Quartzsite & BLM Locations & LTVA's Full Solar Installations with FLAT RATE Pricing Refrigerators, Hot Water Heaters, Water Pumps 509-262-8284 Call Bud 928-583-3905 bUD'S Desert HANDYMAN Services Residential & RV Services Services FREE ESTIMATES! (w/work) All Work Guaranteed! Plumbing Electrical Carpentry Yard & More! Not a licensed contractor Quartzsite Business Licensed by Joanne Winer Ten years ago, the mayor received a call from Ran- dy Sparks, director of the folk music group called the New Christy Minstrels. He had written a song many years before and recorded it several times called Hi Jolly, about Quartzsite's famous camel driver. Randy had been driving through this area in the late 50s and saw the sign on Main St. for the Hi Jolly Tomb at the cemetery. He stopped and saw what is now the famous pyramid gravesite of Hi Jolly, and before he made it to L.A. he already had composed a song. The group played it many times in many concerts over the years, but had never played it in Quartzsite, so he wanted to know why he had never been invited to come here to perform it! New Christy Minstrels returns for 10th year The mayor at the time was Verlyn Michel, and he did not know at fi rst what to say to this inquiry, but he assured Randy that the New Christy Minstrels were certainly welcome to come here and perform. He arranged with the Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. (Q.I.A.) to have them booked for a concert that January, and they had a sold out crowd. Who knew that everyone would love to hear some good old folk music that still makes for great entertainment? Since that fi rst concert, the New Christy Minstrels have been coming back every January to do two more concerts each year. They sure do put on a great show!! Anyone who loves folk music will want to see these concerts and meet with this long time group that has been playing for 56 years.

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