New Clio Country Music Jubilee

10/09/2024

Still using this page to reach as many as possible. McDowell opens back up this Saturday evening Oct. 12. Everyone is encouraged to come and perform or be a part of the audience.

09/24/2024

Don't anyone get confused. MUSIC on Oct 12 is at McDowell not Clio :). See announcement below

09/18/2024

Per Randy Brashears :: Beginning Saturday Oct 12 at 6:00 pm McDowell will have music every 2 weeks . Hope to see a lot of musicians and friends there.

06/09/2024

In a visit with Doris yesterday she confirmed she is no longer interested in us reopening Clio country music nights so if there is anyone out there that would want to do it, please check with the board and see if you can. It would be great to have it going again .

06/09/2024

Today at McDowell

06/08/2024

McDowell news. Rain chances are only 10-15% until tonight and remember we do have the building if needed. It's going to be a good time, grab lawn chairs, food and drinks and come on 2:00-8:00

06/05/2024

UPDATE !! It's on for Saturday. at McDowell RAIN OR SHINE. There is cleaning going on this afternoon and Friday so that if it rains we will be inside. Randy is asking that if anyone can help on the clean up, come down this afternoon or Friday, it would be much appreciated. Please share this and tell your friends who may not do Facebook

06/01/2024

Attention everyone !! SPREAD THE WORD. I was asked by Randy Brashears to announce that next Sat. June 8th there will be music at McDowell at 2:00 in the afternoon until 8:00. Everyone is encouraged to come play and sing. It is being held outdoors, grounds are scheduled to be mowed and sprayed. It's a bring your own food and drinks affair and don't forget your lawn chairs.

03/19/2024

Reposting. This is the history of Clio. In addition to what is written below. It was the home of Friday night music jams for so many years. I first heard of it in 1990 and it wasn't a new thing then. Now the board wants nothing in the building showing the musical history of Clio

“In 1941, Mr. and Mrs. Seburn Hilton and children and Idealla, Joe and Ethel Bowling all went to the Clio community building to sing Saturday night,” the Crane Chronicle printed in January 1941.

They were speaking of the building in this photo, a native-stone structure along Highway 39 ear Jenkins, Mo., that was new when those words were written. A stone above its double doors says it was built in 1940, just the year before.

In May of that year, the Cassville Republican told of a singing convention held there; a few weeks later, it was the site of the annual Doty family reunion.

“This is to be an all-day meeting,” noted the Republican. “There are to be religious services held in the forenoon, an again in the afternoon, with quartet singing in the afternoon.”

There are other mentions over the years. Men gathered to cut wood to keep the building warm. It was the site of revivals and funerals and, for some folks, a place to never leave.

Today, this building is still home to a regular music party on select Friday evenings. I’ve been to it a couple of times, and it’s great to see that people still come out to keep it going — especially since it used to run on opposite weeks with the nearby McDowell Gold Jubilee, which at last note, is at least temporarily closed.

The night I snapped this photo was a Friday, but it wasn’t a gathering night. Yet I couldn’t help but think about how many sunsets had happened over the lives and memories of those who gripped the door handles and walked inside.

12/25/2023

Have a wonderful day. Bobbi

12/25/2023

The post below was the other admin. for the page..here's mine. Bobbi

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas to all our family & friends. May the New Year bring many blessings your way. Praise be to our Savior