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An Okotoks real estate broker who plays music part time is making some serious noise overseas. John Fraser is a guitar player and vocalist for the band Vannatta named after it’s chief songwriter and driving force Larry Vannatta of Milo.

The lineup for A Room Full of Sound concert at Okotoks United Church on Sept. 24 will boast youth, experience and versatility.

Crisp, juicy and oh so sweet – strawberries are perfect for the summer. Kayben Farms is celebrating this most flavourful fruit with its inaugural strawberry festival on Saturday, July 23.

It will be all on hands on deck for this summer’s co-production between Dewdney Players and Foothills Theatre Company.

When I first started writing this column, there was one place people told me I had to go more than any other: The Chuckwagon Café in Turner Valley. I didn’t need any prodding.

The Okotoks Art Gallery is going all in for an examination of the power of seven.

High River’s Hitchin’ Post Drive In has barely changed since it opened more than 40 years ago and if you ask me if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. The Hitchin Post has great burgers at their most basic.

When the Big Rock Garden Tours comes to town Saturday it will feature an unusual returning winner. Each tour highlights as many new gardens as possible but it also invites back its previous year’s best garden selection.

The communities of the foothills each have their own distinctive feel and energy. So it only stands to reason their annual community celebrations would as well.

The distinctive parade that heads up one side of the road then comes down the other returns Saturday at 10 a.m. A procession of floats, bands and horses will once again run along Highway 22 through the Village of Longview.