Bill Dewey, known as “The Voice of Johnny Cash,” will play a show in Albert Lea on Saturday.

The Man in Black show will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center.

Dennis Charnecki, of Denny and the DC Drifters, who is promoting the show this weekend, said that wherever Dewey goes, he sells out, and encouraged people who like Johnny Cash’s music to hear Dewey.

Dewey was born in Clear Lake, Iowa, but moved to Nashville to pursue a musical career. When he was in Nashville he received his nickname as “The Voice of Johnny Cash.”

Dewey plays guitar and sings and has performed five times at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Charnecki said. Out of all of the acts that have played at the Surf Ballroom, and as far as Dewey knows, he holds the record for most encores.

Dewey was asked to re-record one of Johnny Cash’s albums, “At Folsom Prison,” in 2008, Charnecki said.

The album was originally recorded in 1968, and for it’s 40-year anniversary, John Holliff, Cash producer Saul Holliff’s son, decided to ask Dewey to be the voice of Johnny Cash once more, Charnecki said.

Tickets to the show are $15 and can be bought at the door, online at http://www.actonbroadway.com or at the Albert Lea Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Saturday

• A defensive driving refresher class will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Freeborn County Historical Museum, 1031 Bridge Ave. Cost is $20 for AARP members and $25 for non AARP members. Please register before the class.

• Find some produce and more at the Albert Lea Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to noon at the Northbridge Mall parking lot, 2510 Bridge Ave.

• The American Association of University Women and Blooming Prairie Women of Today will have its village affair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Blooming Prairie High School, 202 Fourth Ave N.W., Blooming Prairie.

• The Little Pumpkins Party will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Alden-Conger Public School gym, 215 N. Broadway, Alden. Wear a costume, paint a pumpkin and enjoy a snack. Call 874-3419 to register.

• An open house for the returning of Edgewater Cottage to the city will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Edgewater Cottage. There will be a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. and refreshments served throughout the open house.

• Emmons Legion Post 317 will have rib night beginning at 5 p.m. at the Emmons American Legion, 121 Main St., Emmons. Cost is $13.

 

Sunday

• The Glenville Fire and Rescue Department will have its annual pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to noon at the Glenville City Hall, 221 W. Main St. Pancakes, eggs, sausages, biscuits and gravy, potatoes, juice, milk and coffee will be served. Donations will be accepted.

• The Kiester Firefighters Relief Association breakfast will be 7 a.m. to noon at the Kiester Fire Hall. Pancakes, french toast, scrambled eggs, sausage patties and beverages will be served. Donations will be accepted.

• Sunday breakfast will be served at the Albert Lea American Legion, 142 N. Broadway Ave., from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pancakes, potatoes, scrambled eggs with or without ham, sausages, fruit cups, juice, milk and coffee. Cost is $7.

• The Hotel Halloween Carnival will be 1 to 3 p.m. at the Country Inn & Suites, 2214 E. Main St. Halloween bags will be handed out to the first 1,000 children. Costumes are optional. There will be prizes and the Albert Lea police and sheriff departments will talk to kids about safe trick-or-treating.

• Choose Kindness will be at the Albert Lea Public Library, 211 E. Clark St., from 2 to 4 p.m. There is no cost and children and families are invited to join them for crafts, games and fun.