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Monday, September 16, 2019<\/p>\n
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Local musicians Carroll Parham and Debbie Bridgewater headline Tarleton State University’s annual Dinner in the Stacks set Saturday, Sept. 28, on the Stephenville campus.<\/p>\n
Hosted by the Friends of the Dick Smith Library, this year’s event begins with appetizers at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s foyer followed by dinner in the stacks at 7.<\/p>\n
Parham and Bridgewater teach fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, dobro, bass, dulcimer, piano, steel guitar and voice at Fiddlesticks Music in Stephenville.<\/p>\n
Throughout his career, Parham worked with some of the most recognizable names in country music, including Hank Thompson and Bob Wills.<\/p>\n
Besides playing, Parham produced music locally at the Cross Timbers Country Opry for more than 30 years and hosted radio shows in the area.<\/p>\n
Tickets for Dinner in the Stacks are available online at http:\/\/tarletonstate.us\/friendsofthelibrary<\/a>andat the Dick Smith Library. Deadline to purchase tickets is noon Wednesday, Sept. 25. Cost for Friends of the Library is $20. Non-members pay $25. Tickets will not be available at the door.<\/p>\n Established in 1990, the Friends of the Dick Smith Library is a volunteer organization dedicated to the support of the university’s library. The organization funds the acquisition of educational amenities that lie outside the library budget; sponsors discussions, lectures, book talks and other scholarly activities; and helps with endowments, bequests and other gifts to the library.<\/p>\n For more information on Dinner in the Stacks, contact Tonya Dobson at 254-968-9474 or dobson@tarleton.edu. For a map of the university, go to www.tarleton.edu\/campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.<\/p>\n Contact: Phil Riddle, News and Information Specialist Local musicians Carroll Parham and Debbie Bridgewater headline Tarleton State University’s annual Dinner in the Stacks set Saturday, Sept. 28, on the Stephenville campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[424,425],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-events","category-campus-community"],"acf":{"image":null},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-641-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Arts & Events<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Arts & Events<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 16, 2019","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 16, 2019 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 9:53 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Two people playing guitars in a room with orange polka dot border.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54323,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26940\/revisions\/54323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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