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Article: a final noteWith area country music icon Rick Roy's passing, an era comes to a close
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- July 30, 2009
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BELLFLOWER - Eras come and eras go.
In the tiny southeastern McLean County town of Bellflower (pop.
400-ish), one is about to go. And it's going in a way that will
hurt.
In fact, it's been hurting since the afternoon of July 2, when
the big man with the even bigger heart left his beloved Central
Illinois stage for a command performance elsewhere.
"People are saying, What are we going to do on Saturday nights
now?'"
That refrain has been heard from longtime patrons of the McLean
County Country Opry, which has filled Bellflower's Community Center
with the sound of down-home music for a dozen-odd years.
But no more. After one last hurrah this Saturday, the sixth night
of the week in ...