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Romance to be in the air at Round Barn
ARCADIA – Love songs and chocolate are on tap for the Feb. 12 Round Barn Rendezvous at the Arcadia Round Barn. The annual Valentine’s Day jam session starts at noon and will continue until about 4 p.m. Musicians of all skill levels are invited to bring their instruments and perform a favorite love song.
Joe Baxter, who coordinates the live music at the Round Barn, will be playing some of the love songs he has written through the years including “Romeo’s Girl,” which won the 2021 Red Dirt Gypsy Café songwriting contest.
Admission is free but donations will be accepted for refreshments and for the maintenance of the Round Barn, which was built in 1898 and restored in 1992 as a museum.
The Round Barn Rendezvous is held year-round on the second Sunday of the month. The Round Barn Ramblers, which is Baxter’s acoustic Americana band, play every Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the downstairs museum.
The Elm Tree Concert Series, which features Oklahoma singer-songwriters, is held every Sunday afternoon from May through October beneath the shade of the giant elm tree on the north side of the barn.
The Round Barn is six miles east of Interstate 35 on historic Route 66 and is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is staffed by volunteers, and the barn currently has an opening for a Sunday volunteer. For more information about live music at the barn, call Baxter at 405-8331350. For information about becoming a volunteer, call Volunteer Coordinator Kimberly Burk at 405-651-0240.