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Tickets on sale for Rockabilly Boogiefest

Tickets are on sale for the 2nd annual Rockabilly Boogiefest.  The event takes place at ASU's Military Sciences Building in Jonesboro and will be held on Saturday, March 1.  The lineup features Sonny Burgess and his Legendary Pacers, Charlie Rich, Junior, and the Stunning Cunning Band.  Proceeds from the concert will benefit a new Rockabilly exhibit at ASU's Museum.  KASU's Johnathan Reaves has more in this report. 

Information on tickets can be found by calling 870-972-2781. 

Johnathan Reaves is the News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.