The 35th annual Daviess County Chautauqua has succumbed to the coronavirus, joining a multitude of other community events that have fallen by the wayside during this most unusual year. The cancellation of Gallatin’s fall festival, which is held on the third weekend each September, was announced recently by the Chautauqua committee.
“Planning for the Chautauqua starts in January,” said Kate Chrisman, Chautauqua chairman. “But this year planning stopped in March, and things just started falling apart. We had booked Lonnie Curtis and the Point Blank band for this year, but he recently passed away. Lonnie was a native of Gallatin. The final thing that made us decide to cancel Chautauqua is that we don’t want to be responsible for any spread of the virus in our community.”
Kate added that there are still a couple of projects that the committee is considering for this fall.
Revenue from the second annual Piccadilly Ladies Night Auction and Gala, a fund-raising event for the Chautauqua and other community efforts, will be held over for use in the 2021 Chautauqua. The fund-raiser was held virtually in June and raised over $4,500.
Other members of the Chautauqua committee include Marcy Gay, Ayron Wilson, Kim Borges, Melissa Everman, Casey Griffin, Rachel Taylor, Kelle Lawson, Rikki Dungy, Kelsey Cox, Kourtney Bird, Kaitlyn Bird, Bethany Vandiver, Cayden Johnson, and Nici Hulett.
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