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Nine bluegrass bands featured at Cooper Lake Center event Cooper Lake Center, just west of Texas Highway 19 between Paris andSulphur Springs, Tex., will put nine bands on its outdoor stage Friday and Saturday, August 7 and 8, during the Second Annual Bluegrass Festival and Jam. |
The primary objective of the South Sulphur Regional Development Association, sponsor of Cooper Lake Center, is to bring visitors to Northeast Texas and enhance the economic activity of the region through tourism. The Association is a Texas non-profit and a 501(c)3 under IRS regulations.
The primary emphasis is developed around an educational and cultural venue, the Cooper Lake Center; being built on 122 acres at Cooper Lake. The project is in cooperation with the Corps of Engineers and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the location is sub-leased. The heart of the center will be an outdoor theater equiped for musical and dramatic productions. There will also be a restored log house from the mid-1800s, a farm depicting mid-1800 and early 1900 agriculture methods and buildings, and a native American village. The remainder of the Center property will be dedicated to native flowers and shrubs and demonstration plantings, including one or more nature trails. The common thread running throughout the project is NATURE.