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Radio stars play Hemet -

Moreno Valley and San Gorgonio Pass residents interested in Americana culture should consider driving to join San Jacinto Valley music lovers this weekend.

Today, at 2 p.m., retired music teacher Diane Mitchell will present a talk in the Hemet Public Library titled "Jazz Beginnings -- Ragtime and Boogie."

It will be one of her articulate previews of concerts presented by the Hemet Community Concert Association.

Her presentation precedes a Butch Thompson Trio concert that begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in First Southern Baptist Church, 433 S. San Jacinto St., in Hemet.

The trio has enjoyed a longtime association with Garrison Keillor's superb "A Prairie Home Companion" National Public Radio show.

Mitchell and her husband, Peter Odencrans, are longtime listeners.

"Peter and I have been fans of PHC for our entire married life (34 years!), and we enjoyed Butch whenever we heard him," said Mitchell, who is president of the concert association   Read Full Article...