OVER FOR PRESIDENT GARNETT STOKES, WHO RETIRES IN JULY. HAPPENING NOW, THE BOOTS IN THE PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK. LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THE HEADLINERS DEDICATED A SONG TO A SPECIAL BOY THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. HUNTER ROYALE FROM BELEN FINALLY GETTING THE HEART TRANSPLANT THAT HE NEEDED AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH KAWASAKI DISEASE AT JUST EIGHT YEARS OLD, HUNTER WAS ABLE TO MAKE A STOP AT BOOTS IN THE PARK LAST NIGHT TO SEE JELLYROLL PERFORM LIVE, BEFORE RETURNING TO DENVER TO COMPLETE THE REST OF HIS REHABILITATION. THAT IS SO EXCITING THERE. ALBUQUERQUE’S COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK CONTINUING TODAY, AND MANY ATTENDEES ARE DEALING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH 80S. THIS AFTERNOON, VISITORS ENJOYING SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN COUNTRY MUSIC, INCLUDING JELLY ROLL, AS WE JUST SAID. AND TONIGHT, THE BIG HEADLINER, POST MALONE. FOLKS TODAY SAYING THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SHADE WHILE THEY ENJOY THAT LIVE MUSIC. GREAT. EVERYTHING’S BEEN GOOD. JUST A LITTLE BIT HOT. STAYING UNDER THE TENTS. YEAH, GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN. LISTEN TO SOME GOOD BANDS AND DRINK SOM
Jelly Roll salutes Hunter as ‘Boots in the Park’ beats the heat
On Saturday, attendees of the festival enjoyed more country music in anticipation of headliner Post Malone.
“Boots in the Park,” a state-of-the-art country music festival at Balloon Fiesta Park, got a special state-of-the-heart bonus on Friday night. A week after the Albuquerque Youth Orchestra performed a musical telling of a story by heart transplant survivor Hunter Rael of Belen, country superstar Jelly Roll dedicated a song to Hunter as he and his mother, Anna Moya, danced in the front row before returning to Denver, where he is still recovering from the successful surgery. Nature’s thermostat went up the next day, with attendees of the festival enjoying more country music in anticipation of Saturday night’s headliner Post Malone. Jon Dominguez said he was having a great time, doing all he could to beat the heat.”Everything’s good,” Dominguez said. “Enjoying the music. It’s a little hot. Staying under the tents. We’re going to have a little more fun — hear some good bands and drink some beer.”
“Boots in the Park,” a state-of-the-art country music festival at Balloon Fiesta Park, got a special state-of-the-heart bonus on Friday night.
A week after the Albuquerque Youth Orchestra performed a musical telling of a story by heart transplant survivor Hunter Rael of Belen, country superstar Jelly Roll dedicated a song to Hunter as he and his mother, Anna Moya, danced in the front row before returning to Denver, where he is still recovering from the successful surgery.
Nature’s thermostat went up the next day, with attendees of the festival enjoying more country music in anticipation of Saturday night’s headliner Post Malone.
Jon Dominguez said he was having a great time, doing all he could to beat the heat.
“Everything’s good,” Dominguez said. “Enjoying the music. It’s a little hot. Staying under the tents. We’re going to have a little more fun — hear some good bands and drink some beer.”
