LA GRANGE — The Fayette County Country Music Club will host a special Opry show featuring the opry band members Monday, June 17 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in La Grange. The show starts at 7 p.m., and the doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $8. Mark Lehmann has been with the opry since its inception. He began playing in local dance bands in 1975 at the age of 15. After a 15 year stint in the Austin Music Scene, he returned to La Grange and Fayette County around 14 years ago.
Craig Schmidt started playing bass guitar at the age of 13 with a family country dance band. He began playing the steel guitar in local dance bands at 21. He has been playing at the Fayette County Country Music Opry for about nine years.
Duane Wavra grew up in Columbus with a family of musicians. When he was 11 years old, he started playing bass in his brother’s band. Eventually, he was playing trombone, trumpet, sax and clarinet. In 1991, a dream came true when he was asked to join Johnny Bush and the Bandoleros. He worked with Bush for nine years and recorded with him.
John Dujka has been a proud member of the Fayette County Country Music Show since 2012. He is a versatile multi-instrumental musician and vocalist who is at home performing country/ pop styles, classical repertoire, and Czech and German folk music, also a founding member of the Brenham Bluebonnet Opry. John and his brother, Mark have also been performing as “The Dujka Brothers” since 1986 and are known nationally for their recordings of Czech folk music.
Jimmy Rhode lives in Fayetteville and started playing the drums over 40 years ago. He has played with multiple bands over the past 40 years. He now has his own band called “Bandits” and they play county, rock, Texas music and old country.
Chip Wied was nominated for Texas Sound Engineer of 2024 and is the owner of a sound company serving the Central Texas Area. He has been doing the sound for the Fayette County Opry since its beginning.
So be sure to attend the show Monday, June 17 for a toe-tapping good time.
