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BOA 2023 enters a new month with five shows on the competitive docket. Let's take a look at who's competing and where/when the shows are taking place.

Dallas Mid-Cities Regional Championship

A slate of nearly thirty ensembles will take the field at the 2023 Dallas Mid-Cities Regional Championship, including Flower Mound HS, Hebron HS, Timber Creek HS, and more. Prelims competition will begin at 8:00am CT at Pennington Field in HEB ISD in Bedford, TX. There will also be a special exhibition performance by the UNT Green Brigade Marching Band following the last Prelims performance of the day. Following the conclusion of Prelims, the stadium will be cleared and Finals competition will start back up at 7:00pm CT, with the gate reopening at 6:30pm.

Arizona Regional Championship

Over 20 ensembles will take the field at the 2023 Arizona Regional Championship, including Fossil Ridge HS, Clovis HS, Arbor View HS, and more. Prelims competition will begin at 9:15am MT at J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. Following the conclusion of Prelims, the stadium will be cleared and Finals competition will start back up at 7:00pm MT, with the gate reopening at 6:30pm.

West Houston Regional Championship

Thirty ensembles will take the field at the 2023 West Houston Regional Championship, including Claudia Taylor Johnson HS, Ronald Reagan HS, Cy-Fair HS, and more. Prelims competition will begin at 7:15am CT at Legacy Stadium in Katy ISD in Katy, TX. Following the conclusion of Prelims, the stadium will be cleared and Finals competition will start back up at 7:00pm CT, with the gate reopening at 6:30pm.

Memphis Regional Championship

Over twenty ensembles will take the field at the 2023 Memphis Regional Championship, including DeSoto Central HS, Boiling Springs HS, Harrison HS, and more. Prelims competition will begin at 9:15am ET at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, TN. Following the conclusion of Prelims, the stadium will be cleared and Finals competition will start back up at 7:00pm ET, with the gate reopening at 6:30pm.

Northwest Ohio Regional Championship

Twenty-two ensembles will take the field at the 2023 Northwest Ohio Regional Championship, including Jenison HS, Lebanon HS, Worthington Kilbourne HS, and more. Prelims competition will begin at 9:45am ET at Glass Bowl Stadium at the University of Toledo in Toledo, OH. Following the conclusion of Prelims, the stadium will be cleared and Finals competition will start back up at 7:00pm ET, with the gate reopening at 6:30pm.

BEDFORD, Texas — The Cajun Market, the Colleyville restaurant that closed in October due to the "pandemic and the current economy," reopened under a new brand just in time for Mardi Gras celebrations.

"You’re not coming into my restaurant, you’re coming into my house," owner Phil Tullis said. "That’s how I want you to feel."

WFAA first told you about The Cajun Market in February 2021 when they donated hot meals to Ellery Arbor Memory Care when the facility had no power, heat or hot water.

But then, a little over two years after Tullis and his wife, Deborah, opened the Colleyville restaurant, the couple closed its doors, citing the economy and the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We want to be transparent. We want people to know the struggles we've been through because if we all help one another, we all succeed,” Tullis told WFAA in October. “That's the bottom line.”

Enter Dirk Kelcher, a “regular” at The Cajun Market before it closed.

“I’ve always loved Cajun food,” Kelcher said. “We have family friends that were from Louisiana growing up and they would always do crawfish boils in their backyard. And ever since I was probably 8 years old or so, I fell in love with crawfish and Cajun food."

Kelcher and his brother are behind Kelcher Entertainment Group and own 12 bars and restaurants, including two locations of Bourbon Street Bar & Grill in Bedford and The Colony.

“We found out pretty quick that we didn’t have the culinary side that we really needed,” Kelcher said.

So when Kelcher heard about The Cajun Market closing, he gave Tullis a call.

“What I didn’t have, they had,” Tullis said of Bourbon Street Bar & Grill’s bar, restaurant space and parking.

“He had what I don’t have, which was the food side and the authentic Cajun food, which he was already well known for,” Kelcher said.

The newly branded Cajun Market at Bourbon Street was born.

“We’ve definitely got the right partnership together now,” Kelcher said. “I think we’ve got everything together to make this a home run.”

Two Louisiana restaurants teaming up to succeed in North Texas: Now that’s something to celebrate.

“They can expect the old Cajun Market,” Tullis said. “Cajun and Mardi Gras, it’s not just the food. It’s the culture. And the culture’s all about fun and food.”

ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Feb. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock Island Auction Company (RIAC), the No. 1 firearms auction company in the world, officially announces plans to open a second facility and expand to Bedford, TX. The second location is scheduled to open in 2023 and will offer the Texas community the opportunity to experience and be home to the firearms industry's most admired events.

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"With a rich military history, the gun culture in Texas is prominent. So, expanding our auction services to the Lone Star State was a no-brainer," said Kevin Hogan, President of Rock Island Auction Company. "We have seen a tremendous amount of growth in the firearms collections industry, and we are excited to bring our auctions and showroom to Bedford for the community to experience."

Located at 3600 E. Harwood Road, Bedford, TX, Rock Island Auction Company's second facility will feature a firearms showroom, auction hall, vault, room for offices and shipping, and more. With this new auction facility, RIAC is on a mission to design a state-of-the-art brick and mortar building, unequalled in the auction industry. The team is working with a blank canvas and their goal is to make this facility as much of a destination as a show piece. The new location also features ample parking and is located within a welcoming community evocative of legendary Texas hospitality.

"We want to create more opportunities for the world to experience these amazing antique and historical firearms, either to add to their collections or to learn about them. When people attend the auctions in person, they can see the pieces firsthand, hold the items, and engage with other attendees. It's an amazing time of fellowship and brings together a niche community of avid collectors and historical enthusiasts," said Hogan.

In addition to bidding in person, participants can bid using a virtual platform, RIAC Live, and third-party websites hosting the auction. Rock Island Auction Company also streams the events, bringing history and the auction experience directly to homes worldwide.

"We love the social aspect of bringing collectors together for the excitement and engagement that comes with the physical auction experience; however, a large percentage of our collectors come from around the world, and we understand some people are not able to attend in person, which is why we offer multiple options for our auction participants."

Rock Island Auction Company's Headquarters are located in Rock Island, IL, and it will continue to hold events in addition to the auctions that will be scheduled in Texas. For more information or details on events, visit www.RockIslandAuction.com.

About Rock Island Auction Company

Rock Island Auction Company is the world's #1 auction company for firearms, bladed weapons and militaria. Founded in 1993 by its current CEO Patrick Hogan, RIAC continues to lead the industry with record sales numbers and their extensive and beautiful marketing efforts. Their 150,000 square foot campus consists of two buildings and hosts around 18+ auctions each year. They actively seek consignments, be it a single weapon or a collection of hundreds, a thousand-dollar item or one million. For more information, please visit www.rockislandauction.com or call 1-800-238-8022.

Media Contact Information:Jackie Dadas-Kraper, Senior PR Director(248) 842.0597[email protected]

SOURCE Rock Island Auction Company

City to Explore Other Opportunities to Showcase Arts Community

During the November 7 special meeting, the City Council unanimously approved a measure signifying the City would not move forward with constructing a Performing Arts Center on the property between the Old Bedford School and the Library. Now, the City is focusing on exploring other avenues to deliver a project that will meet the City’s needs for a visual and performing arts space.

How did we get here?

Over the past year, City staff and Council members met with architects and construction officials many times to design a Performing Arts Center floor plan that would meet the needs of the community while trying to stay within a $10 million budget. Over time, price estimates increased beyond the budget due to inflation, and area demand for materials and labor despite receiving over 200 qualified bids on the project. In March, the City Council approved a feasibility study to determine if fundraising efforts could bridge the gap between City funds and final construction costs. Unfortunately, the City’s fundraising estimates fell short of covering the remaining amount needed.

What are the next steps?

Rather than continuing to pursue the construction of a Performing Arts Center that does not meet the City’s vision, Bedford is changing course and looking into public-private partnerships and other opportunities in alternative locations that would celebrate and showcase the arts the Bedford community values so much.

Over the next few months, City officials will reach out to developers and businesses to find out what these opportunities could be. Mayor Cogan asked staff to provide an update to Council in March for the Council to discuss the proposed options. An update will be posted on all Bedford Communication channels after this occurs.

What happens to the funds marked for the Performing Arts Center?

In 2017, Bedford residents voted to approve $70 million in bond funds for capital improvements and new facilities. Of that amount, $5.5 million was set aside and allocated for a Performing Arts Center at the Old Bedford School site. This decision was possible due to the ballot language for the bond package that referenced “multi-purpose event facilities.” The measure on the ballot stated, “The issuance of $70,000,000 general obligation bonds for park and recreation facilities improvements (including ball field, aquatic center, and multi-purpose event facilities improvements and other related improvements)."

This $5.5 million and additional American Rescue Plan Act funds (federal dollars given to cities to use at their discretion) that was set aside will be retained by the City until further decisions have been made at future City Council meetings.

Construction on a new 3,170-square-foot, $1 million Bojangles restaurant in Bedford is scheduled to begin at the end of April. This will be the North Carolina-based fried chicken restaurant chain’s fifth location in the Fort Worth area.

The new restaurant will be built at 1937 Airport Fwy., in a shopping plaza just off of the westbound access road to Texas 121, and is scheduled to be completed in October.

Bojangles had planned multiple locations around Fort Worth, opening its first area restaurant in Euless in June 2023. A month later, its Lancaster location opened. As promised, the fried chicken restaurant chain opened a third location in Little Elm in October 2023 and a fourth restaurant earlier this year in far south Fort Worth.

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Bojangles has been around since 1977 and are famous for their Cajun-inspired fried chicken and buttermilk biscuits. The company was created and named by Jack Fulk after the song, “Mr. Bojangles.”

While known for their bone-in chicken at their east coast restaurants, Bojangles is streamlining its menu in new markets such as Texas serving only boneless chicken. This means that chicken tenders are the name of the game in Texas going forward.

Other Bojangles options include Bo-Berry biscuits, peach cobbler, salads, lemonade and milkshakes.

A Bojangles continues its North Texas expansion, it isn’t the first time the fried chicken chain has staked a claim here. In 1984, Bojangles operated three restaurants in Fort Worth and one in Haltom City:

A coupon for a $9.99 combo that came with a 16-piece fried chicken box and 12 biscuits can be found in the pages of the Star-Telegram’s newspaper from December 27, 1984. At Bojangles today, a 12-piece fried chicken box with six biscuits costs $25.99.

By 1985, Bojangles had expanded to include three locations in Dallas and one in Arlington at 818 N. Collins St. But several years later, all of Bojangles Texas stores closed.

Its unclear why Bojangles pulled out of Texas, but the restaurant chain’s comeback has gained traction.