Grand Opening band to play benefit concert in Chaffee Sunday

Popular local band Grand Opening will bring their eclectic mix of rock and country hits to a social-distancing-friendly concert to benefit Life360, which provides lunches to children who need them especially while school is out.

The concert begins at 2 p.m. Sunday in Circle Park's gazebo in Chaffee, Missouri.

It's free to attend, and all donations go directly to Life360, said band frontwoman Amber Vandeven.

"This is our first public event since February, when we played at Dogwood Social House," she said. "We lost a lot but we're super excited to be back."

The band, made up of Amber Vandeven, her father Rick Vandeven, and Nick Fuegner and Michale Johnson, travels for gigs in St. Louis, Memphis, Nashville, Paducah, Kentucky, Cape Girardeau, "and every small town in between," Amber Vandeven said.

"We just have a unique sound," Amber Vandeven said, referring to the style as Heartland Rock. "We take every song and make it our own. Everybody who comes out will recognize a few songs at least, if not every one we play."

More info: grandopeningmusic.com, on Facebook @GRANDOPEN.

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