Carol Horn, Amanda Lopez, Linda Edmondson, and Barbara Walton display some of the color beads and masks to be used during the Mardi Gras dance.

Mount Vernon Music, whose mission is to bring great, live music to rural communities, has announced the start of its annual Youth Scholarship selection process.

The Northeast Texas Dulcimer Chorus will meet from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 4

Steven and Carol Harlos  and Mark and Ute Miller  will be the feature performers in  a program of romantic and classical music for piano and strings.