Chris Lowrey
BRYSON Feb. 10, 2018
Both country music fans and rock and roll fans were treated to a double billing at the Bryson Lion’s Club on Feb. 10.
The event was scheduled to have John Cigan reprise his role as Elvis Presley and Brycen Katolinsky as Garth Brooks.
But a last minute case of laryngitis meant that Cigan would have to engage in a little less conversation while his son Mason took over.
“[Mason] did an excellent job,” said event organizer Lucy St. Jacques. “I guess his father taught him well.”

The country fans weren’t disappointed either. Not only did Katolinsky play a number of Garth Brooks standards, he also churned out some Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw hits.
The musicians made sure that the music fans also had their dance shoes on.
“The dance floor was full all night,” St. Jacques said.
The event was hosted to raise funds for the Bryson Lion’s Club. As a way to say thank you, the Lion’s Club provided a dinner of sandwiches, salads and “lots of desserts” for those in attendance, according to St. Jacques.
“I’d like to say thank you to the Lion’s Club for putting on an excellent luncheon,” St. Jacques said.
Both St. Jacques and her husband Robert Leach were longtime Lion’s Club members for 12 years until three years ago, but that doesn’t mean they’ve lost an affinity for the club.
“Even though we’re not there because we’re too tired, our hearts are still with the Lion’s Club,” St. Jacques said with a laugh.
The musical choices seemed a perfect choice for those in attendance, but especially St. Jacques and her husband.
“I’m more rock and roll and he’s more country music,” she said of their musical preferences. “So opposites do attract.”