In true Texas fashion, country music was the herald for this winter season with the kickoff of the annual Snowbird Concert Series, which will include a free concert on the first Thursday of the month until March. Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines, both Grammy award winners, have been playing music together for decades now, in addition to the work they’ve been doing for over ten years for Own Your Own Universe, Hendrix’ nonprofit. It makes perfect sense that the pair would head the series.
In its infancy in 2014, Hendrix said the Snowbird Concert Series was at the Quail Creek Country Club and has since moved to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, located at 3039 Ranch Rd. 12. She said the sound technicians and musicians get paid a fair wage, which is gathered through fundraising and a small grant from the city of San Marcos. The lineup includes musicians that are also educators: January is Possessed by Paul James, February is The Flyin’ A’s and March is Stringtown Texas.
“I always thought that a free concert series was important for a community for social reasons [and] financial reasons,” Hendrix said, adding that many in the OYOU community are on a fixed income or have disabilities that render them unable to work or pay for concert admission. “To charge a ticket [price] would actually hurt the series.”
