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Local concert-goers have the chance to see some legendary performers while helping local youths, with the Bellamy Brothers again headlining a Havre Police Protective Association concert, Thursday night at the Armory Gymnasium.
The 1960s and 1970s folk duo Brewer and Shipley are opening for the pop-country duo.
Havre Police Sgt. Jason Barkus of the Police Protective Association said the proceeds of the annual concerts are used by the association to fund trips, programs and activities for youths in the area.
"(We work) to keep kids active and help fund their activities, so we can provide a real good environment for them here," Barkus said.
He said the association's work has included helping fund trips with students going overseas and helping fund the youth football program and, this year, funded a request by the Havre High School senior class.
The association has a long history of bringing famous groups to the area. Since the Bellamy Brothers last performed here, the association has sponsored a concert by country artist Joe Diffie and brought back the famous group The Lettermen.
The Bellamy Brothers broke into the music scene in 1976 with their No. 1 single "Let Your Love Flow," and followed that with hits including their first major country hit, "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body, Would You Hold It Against Me."
Other top hits included "Redneck Girl" and "Old Hippie."
The duo, David and Howard Bellamy, who also operate a cattle ranch in Florida, have continued touring and recording, are enjoying resurgence in Europe, and released their latest recording in 2012. That album, "Simply the Best," is a collaboration with a country-pop duo and Austrian singer DJ Ötzi.
Brewer and Shipley broke into the scene in the late 1960s and were perhaps most famous with the song "One Toke Over the Line," which drew criticism from Vice President Spiro Agnew, who called the duo subversive, and yet was covered on The Lawrence Welk Show, where Welk called it a modern spiritual.
The duo put out an album, "Heartland," in 1997 and a greatest hits compilation in 2001, and continue to tour together part time.
The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Armory Gymnasium at Montana State University-Northern. Tickets, at $30 each, are available at Norman's Ranch and Sportswear and at the Havre Police Department and will be sold at the door.
The Police Protective Association also is selling a new piece of memorabilia as one of its fundraisers, a lapel pin depicting the shoulder patch worn by Havre officers, along with other merchandise the association sells as a fundraiser.
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