Mark Calitri reports: Joslin national anthem video goes viral

Mark Calitri reports: Joslin national anthem video goes viral

A week ago, Chris Joslin, executive director of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, played the national anthem on his banjo at the 2A Basketball Championships at the Owensboro Sportscenter.

The Hall of Fame and Visit Owensboro posted a video of the performance on their Facebook page and Joslin shared it to his private Facebook page.

And then, Facebook lit up with views and shares of the video.

Suddenly Joslin was the Jimi Hendrix of the banjo.

Hendrix’s performance of the national anthem on his 1968 Fender Stratocaster at Woodstock in 1969 is still talked about today.

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Calitri reports: Basketball, cattlemen to have $800,000 impact

Calitri reports: Basketball, cattlemen to have $800,000 impact

The combination of the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association conference and the Kentucky 2A Basketball Championships in Owensboro this week should pump nearly $800,000 into the local economy, said Mark Calitri, president of the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The basketball tournament, which brings eight boys and eight girls teams from across the state to town, will have an economic impact of about $415,000, he said.

And the cattlemen’s meeting will mean about $374,000 to the economy.

Calitri said the tournament should attract crowds because the top two teams in the state, based on the Kentucky High School Athletics Association RPI rankings — John Hardin High School in Elizabethtown and Lexington Catholic — will be in the tournament.

Chris Joslin. executive director of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, said, “I’m glad to see sports events and big conventions coming to Owensboro. Events definitely create a lot of energy downtown and provide compelling reasons for leisure travelers to be in Owensboro. People across the commonwealth, including those in Frankfort, recognize that Owensboro has created momentum and is capitalizing on that momentum.”

Chris Gendek, the CVB’s destination services director, said more than 90% of the rooms in the city’s chain hotels are already sold out and that’s projected to increase as the weekend approaches.

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Mark Calitri announces: Visit Owensboro capitalizes on Kentucky Tourism’s ‘Year of Music’ marketing campaign!

Visit Owensboro capitalizes on Kentucky Tourism’s ‘Year of Music’ marketing campaign!

Mark Calitri, President & CEO of Visit Owensboro highlighted that on Wednesday, Gov. Andy Beshear unveiled the state's new Visitor's Guide in Frankfort. Calitri was very proud of the representation Owensboro brought the State’s Capital. Calitri said that Owensboro was fortunate to have strong collaborations with the world’s only bluegrass music museum and hall of fame. Calitri praised Chris Joslin for his efforts in building a world class museum that attracts guests from all over the United States. "The state has its sights set on us," Joslin said. "Wednesday lays the groundwork for more things. Good things breed good things. Out of the blue, they reached out to us to provide bluegrass for the press conference. It's great to see Frankfort reach out to Owensboro."

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Visit Owensboro is the official destination marketing organization for Owensboro and Daviess County Kentucky. www.visitowensboro.com Mark Calitri serves as President/CEO.