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Rocklahoma Donates Concert Proceeds
posted 11:09 am Thu July 10, 2008 - Pryor
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The Rocklahoma music festival rocked out for a good cause on its opening day, donating all proceeds to victims of the tornado that struck Picher in May.
The twister killed six people and destroyed more than 100 homes in the former lead and zinc mining town in far northeastern Oklahoma.
Dale Simpson, one of the festival's producers, said that when he heard about the tornado, he and Dave Geinke, the festival's owner, decided to add a day to the festival.
Because the donation will be based on ticket sales, Simpson said he wouldn't know how much money was raised until later in the week. Each general admission ticket for Wednesday cost $25.
Those with Friday-through-Sunday Rocklahoma passes and active members of the military got in free.
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