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The Fort Griffin Fandangle will once again be performing on the banks of the Pedernales River at the LBJ Ranch. The Fandangle will be the highlight of a May 17 barbecue and the public is invited to attend.

The Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and the Friends of LBJNHP are joining forces to re-create a 1967 presidential barbecue held at the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall to honor members of the Organization of American States. The event is part of the LBJ 100, a year long celebration marking the centennial of President Johnson’s birth.

The barbecue will begin at 4 p.m. and guests may drive onto the LBJ Ranch. A social hour will be highlighted by a welcome by “President Johnson”, portrayed by Michael Stuart, an actor from the LBJ Library, in a 1967 LBJ Lincoln Convertible. Guests are invited to view other 1960’s exhibits.

The featured attraction will be a 5:30 performance of the Fort Griffin Fandangle, a celebration of the founding of Fort Griffin and the settling of Albany, the Texas frontier west of Fort Worth. With singing, dancing, and pageantry, it recreates the look and feel of life in the frontier days of the Old West. The Fandangle also performed at the original 1967 event.

An LBJ-style barbecue dinner will be served after the Fandangle. The Bret Graham band will play old country western favorites for listening and dancing in the Live Oak Grove.

Tickets are $100 per person. The proceeds from this Friends of LBJNHP fundraiser will help provide future educational activities at the park. For more information or for tickets call (830) 868-7128, ext. 231. For reservations online, go to www.friendsoflbjnationalpark.org and click ‘activities’.

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