Weekend lineup for the 2015 Trails West!® Festival.

Trails West!® is held Aug. 21-23 at Civic Center Park in St. Joseph, Missouri. Entertainment on the City Stage and Family Stage ends before the Main Stage entertainment. Main Stage entertainment opens at 8 p.m. emerging country star Kelsea Ballerini followed by the legendary Charlie Daniels Band, on Saturday, Aug. 22; and a community worship service followed by Christian artists Sanctus Real at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23.

City Stage

Saturday, Aug. 22

10:30 a.m. –Dance Arts Center (dance): For thirty years the Dance Arts Center has taught students the art, discipline and joy of dance. The studio was founded in 1985 by Ms. Lynn Fankhauser. In 2005, former student and professional dancer Marla Heeler returned home from Chicago to carry on the tradition Ms. Lynn instilled in many students during her twenty-year career. The Dance Arts Center offers a wide variety of dance, including ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, musical theater, contemporary, hip-hop and tumbling. Students at the Dance Arts Center not only learn grace, poise and confidence, but they also gain a lifelong appreciation of dance, and develop skills such as team work, time management and problem solving.

11:30 a.m. – RiverSong (choral): RiverSong, of Sweet Adelines International, is a fellowship of women singers committed to personal and musical growth through ongoing education and performance. RiverSong (formerly the St. Joseph Show Chorus) has a long tradition of participating in competitions and winning top honors. As the chorus grew in numbers and knowledge, their success continued, including 13 regional championships. The chorus traveled to compete in such exciting cities as London, England; Portland, Oregon; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Honolulu, Hawaii, and placed as high as 2nd place at the international contest.

12:45 p.m. – Mary Beth Rosenauer (vocal/piano): Mary Beth Rosenauer is the winner of this year’s St. Joe’s Got Talent. She graduates from Missouri Western this spring with hopes of becoming a band director. Mary Beth enjoys singing, piano, clarinet, saxophone and trombone. She is also a member of the local band Foxlin and works at the recently opened Tiger’s Den in downtown St. Joseph.

1:30 p.m. – Dance Arts Center

2:30 p.m. – The Barbecutioners (rock)

4 p.m. – Grindstone Creek (country): Grindstone Creek is a good-time alternative/country rock band with pop sensibilities. They are a group of friends that like to have fun and play music together, performing original music as well as covering an assortment of today’s country music hits and a few classics that everybody really enjoys. They’ve branded themselves as “Redneck Bonfire Music,” best explained as good-time tunes you can sit around and enjoy listening to with your friends.

6 p.m. – One Headlight High (pop punk): Hailing from the small town of Tarkio, Missouri is a group of five early-twenties pop/punk friends: Tyler McIntosh, Danny Hogue, Tim Miller, Ethan Piveral, and Duston Noland, known collectively as One Headlight High. The band got their start in February 2010 when four high school friends decided to start creating music together. Ethan, Tyler and Duston are the current founding members of the band. One Headlight High is a pop/punk rock band with an alternative rock feel and very catchy melodies, influenced by bands such as All Time Low, Yellowcard, Blink 182, A Day To Remember and The Wonder Years.

Sunday, Aug. 22

11:30 a.m. – Maria the Mexican (soul/Mexicana): Influenced by traditional mariachi music, Maria the Mexican is a hybrid of Mexican folklore and rock. For ten years, Teresa and Maria Elena Cuevas performed with Marachi Estrella founded by their grandmother Teresa Cuevas in 1970. As one of the first all-female mariachi bands in the country, Maria Teresa Alonzo Cuevas is a pioneer in the Hispanic musical community. Her band flourished in the 80s but was struck by tragedy when four of the seven members were killed in the Hyatt Skywalk collapse in 1981. Once Teresa recovered she began teaching her grandchildren mariachi music. In 2000, Teresa and Maria began exploring other genres of music while simultaneously co-directing Mariachi Estrella. Today the fusion of Maria the Mexican is mixed with a touch of blues, soul, funk and rock n’ roll enhanced by the musical knowledge and sounds of Garrett Nordstrom. With a southwestern flair and melancholy motifs, Maria the Mexican rocks it out in Spanish and English with a host of emotion.

Family Stage

Saturday, Aug. 22

10:30 a.m. – Parasol Puppets: Peter Allen has performed as a puppeteer and actor for 50 years. Born in England, he began doing puppet shows at the tender age of eight. Peter has performed puppet shows in England, Scotland, Germany, Canada and the USA. Peter moved to Hawaii when he married puppeteer Debbie Lutzky in 1986. Debbie Lutzky Allen has a master’s degree in theatre and puppetry and has been a working puppeteer since 1979. She taught in numerous schools, conducting residencies to emphasize language arts through puppetry. As a company of solo puppeteers, Peter and Debbie successfully performed and taught puppetry from their Hawaii base for 10 years. In 1997, Peter, Debbie and Parasol Puppets moved to a farm outside of Jamesport, Missouri. From this central location, they continue to tour with their puppet performances to the East Coast, West Coast, Hawaii, Canada and many points in between.

11:30 a.m. – Inspirations Dance Interactive Dance: Bring your children Saturday morning for a children’s interactive dance session led by Inspirations Dance Studio. This is the perfect opportunity to let your kids run off energy, while learning some new dance moves.

12:15 p.m. – Inspirations Dance Center (dance): Inspirations Dance Center has taught technique and appreciation, inspiring students to love dancing for a lifetime, since it opened in Savannah, Missouri in 2008. With a move to a larger facility in 2014, Inspirations continues to share the art of dance. Inspirations dancers perform often at community events for the United Way, Special Olympics, Royal Family Kids Camp, Moila Shriners, St. Joe Mustangs and East Hills Mall.

1:15 p.m. – Tunes of Fun (children): Tunes of Fun Music Class involves music and movement for children. Children sing, dance, march, jump, skip, play instruments and have fun. Children at a very young age can learn early music skills such as keeping a steady beat, matching pitch and repeating rhythms.

2 p.m. – The Wires (cello and violin duo): The Wires are an alternative exploration in string sound. Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, the Wires compose and perform original music for violin and cello. Inspired by a myriad of genres and eclectic sounds, the Wires are not your typical strings group. The project encompasses a blend of wide-ranging styles, from tango to gypsy, jazz to rock and infused with the precision of classical form, created, composed and performed by Laurel Morgan (violin) and Sascha Groschang (cello).

3 p.m. – Mary Beth Rosenauer

4 p.m. – Zale Bledsoe singer/songwriter

6 p.m. – Foxlin (indie/pop/folk): Foxlin is an Indie/Folk band from Saint Joseph, Missouri. Starting as a solo passion project for songwriter Ryan Johnson, Foxlin is developing into a full band with catchy, throwback melodies and cautionary tales of love and loss.

7 p.m.- Best Family Dance Party: Bring your whole family with your dancing clothes on, because we are having a family dance party.

Sunday, Aug. 23

11:45 a.m. – The Center State