Fifth Annual PAT Bash (Performers Assistance Trust)

The annual PAT Bash will be held Sunday, March 14 at Margarita's Cantina, 3109 E. Douglas. Doors open at 4:30, show starts at 5:00. Tickets are $10.00 and available at the door.

The Pat Bash is an annual musical celebration inspired by Wichita blues legend Pat McJimsey to benefit the PAT (Performers Assistance Trust) Fund. The PAT Fund was established after McJimsey's death to help uninsured or under-insured Wichita area working musicians with medical and funeral expenses.

There will be prize drawings as well as a live auction of a guitar autographed by all the musicians playing at the 2010 Bash. A special set this year featuring McJimsey Band arrangements includes a three piece horn section. The set will bring back fond memories of the '80's when the Pat McJimsey Band was house band for seven years at "My Brothers Place".

The music begins at 5:00 with the Marc Westerman and friends, followed by long-time Margarita's house band, Lotus. Next up will be Rachelle Coba, who just returned from Memphis where she represented Wichita at the International Blues Challenge. Others slated to perform include the Drake Macy Band and Jenny Detra with Good Cookin'.

Closing the evening is the "Patapalooza" set, including the horn section of Joe Clements, Alan Larimor, and Matt Koehn. Performing tunes McJimsey was known for will be Coba, along with special guest vocalists Richard Collins, Sherry Cowan, and Bob Hartley