by Tessa Schweigert - Powell Tribune

Following rainstorm, country singer gives acoustic show to fairgoers

Known for her hit song “Bring on the Rain,” country music star Jo Dee Messina faced a thunderstorm moments before her Park County Fair show with an attitude true to her song’s lyrics — “I’m not going to let it get me down.”

Regardless of the rain-drenched stage, flooded equipment, electrical issues, muddy ground, windblown fans and continuing storm, Messina was determined that the show would go on.

“She ponied up … she could have said no and walked away, and we would have had to pay her. It’s considered an ‘act of God’ (in the contract),” said Steve Scott, fair manager.

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