By Carolyn Calvin - Navajo Times

Making a return appearance to Shiprock, country music star Jo Dee Messina will appear at 7 p.m. next Thursday, Oct. 14, at the Phil L. Thomas Performing Arts Center in Shiprock.

Messina is looking forward to performing for a community she connected with last year.

"I have great memories of Shiprock," she said. "Last year, we played the same night a football game was taking place. We had a great time and bonded with the community. We booked our show right there and then."
Before her show last year, Messina performed before a football game at Shiprock High School in tribute to brothers Marshall Alan Westbrook and Kenneth Westbrook, who lost their lives in separate incidents in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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