Lenzburg NewsLocal news for Lenzburg, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Once a year, Lil goes country: Chili party lets friends enjoy her music, too- October 7, 2007 "Us kids would call each other and say, 'Have you seen Mom'" Six years ago, country singer Lil Helfrich and fellow musicians made a cassette tape.'I wanted it for my kids,' said Lil. 'They never heard me play in public.'Her friends wanted copies, too. Lil and her musician friends sold the tapes for $5 each. With the money they made, they threw a chili party and invited folks who bought the tape.A hundred attended that year.Now, it's an annual event.'We do it every year the last week of...http://www.topix.net/city/lenzburg-il/2007/10/once-a-year-lil-goes-country-chili-party-let... |