The Harvest is an intimate evening shared with friends and colleagues, consisting of great food and entertainment, encouraging the philanthropy of donors who support the Moore County Health Foundation.
The Harvest will be held Saturday, August 23, 2025 from 6:00pm-9:00pm at the Hacienda Garcia Event Center located at 839 North Dumas Ave in Dumas, TX.
The evening will include a catered sit-down dinner, silent auction, and entertainment by Asleep at the Wheel.
The Harvest seeks to raise funds to support the new inpatient dialysis program at Moore County Hospital District with needed equipment, services, and training. Moore County has a high number of individuals who rely on life-sustaining nephrology services, and by assisting the new program, these individuals may now be able to receive the care they need without having to travel far from home.
Please consider supporting this cause by sponsoring and attending The 2025 Harvest and thank you for your generous support of both The Harvest and the Moore County Health Foundation!
“Fifty years ago, Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson wrote in his journal that he wanted to form a band to bring the roots of American pop music into the present. It seemed like an ambitious goal for a 19-year-old, yet Benson has done exactly that – traversing the globe as an ambassador of Western swing music and introducing its irresistible sound to generation after generation. Although the lineup has changed countless times since its inception, Benson’s mission has never wavered.”
“From (the) very first out-of-town gig, Asleep at the Wheel steadily built a fan base in D.C., and opened a date for Poco a short time later. However, Benson observes that the reception back home wasn’t always so warm. “We would play these little bars in West Virginia, and they thought because we were hippies, we wouldn’t fight. I stared down a few shotguns,” he says. “I think it was the music that saved us because we were playing real country music.”
“The 1990s put Asleep at the Wheel back on the map permanently, with the band regularly playing between 180 and 200 dates a year. Benson enlisted the top country artists of that era for an outstanding pair of Bob Wills tribute albums, a move that solidified the band’s focus on Western swing. When a duet version of “Roly Poly” with Dixie Chicks impacted country radio in 2000, Asleep at the Wheel became that rare country band to chart across four consecutive decades.
Fifty years in, Asleep at the Wheel represents an important cornerstone of American roots music, even though some of its members and audiences represent a new generation. That far-reaching appeal remains a testament to Benson’s initial vision.”
- Excerpts from Asleep at the Wheel’s website
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