Thunder Mountain Rockfest
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Sawyer will be the temporary home of thousands of rock music fans in July when it hosts the Thunder Mountain Rockfest. The festival will be held at Rock Dakota Ranch, an 80-acre area just north of Sawyer.
Corey Hanson swears he’s just a normal guy. And if you talk to him, you’d certainly believe it. Somewhat shy and patently unassuming, Hanson seems every bit what he claims to be – until you start talking about music. That’s when you start to find out that this “normal” guy has an abnormal zeal for all things rock ’n’ roll, with a particular penchant for the “glam” era of the late 1980s and early ‘90s. If your idea of a “normal” guy is one who has dined, talked and just hung out with musicians who have sold millions of records, then Hanson’s about as “normal” as Mom and apple pie. After all, hasn’t everyone promoted a major music festival? Hanson is the promoter of Thunder Mountain Rockfest, which will bring a dozen headliners and many more major acts to the Minot area in July 2010. Currently residing in the Grand Forks area with his wife, Stacey, and five daughters, Hanson can appreciate small-town North Dakota values, born and raised in Langdon.
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