 The Cuyona Lakes Chamber hosted their summer music in the park event Thursday evening at Crosby Memorial Park. Bands played at the free event overlooking Serpent Lake. With this week's in focus our reporter Rachel Johnson has more. Crosby Memorial Park was busy Thursday night as people of all ages gathered for the bi-monthly event Music in the Park. The event kind of started in hopes to build tradition and memories for family and friends while enjoying the talents of local musicians. The event was hosted by the Cuyona Lakes Chamber and was free for all to attend. We have a lot of local musicians that come some of them providing music you know you're free of charge for us because this is a free community event that we put on so we rely on donations from sponsors and municipalities to be able to continue to bring music in the park here to our community. The event featured music, food, games, kids activities and much more all while overlooking the beautiful Serpent Lake. The night started out with a performance by Shake and Dirty a band from Central Minnesota that plays rock and roll with punk rock influences. I just like that people can come from who might not even listen to rock music and they might listen to hip hop or country or and they could just be wandering past and go oh what's that and come and then you know maybe be introduced to our band or even Music in the Park in general and realize that that's the thing they can keep coming to. Music in the Park has been going on for 12 years in Crosby. Tonight's event was sponsored by the Cuyona Range Lions Club who provided fun and games for kids. They bring the community together and they give us kind of a sense of cohesiveness that we're all here at the park enjoying a beautiful day thankfully after the storm last night as a group. The event takes place starting in June and goes through the end of August and is held on the second and fourth Thursday of the month from five to eight o'clock. I love to watch people when they're having fun and enjoying themselves and there are just special little moments that you'll see throughout an evening like this. It makes it a blast to be involved in. With this week's in focus reporting from Crosby, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. The next Music in the Park event will be held on Thursday July 26th. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.