Bagge Gardens holds last gospel garden concert

The concert is free, with donations accepted. Seating will be provided. No pets, please.

For more information, call 541-478-3760 or 541-645-5076.

Bethel Mountain Band, from Rickreall, Ore., near Salem, is a group of guys all in their 50s and 60s.

Six of the seven grew up in Mennonite churches singing four-part harmony. (www.bethelmountain-band.com or on Facebook).

They write, “We are basically a quartet with acoustic instruments — mandolin, banjo, guitar, harmonica, bass. We specialize in old-time gospel songs so we appeal to older audiences. We do mostly churches, retirement homes, and some festivals, but we only do a few non-gospel numbers in non-church settings. We regularly give a service to Mennonite Village here in Albany, the local retirement village. We don’t sound like a bluegrass group, more like Southern gospel with stringed instruments rather than a piano. We all have other jobs but do about 25 to 30 concerts a year.”