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Blues Fest Family Day brings Greenville community together during annual festival

Netty R. Seard and the Greater Greenville Panhellenic Council, NPHC (Divine Nine), organized Blues Fest Family Day during the 49th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival in Greenville, according to the City of Greenville. The event brought families, friends and neighbors together through music, fellowship, fun, service and community activities.

Mayor Errick D. Simmons thanked Seard and members of the Greater Greenville Pan-Hellenic Council for their involvement. “The Divine Nine has a proud legacy of service, leadership, and community uplift. I thank Netty Seard and every member of the Greater Greenville Pan-Hellenic Council for continuing that legacy and helping make Blues Week a celebration for the entire community.”

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The city also thanked the partners, volunteers, organizations and residents who helped make Blues Fest Family Day a success.

Source: City of Greenville, Mississippi – Government.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."