Macon-Bibb County will host the third annual Taste of Macon-Bibb Follies to help raise money for the Georgia Civic Awareness Program for Students (GCAPS) Cohort on April 16 at The Douglass Theatre. A reception will be hosted at 6:30 p.m., with the performances beginning at 7:00 p.m. Seating is limited, and tickets can be purchased from any Commissioner or at the Mayor’s Office in Government Center (700 Poplar Street) for $15. Featured performers this year include: The Good News Bluegrass, Ashley Pointer, Bill and Sue Davis, and Kawrisa Marshall.

To watch a video of last year’s performance click here.

For a highlight video of the inaugural performance in 2014, click here.

Funds raised are used throughout the year to take students to different levels of government and learn more about its operation and how to be involved. This past year, students learned more about the consolidated government and were able to visit Atlanta to learn about state government and Washington, D.C. to learn about the federal government.

About Macon-Bibb GCAPS
For the past three years, Bibb County (and now Macon-Bibb County) has participated in the Association County Commissioners of Georgia’s (ACCG) Georgia Civic Awareness Program for Students (GCAPS). More than 100 students from Bibb County public and private schools applied for this year’s cohort, and more than 30 were selected through a rigorous application and interview process to participate.

Students in the Macon-Bibb GCAPS cohort get to see how government works, what’s changing through consolidation, and how they can be involved with and improve the community now and in the future. Throughout the course of the year, students take part in team-building exercises, attend Commission meetings, tour county facilities, visit the State Capitol, and interact with local and state leaders.

Pictures from their visits can be seen on their Facebook page, and MaconBibbTV produced a feature video on their trip to the Gold Dome and Suwanee.