Music among the books in Capitan Sunday

Music will ring out from the Capitan Public Library Sunday as the Flute and Frete Boys perform at 2 p.m., adding a different dimension to the written word.

On Feb. 24, the duo gone trio will present an afternoon of an eclectic assortment of music genres. Visitors can feed their artistic souls, partake of refreshments and dance to to some great songs.

The Flute and Fret Boys consists of musicians Debbie Myers, Jim Helms and Fred Kinnan. Their music tends toward a mixture of oldies and favorites, because each musician has a style of music that forged them in their youth.

Debbie Myers hails from a mainly classical music background. Jim Helms's forte is Country and Western, but he enjoys playing and singing all genres of music. Fred Kinnan started playing guitar with his high school Rock and Roll band. 

Helms built his home in Alto 18 years ago. During the ensuing years, he spent part of his time in Puerto Rico designing and managing a championship golf resort located at Durado Beach. He now serves as president and general manager of Rainmakers Resort and Club, adjacent to the Spencer Theater in Alto.

In his spare time, Helms enjoys playing rhythm guitar and singing. He teamed up with Kinnan and Myers six years ago and the three musicians have entertained people thought Lincoln County ever since.

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Kinnan spent 20 years with his Army career before retiring to Alto 25 years ago. For the local orchestra in Ruidoso, Fred picked up the violin and learned to play this different string instrument. When the orchestra disbanded, the late Rondell Turner asked Kinnan to play lead guitar and he has been playing his guitars ever since. Many local musicians jam with Kinnan at musical evenings at his home.

He and Debbie started as a duo 10 years ago.

Myers has lived in Lincoln County for 36 years. She retired from Ruidoso Schools, putting in 25 years teaching elementary children. In 2005, even before she retired, Debbie started volunteering to conduct the children's programs at the Capitan Public Library, offering after-school programs and the summer reading program.

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She also heads up the wildly popular December Holiday Bazaar and May plant sale at the library to raise money. Like Kinnan, Myers played with the local Ruidoso orchestra that existed here in the late 1990s to 2005. She currently plays with a flute quartet as well with the Fret Boys.

Myers recently won the 2018 New Mexico Library Association's Amigo Award for her work on behalf the library resulting in achievement for the library.

The library is at 101 E. 2nd Street in Capitan.