Published August 10. 2025 04:11AM
The Upper Lehigh Lions Club held its annual Roar with the Lions festival July 26 at Neffs Grove, Neffs.
The grove was filled with fans of the ever popular band The Large Flowerheads, a group reimagining music of the 1960s and 1970s.
Though rain and thunderstorms had been forecast for Saturday, it turned out to be a very warm but dry evening.
While the Flowerheads performed, members of the Lions Club sold food from the kitchen.
According to the Lions web page, “Lions Clubs International connects 1.45 million men and women in over 208 countries and territories who work together to benefit communities around the world. Known for working to end preventable blindness. Lions participate in a vast variety of projects that range from cleaning up local parks to providing supplies to victims of natural disasters.”
Locally the Upper Lehigh Lions Club uses their funds to support local nonprofit organizations.
Funds are gathered from events such as Roar with the Lions, the annual craft and vendor show, providing food at the Schnecksville Fair and Parkland High School football games.
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELANDSamantha Lurwick, of Allentown, with Megan and Mathew Chorney, of Laurys Station, are front and center for The Large Flowerheads concert at the Roar with the Lions festival at Neffs Grove, Neffs.
Members of The Large Flowerheads include Colleen Zajacik, bass, Dave Follweiler, keyboard, Moe Jerant, vocals and percussion, Tiff Kent, (partially hidden) drums, Greg Geist, guitar and drums and Dean Velazquez, guitar.
George Oberto, of Whitehall and his rescue, Ellie, a 4-year-old mix from Mississippi are enjoying The Large Flowerheads concert at the Roar with the Lions festival.
Tiff Kent sings and plays drums during The Large Flowerheads concert at the Roar with the Lions festival.
Upper Lehigh Lions Club members Richard Wisser, Kevin Schmidt, Ollie Newhard, Carol Bloss, Nancy Kern, Ken Zimmerman, Christa Sterner, Keith Schneck, Melissa Lint, Deb Ritter, Keith Bloss, David Fink, Loni Zimmerman, Bill Henry, Tom Newhard and David Lint make all the food possible for The Large Flowerheads concert at the Roar with the Lions festival.
Ken Zimmerman takes a food order from Stacey Janowiak, of Guthsville, while Ollie Newhard makes ready to retrieve her order during The Large Flowerheads concert at the Roar with the Lions festival.
