Concert to launch Hays County nonprofit music project

After officially forming the nonprofit organization in March, Hendrix said she hopes to raise about $500,000 to purchase land and build a small venue in the San Marcos area. She said many of her fans have offered to contribute their "blue-collar" skills toward the construction project.

"It has made my heart so happy to have this," Hendrix said. "It's kind of taken off on its own."

Because she has openly discussed having epilepsy, Hendrix said she has become a conduit for people to learn they are not alone with conditions such as epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.

"A medical condition can sometimes become what defines you, and I profoundly believe epilepsy does not define me," she said.

Maines is a country music record producer, musician, songwriter and the father of Natalie Maines, the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks.

The concert is scheduled for 6:30–9 p.m. The suggested donation is $25, and tickets are available on the OYOU website, www.ownyourownuniverse.org.