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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Huey Lewis Honors Power of Military Couple's Love

Huey Lewis fans see 'The Power of Love' with a surprise in Elgin 
Chicago Tribune
By Mike Danahey
Elgin Courier-News
July 20, 2015
Pop star Huey Lewis receives a flag that flew in Afghanistan from National Guard
veteran Ray Ropa, right, and wife Kris Ropa in Elgin. (Ray Ropa / Handout)
Huey Lewis had a reunion of sorts after his weekend show in Elgin.

The '80s hitmaker sings of the power of love, asks if you believe in love in another song, and croons about doing it all for his baby.

Fan Ray Ropa pulled off a grand romantic gesture Sunday night in Elgin at Grand Victoria Casino Summer Concert Series in Festival Park.

"It wasn't your average meet and greet," said Ray Ropa. He and his wife, Kris, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, met the singer backstage after the show. "(Lewis) met with about six other fans besides us, talking to us as a group, then individually. His road manager told him our story, and then I could see the gears turning in (Lewis') head. (Lewis) pointed to me and said, 'So this is my vet(eran) over here.'"

It wasn't the first time Kris Ropa, a middle-school social studies teacher, met Lewis. She had a chance to meet the star at a concert at a casino in Iowa in 2011, when Ray Ropa was a staff sergeant in the Iowa National Guard and deployed to Afghanistan.

"To help Kris with my time away and also to have some special memories just in case something happened to me, I came up with an idea based on one of my wife's favorite movies, 'P.S. I Love You.' I pre-wrote a series of letters and gave them to special friends and people I knew, and once a month, my wife would randomly get a letter."
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