WASHINGTON EVERGREEN FIDDLER october 2014

WASHINGTON
EVERGREEN FIDDLER
NEWSLETTER OF THE
WASHINGTON OLD TIME FIDDLERS
ASSOCIATION
october 2014
ISSUE # 8
Newsletter of the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association
Issue #8 – October 2014
Web site: www.wotfa.org
Newsletter is published 10 times a year. Membership dues are
$25.00 per year, this includes the newsletter. Additional members
in the same household are $5.00 each. Membership expires Dec.
31st each year.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OFFICERS:
DISTRICT CHAIRS
PRESIDENT
Dist. 1 – Elmer Mc Claren
Rita Hubbard
Clarkston 509-758-2436
190 Timberline Rd
Dist. 2 – Jim Adams
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Reardan - 509-990-7770
360-385-3978
Dist. 3 – Gerry Gengler
e-mail: [email protected]
E. Wenatchee–509-886-0416
Dist. 4 –Chuck Page
VICE PRESIDENT WEST
Bellingham– 360-734-3309
Will Farr
Dist. 5 – Bill Crabtree
200 SE Arcadia Ridge Dr.
Shelton – 360-868-2176
Shelton, WA 98584
Dist. 6 – Roy Calvert
360-427-1703
Renton – 425-228-5846
e-mail: [email protected]
Dist. 7 – Jim Samuels
Yakima – 509-594-1844
VICE PRESIDENT EAST
Dist. 8 – Barbara Peterson
Jim Harter
Milton – 253-926-8457
1315 Adair Dr.
Dist. 9 – Rio Arriaga
Richland, WA 99352
Chehalis – 360-266-8097
509-591-0710
Dist. 10 – Chlovena Byrd
e-mail: [email protected]
Vancouver– 360-693-6888
Dist. 11 – Charlie Root
SECRETARY
Moses Lake – 509-765-5927
Denise Jennings
Dist. 12 – Jim Harter
20222- 72nd St..E
Richland– 509-591-0710
Bonney Lake, WA 98390
Dist. 15 – Cathy Van Ruhan
253-862-4186
Sequim – 360-681-5382
e-mail:
Dist. 16 – Noel Lareau
[email protected]
Arlington – 360-691-5907
Dist. 17 - Currently an inactive
TREASURER
District
John Grundstrom
108 Ironwood Pl
E. Wenatchee, WA 98802
509-886-0235
e-mail: [email protected]
CHAIRMEN – OTHER DIVISIONS
WOTFA WEBMASTER: Bunny Hirschmann ~
e-mail: [email protected]
NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Bonni Wuennecke ~ 509-735-9041;
3024 W. 7th Ave., Kennewick, WA 99336
e-mail: [email protected]
STATE CONTEST: No Chairman at this time
WORKSHOP: Laura Farr ~ 360-427-1703
200 SE Arcadia Ridge Dr. Shelton, WA 98584
email: [email protected]
MUSIC EDITOR: Stuart Williams ~ 206-323-8004
1312 – 13th Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98144
e-mail: [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: Noel Lareau ~ (360) 691-5907
16410 – 84th St NE~Ste D-PMB 550
Lake Stevens, WA 98258
e-mail: [email protected]
FROM THE WORKSHOP CHAIR
At the risk of repeating myself, since I didn’t manage to get my
report sent for last month’s newsletter, did I tell you how
fabulous our Workshop was in Moses Lake in July?? It was an
incredible week. With 24/7 AC in the building, it was a very nice
respite from the outdoor heat. In spite of the heat, everyone
made the best of things, and worked together to make it a
memorable week. I’m working on a few changes for next year,
but nothing is firm yet, so I’ll be letting you know what they are
at a later date. I want to thank all of you for completing your
Evaluation forms. It really helps myself and the committee
tweak things to make your week better. I hope you will put July
13 – 17 on your calendars for next summer!
Laura Farr, Workshop Chair
DISTRICT 1:
Asotin, Columbia, Garfield & Whitman
Counties; CHAIR: Elmer McClaren (509) 758-2436
REPORTER:
Jean
Martin
(509)758-7550
[email protected]
Monthly Meeting:
1st Tuesday at
Clarkston, WA after our playout
Clarkston
District 1 Elections – October meeting
Nothing to report this month
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DISTRICT 2: Ferry, Lincoln, Pend O’Reille, Spokane &
Stevens Counties; CHAIR: Jim Adams (509) 990-7770,
email – [email protected]
Monthly Meeting & Jam: 2nd Sunday–Jam 2:00-4:00 Business meeting 4:00 pm - Park Place Assisted Living
Center, 511 S Park Road, Spokane Valley, WA
District 2 Elections-December meeting
No report received
DISTRICT 3:
Chelan, Douglas & Okanogan Counties;
CHAIR: Gerry Gengler, (509) 886-0416 – email:
[email protected]
Monthly Meeting: 4th Sunday Calvary Crossroads Church
District 3 Elections: October meeting
Hello music lovers. Another month flown by. Very cool nights
and warm breezy afternoons.
We all tend to take so much for granted but the good Lord
continues to bless us anyway. Playing the music and visiting with
the residents at our play dates is a special blessing. We never
know what to expect and just the other day, at a play date, a
young senior, [98], had signaled for a staff member that she
wanted to leave. We were playing some lively tunes but as this
lady walked by she remarked “this is just too boring for me”. We
all had a good laugh about that and in the future we’ll try a little
harder.
Randy and Diane Redman, up in Omak, were able to play at an
outdoor craft fair up in Conconully last month. They also joined in
with some tunes at the Okanogan county fair but that was not a
WOTFA gig. We have a lot of talent up there in the north country
and we’re trying to tap into that great resource. We hope to
amend our qualifying criteria for workshop scholarship funds so
that it is more inclusive for the folks that live so far away. A work
in progress.
Our District 3 traveling representative, Dan Enslow, has been
very busy at various events around the state. Dan shared that he
participated with some tunes at the Rainier pick’n party and
joined a well-known dobro player, Lauren Postma. Dan conveyed
that it was a very enjoyable time for everyone and they played
together for about 45 minutes. Dan also reminded me that there
was a bluegrass event going on in George WA. all this week,
which he will be attending.
Jose and Maria Lopez have been on the move also and brought
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back very good reports about the District 5 camp out event.
There was good food, music and fellowship and it was described
as a very well organized event. Jose and Maria have a 53rd
wedding anniversary coming up. One of our less kind members
suggested sending Jose a congrats card and Maria a sympathy
card, ha,ha.
Our newest members, Bruce and Marianne Zelinsky, have
jumped right in and have been attending every play date, [12
string and vocals]. They have quite a repertoire of great tunes
with many sing a longs that are so much fun. Marianne has just
successfully tested for her LPN license so If we could recruit an
M.D. and an E.M.T. or two I know many of us would feel safer
and follow that urge to get up and dance. Keep the oxygen close,
ha,ha. Congratulations to Bruce and Marianne.
We had a wonderful time at our own, District 3 music festival.
Wayne and Bev Dresker hosted the event at the Wenatchee Boat
Club and a big thank you to all the members and guests that
jumped in and made it such a fun, successful time. We are
already looking forward to next year. Bev has been recovering
from wrist surgery; and Wayne’s knee surgery was very
successful and he has already gone home. Bud Starr has been
going in for a number of procedures and he will be joining us
next Sunday. Thanks everyone for your prayers. Ron Hubbard
has also been out with a bad back and there seems to be a bunch
of us that take turns tending to our aches and pains. We all covet
the prayer cover that so many of the WOTFA members provide
for our whole organization. Please don’t stop and we won’t either.
Until next month…………
DISTRICT 4: Skagit, Whatcom, Island and San Juan
Counties; CHAIR: Chuck Page, 1905-22nd St, Bellingham,
WA 98225 (360) 734-3309 REPORTER; George Park (360)
293-8894
Monthly Meeting: 6:30 pm -2nd Friday of each month ~ 3rd
and 5th Friday playouts HAVE BEEN CANCELLED
District 4 Elections: December meeting
Still playing our monthly engagements. Got to keep our
musicians busy and happy. It keeps us active and gets us out of
the house also. Our recipients also are happy to have us show up
and play for them.
We are still having gorgeous weather. Lots of sunshine, though
early morning temperatures are now in the mid 40’s. Days are
also shorter as ole sol heads south. Veggie gardens really putting
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out the green foodstuffs. Delicious!
Our cancer patients are all doing O-K. Helen Nichols took a
tumble and fractured her pelvis. I, for one, am hoping that she
makes a good recovery.
May our Lord look after her and all others that need His help.
DISTRICT 5: Kitsap and Mason CountiesAlso Grays
Harbor & Pacific Counties) CHAIR: Bill Crabtree – 40 E
Noble Pl, Shelton, WA 98584 (360) 868-2176 - e-mail:
[email protected]
REPORTER: Laura Farr, Shelton (360) 427-1703- e-mail:
[email protected]
Mason County Coordinators: Will and Laura Farr, Shelton
(360) 427-1703
Kitsap County coordinator: Kay McCarthy 360 895 0628
Monthly Meeting: 3rd Saturday – Kitsap County Square
Dance Club, 6800 Old Belfair Hwy-Gorst, WA. Workshops
from 10:00-Noon; 12:00: Meeting & finger food potluck;
1:00-3:00: Modified Jam session.
District 5 Elections: December meeting
Happy “Fall” to everyone as we close out our stellar
summer! With all the kids back in school, it’s time now to return
to our monthly meetings after the summer hiatus. Due to a
scheduling conflict with the Square Dance Club, we did not have
a meeting in September. Our first meeting of the season will be
on Saturday, October 18th. There will be a tune learning session
from 11:00 until noon, followed by a finger food potluck and
meeting. The jam will start when the meeting is over. We will be
finished by 3:00. We welcome everyone from any district, so if
you find yourself in the area, please come and join us. We will
hold our election of chairperson at our December meeting.
DISTRICT 6: King County; CHAIR: Roy Calvert, 18418 –
112th Ave SE, Renton, WA 98055 (425) 228-5846 email: [email protected] REPORTER: Shirley Calvert (425) 2285846
Dist. 6 Monthly Meeting:
2nd Saturday – Des Moines
Masonic Center, 2208 S. 223 rd, Des Moines. Doors open at
11:00 AM, meeting at 1:00 PM followed by finger food
potluck and jam session.
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District 6: Circle Jam: 4th Saturday in January, February,
March; September & October– 1:00-4:00 PM, Des Moines
Masonic Center. No Jams in April, May, June, July, August,
November & December.
District 6 Elections: October meeting
Doc and Wilma Matz celebrated their 72nd Wedding
Anniversary on August 23rd! Congratulations and we wish you
many more!
Get well wishes and a speedy recovery from Achilles surgery to
Barb Ross, Dist 6. Also, get well wishes to Fred Crabtree, Dist
5. Our deepest sympathy to the Crabtree families in the loss of
Fred's sister.
Remember, if you wish to run for Dist 6 Chair, call Roy at 425228-5846 or come to our October 11th Meeting.
A good Show is lined up for October 18th at 1:30 PM at the Des
Moines Masonic Center. Be sure and put it on your calendar!
October 25th will be our last Jam till 2015. Come and join us
for the picking and grinning!
DISTRICT 7: Yakima, Kittitas, & Klickitat Counties; CHAIRJim Samuels, (509) 594-1844 REPORTER: Joyce
Fursteneau
Monthly Meeting Monthly Meeting: - : Still 2nd Sunday of
each month at Broadmoor Club House, 55 W. Washington Ave.
Yakima, WA Doors open at 11:30 Potluck at 12:00, meeting at
12:30 and program starts @ 1:00 PM. From the park entrance,
follow the road around to the right. The Club House will be on
your left (approx 1/4 mi.) For further information, contact Jim
Samuels (509-594-1844).
Monthly Jam/Show-3rd Sunday of each month-2:00 PM. e
Broadmoor Mobile Park Club House. - 55 W. Washington
Ave, Yakima. From the park entrance, follow the road around to
the right. The Club House will be on your left (approx 1/4 mi.)
For further information, contact Jim Samuels (509-5941844).
District 7 Elections: October meeting
Happy Autumn! Don’t know about you, but cooler temps on
the east side of the state makes all of us feel more like playing
music again.
District 7 enjoyed a fair turnout of about thirty plus people for
our first meeting of the season at the Broadmoor Mobile Home
Park Clubhouse. President Jim Samuels called the meeting to
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order and reported on our summer activities as well as our
treasury report. It was voted on and approved that our monthly
meetings will be held at Broadmoor Park for the rest of the
season. There was plenty of parking. It is handicapped
accessible and has a GREAT space for potluck as well as space for
the show.
Jim reminded folks that the time to begin renewing membership
dues will be October. If you renew in October, it will be good for
all of 2015.
A special thank you to all the ladies that helped set up the
potluck tables in September. I don’t have everyone’s name right
now, but it was one of the BEST potlucks of the year! Good job!
Also, thanks to Jim Samuels for volunteering to lead us as we are
transitioning to new environment all across the board.
Another special thanks to District 9 bass player, Dave Perkins,
for spicing up our Crescent playdate. (We missed you Janet! )
We always feel happy when they join us!
President Jim reported that he’s having some difficulty booking
playdates with some of the previous retirement homes as many
are being sold to large corporations out of state and cannot
commit to hosting us, Jim said he would fill in the dates as he
gets commitments and the musicians can get additional
information on these additions to the calendar at our next
playdate. Right now there are only two dates for October as of
submission of this report.
Happy fiddling to all!
Friday, October 17, at Chesterly Meadows (1100 N. 34th Ave) at
2:00 PM
Friday, October 31, at Orchard Park (620 N. 24th Ave) at 2:00
PM
DISTRICT 8: Pierce County - CHAIR: Barbara Peterson,
1509
Hemlock
St.,
Milton,
WA
98354-(253)9268457~email: [email protected] REPORTER: Ron
Duncan email: [email protected]
Monthly meeting: 3rd Sunday ~ Mid County Community
Center, 10205-44th Ave E., Tacoma. Doors open 2:00.
Business meeting at 2:30 followed by jamming. No
meetings May through August
District 8 Elections: October meeting
Get well wishes go out to Mary Ellen Iverson who broke her ankle
in a fall on a train. She is currently in a rehab facility in
Portland. We hope she will be back home by the time this
newsletter comes out.
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We are still on the lookout for Lyn Neal’s violins, stolen last
February. Keep your eyes peeled for the following:
1. Robert Glier violin - 1929, Ohio. Light color, small crack in
front along the fingerboard. No tuners except the E
string. Brown tail piece, pegs, and chin rest. Green Evah Pirazzi
strings.
2. Antique violin, unlabeled, severly damaged and repaired. Was
strung with octave low strings.
“Magini copy, double perfling, extra loop in the scroll.” Blond
color, E string was broken.
If seen reply to nwitting@ yahoo.com.
Our dance band is scheduled to play for a square dance in
Sumner on Saturday, October 25th.
Our October meeting is on the 19th at 2 pm. We will be having
an election for District Chair, so we encourage everyone to come
& participate.
DISTRICT 9: Lewis & Thurston Counties: CHAIR: Rio
Arriaga (360) 266-8097 REPORTER: Denice Arriaga
Monthly Meeting: 3rd Saturday: Beginning in March: 10:00
AM-1:00 PM. Cook’s Hill Community Church, 2400 Cook’s
Hill Rd, Centralia (Exit 81) 2400 Cooks Hill Road. Exit 81,
one mile west of I-5, just past Providence Hospital on the
left. Jam-Potluck-short meeting, more jamming
District 9 Elections: October meeting
It's been awhile since I've had my ducks in a row, and made a
newsletter deadline- still not real sure I'm gonna make it!
Dist 9 has had a productive if slightly disheveled summer. We
played at the coronation of "The Egg-Day Queen" and also after
the ceremony. We went to the new home of the workshop in
Moses Lake and had a great time, came back and played
our playdates and at the SWW fair. We skipped the July meeting
and apparently should have skipped the August one as well
because there were only 2 or 3 of us there and we didn't play.
However we are back on track now had a wonderful meeting on
the 20th. October meeting will be 18th and we have the
regular playdates of the 8th and the14th.
October is election month and if you've got ANYTHING to say,
do or change, now is the time. All ideas are welcome and you can
never have too many brains at work on moving forward in a
positive direction- in fact if anyone wants to be the reporter......
I'm just saying! Hope to see everyone soon.
On a more somber note, we lost Gary Phelps recently; our
thoughts and prayers go to his family, he will be missed.
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FROM THE MUSIC EDITOR:
Tennessee Wagoner
I read in the morning paper the other day that the Waggoner Ranch was up
for sale. If you’ve got half a billion dollars or so lying around you could snatch
it up. I’ll pass, but it reminded me that one of my favorite hoedowns,
‘Wagoner’ or ‘Tennessee Wagoner’ has often been linked to this 533,000
acre ranch, the largest in Texas. Some even call it ‘Texas Wagoner’ after the
founder, Dan Waggoner, who started a successful ranching business in 1851
near Decatur and expanded from there, along with son, W.T., and others. Silly
me, I just thought the tune was named for someone who drove a wagon.
Nowadays oil and horses represent much of the estate’s holdings, as well as
cattle. Among the heirs and heiresses is the sculptor, Electra Waggoner Biggs,
most well known for her statue of Will Rogers, ‘Riding Into the Sunset.’ The
president of General Motors at the time was a fan (as well as an in-law) and
named the Buick Electra after her.
A more convincing story of this tune’s origins (or at least its name’s) is in
reference to a race horse, Wagner, who bested Gray Eagle in the Louisville
race of 1838, a precursor to the Kentucky Derby (see Tennessee Grey Eagle in
Evergreen Fiddler Vol. I). Wagner’s jockey was a slave named Cato who won
his freedom for his efforts that day. Gray Eagle lost this race but his
descendants have gone on to win many such races as he is a principal
ancestor for most American Saddlebreds (including Morgans and
Thoroughbreds).
I first learned this widely played hoedown from my mentor, Earl Willis (EF
I), who would say that more square dances have been done to this tune than
pretty much any other. Like many fiddlers, he played some variations similar
to what you hear with Bob Simmons (EF1). You can work out something like
these if you want to on your own I’m sure. In the first full measure notice how
Bob dives into the down beat with a down bow and then slurs from C to a C &
E double stop on the up bow and then back and forth to end on an up bow.
Earl played it this way too and I have long referred to this rhythmic technique
as the “Wagoner Lick.” It works well here and lots of other places as well. See
what you can do with it. Bob applies it nicely in the b part as well.
Be sure and go to www.wotfa.org/tuneOfTheMonth to listen to this tune.
You will also surely enjoy Bob on Voyager Recording’s cd #334
‘Remembering.’
Thanks (as often) to Andrew Kuntz at www.tunearch.org,
www.waggonerranch.com, www.oldtimeparty.wordpress.com and Wikipedia.
Stuart Williams
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DISTRICT 10: Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania and Wakiukum
Counties; CHAIR: Chlovena Byrd, Vancouver; (360) 6936888 – email: [email protected]
Monthly Meeting: Last Thursday of the month at 2:00,
Circle Jam at 2:30 PM . Fishers Grange Community Center
~ 814 NE 162nd Ave -Vancouver.
Open Jam: 3rd Saturday, 2:00
Community Center – Open to public
PM-Fisher’s
Grange
District 10 Elections: November meeting
We are up and running for Fall. Illness has reduced our
participation in both our public jams and play dates--but we
persevere.
By the time this reaches you, we will have played for the
Harvest Festival and the Old Apple Tree Festival. Also, we played
for the memorial of a friend of the old-time fiddlers. Remember
to lend your talents to the fiddlers' outreach efforts at both the
Columbia Ridge and Mt. View facilities in Camas.
Call me if you need a calendar for October. Help keep the
music alive!! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - YFL, Chlovena
DISTRICT 11: Grant and Adams Counties; CHAIR: Charlie
Root, 23 Road M NE Moses Lake, WA 98837 (509) 7655927 email:[email protected]
MONTHLY MEETING: 3rd Sunday – 1:30 PM – Jam: 2:004:00, Moses Lake Senior Center, 608 E. 3rd Ave. Moses
Lake
District 11 Elections: October meeting
PLAYOUTS:
2nd Tues:
1:00 PM
Avalon Care Center, Othello, WA
2:30 PM
Coventry House, Othello, WA
2nd Wed:
1:00PM
Moses Lake Senior Retirement
Community, Moses Lake, WA
3rd Tues:
10:00AM
McKay Healthcare and Rehab Center,
Soap Lake, WA
3rd Thurs:
10:00AM Hearthstone Inn, Moses Lake, WA
4th Tues:
10:00AM Quincy Valley Medical Center, Quincy,
11:00AM The Cambridge Retirement Home,
Quincy, WA
th
4 Thurs Every Even Month: 10:00AM Summerwood, Moses
Lake, WA (April & June)
Everything's pretty quiet here this month.
District 11 had their monthly jam on September 21st, several
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members were out of town, and the audience was smaller this
time. It was still a good jam and those who came had an
enjoyable time. On October 19th the district will hold their
annual election of officers.
DISTRICT 12: Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla Counties;
CHAIR: Jim Harter, 1315 Adair Dr., Richland, WA. 99352
(509) 591-0710 e-mail: [email protected]
Monthly Meeting: 2nd Sunday at Adult Day Services
Building, 10 N. Washington St., Kennewick (enter at back.)
Doors open at 2:00 PM for jamming; Potluck at 3:00,
followed by short business meeting and more jamming.
Monthly Jam and Show: 2nd Thursday of every month, ~
7:00 PM ~ Knights of Columbus Hall, Richland.
District 12 Elections: November meeting
MONTHLY PLAYDATES
st
1 Wed
6:00 PM Hawthorne Court, 524 N Ely, Kennewick
7:10 PM Kennewick Life Care Center, 7th & Olympia
2nd Wed
6:30 PM Tri-City Retirement-2000 Road 22, Pasco
7:30 PM Avalon Care-2004 Road 22, Pasco
rd
3 Wed
6:30 PM Richland Rehab-1745 Pike Ave, Richland
Go in the South entrance
th
4 Wed
6:30 PM Wynnwood Retirement-1629 George
Washington Way, Richland
st
1 Fri
2:00 PM Callaway Gardens-5505 W Skagit Court,
Kennewick
3:30 PM Royal Columbian – 5615 W. Umatilla,
Kennewick
th
5 Wed
6:30 PM Guardian Angel Homes – 245 Van Giesen,
Richland
ADULT DAY SERVICES PLAYDATES FOR OCTOBER
Monday Oct. 6th – 11:00 AM
Monday Oct. 20th – 11:00 AM
Our annual Fall Fiddle Show will be on Saturday October 18 th at
the Burbank Grange. Doors will open at 2:00 PM for jamming.
The Grange will once again have a reasonably priced dinner for
sale at approximately 4:30 or 5:00. The Show will begin after
dinner, you will play in the order you sign up. DIRECTIONS:
From Hwy 12 on the Burbank side of the Snake River Bridge, go
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in to Burbank from the Roundabout onto 5th St (on the west side
of the highway.) Go down to the school and turn right. Turn left
on 4th. The Grange is on the left just before Humorist Rd. As
always, we welcome participants and audience from all districts.
Birthday Wishes go out to Charlie Raeder who is celebrating a
special birthday ending in a “ZERO” on Oct. 13 th!
Our good wishes for a speedy recovery also go out to Dennis
Ryder who recently had knee replacement surgery.
The Round Table pizza Jam in October will be Friday Oct. 17th
(Yes, the night before our Show) at the Round Table Pizza just off
Gage Blvd. Come anytime, order your food, jamming will start
about 6:30 or 7:00.
We were privileged to play recently for the 100 th Birthday of
Irene Bott who recently moved to the Tri Cities. She is the sister
of Gil Kiesecker (Dist. 6) and he attended the party! Fortunately
we were able to talk Gil into joining us & playing a few tunes. It
was a fun day and people were dancing to our music, even the
birthday girl!
DISTRICT 15: Jefferson and Clallam Counties; CHAIR:
Cathy Van Ruhan, (360) 681-5382 e-mail:
[email protected] REPORTER: Cathy Van Ruhan
(360) 681-5382
email: [email protected];
PLAYDATE COORDINATOR: Frank Figg (360) 681-8599,
email:[email protected]; SPECIAL PLAYDATES
COORDINATOR: Steve Sahnow, 360-683-9566 email:
[email protected]
WEB SITE: www.d15wotfa.org
Monthly Meetings: Second Saturday (except
May/December 2014) at Sequim Prairie Grange, 290
Macleay Road, Sequim. Set-up 9:30 a.m., business meeting
10 a.m., followed by jamming, lessons, workshops. Onstage performances for public begin at 1:30 p.m. Clean-up
3:30 p.m.
Fourth Saturday at Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West
Valley Road, Chimacum. Set-up 9:30 a.m., Jamming,
lessons. Performances for public begin at 1:30 p.m.
District 15 Elections: November meeting
We resumed our regularly scheduled meetings in September,
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catching up on travels, music camps and new tunes. The
members who went to Moses Lake were enthusiastic about the
facility and welcoming town but much less so about the heat.
On Nov. 8, we will hold another contra/square dance for the
community. All members are welcome to play in the dance band;
practices are held at our Saturday get-togethers. I There will not
be a dance in October.
In the next few weeks we will have some special meetings to
discuss playdates, performances at our regular meetings and
adult education. All members are encouraged to take part in
these discussions that hopefully will lead to recommendations to
be put before the membership for a vote. Dates and times are
announced in our newsletter, the Fiddlers’ Key.
A nominating committee is working to put together a slate of
candidates for District 15 officers. The election will be held at the
November meeting.
Regular Playdates for October, 2014 are:
First Wednesday: San Juan Villa 3:30 p.m.
First Friday: Avamere Olympic Care 2:00 p.m.
Sherwood Assisted Living 3:30 p.m.
First Tuesday: Encore 12:45 p.m. & St. Andrews 2:30 p.m.
Second Wednesday: Suncrest Village 11:30 a.m.
Dungeness Courte 1:30 p.m.
Third Wednesday: Seaport Landing 1:30 p.m.
Life Care (Kah-Tai) 3:00 p.m.
Third Thursday: Fifth Avenue Retirement Apt. 12:15 p.m.
Third Tuesday: Golden Years 1:15 p.m.
Discovery Memory 3:00 p.m.
Fourth Thursday: Sequim Rehabilitation 2:00 p.m.
DISTRICT 16: Snohomish County; CHAIR: Noel Lareau,
14420 Burn Rd., Arlington, WA 98223 ~ (360) 691-5907 –
e-mail: [email protected] REPORTER: Noel Lareau
Sunshine Chair: Mayves Anderson (425) 334-7988 e-mail:
[email protected]
Playdate coordinator Alison Grim
Monthly Meeting: 3rd Saturday at 14420 Burn Rd,
Arlington, WA.-Doors open at noon- 2:00 pm Potluck, 3:00
pm meeting and then jam time. Meeting is short to give us
time for jamming. Please come!
Jam nights: 2nd and 4th Fridays at Sisco Heights
Community Center, 13527-99th Ave NE, Arlington. Celtic at
5 PM, workshop at 6 PM, jamming throughout.
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It is September and the leaves are turning… (I didn’t write
that, Thomas Wolfe did.) How well he captured the “inchoate
longing” (I had to look that one up, believe me) that the turning
of the season causes in us. Our human snowbirds may find their
gazes lingering southward….not yet, not yet, but soon….
So, what’s new?
We are trying to figure out how to squeeze a bit of square and
contra dancing into our jams.
Pursuant to Lindella’s workshop plan, she will use the October
10th workshop to help us learn to play in tune. Any little bit less
worse I get at that is a relief to me and to others!
Then at the Oct 24th jam, Sharman will lead us through a few
turns of contra dancing. We’ll see where it goes from there!
Our play out schedule is as follows:
1st Tuesday of each month - Olympic Place Retirement &
Assisted Living Community 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
20909 Olympic Pl. NE - (Behind Safeway) – Arlington, WA
1st Friday of each month - Rose Creek Senior Living
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm- 625 South Stillaguamish Ave.,
Arlington, WA 98223
2nd Tuesday of each month - The Village 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
302 N. Alder Ave., Granite Falls, WA 98252
2nd Wednesday of each month - Regency Care Center 2:00 pm to
3:00 pm--620 S. Hazel St., Arlington, WA 98223
3rd Friday of each month -Emeritus (formerly Merrell Gardens)
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm--9802 48th Dr, NE, Marysville, WA
(Just behind Fred Meyer)
If you have any longing, inchoate or otherwise, to join our
playouts, please “y’all come” or let Alison or Lois know.
Love to all, and have some fun!
DISTRICT 17: Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties;
Currently merged with Dist. 5
IN LOVINGMEMORY
Gary Phelps
Dist. 9
September 2014
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Official WOTFA Sponsored Events
2014:
Feb. 22:
District 12 Winter Show. Columbia Valley Grange
March 30: District 15 Spring Show will be Sunday, March 30, at
the Port Angeles High School auditorium.
April 19,
Dist. 6 Des Moines Masonic Center Benefit Show; 1:30 PM
Sat. May 3: WOTFA State Board Meeting, 10:00 AM Best
Western, Moses Lake
Wed. July 16: Summer Board Meeting, State Convention
Moses Lake
July 14-18 – WOTFA State Workshop-Frontier Middle School,
Moses Lake, WA
August 15-16-17 Dist 6 & 8 Combined Campout; Green River Saddle
Club; Auburn
October 18, Dist. 6 - Des Moines Masonic Center Benefit Show;
1:30 PM
October 18: Dist. 12 Annual Fall Show – Burbank Grange.
Information and Directions on Page 11
2015
July 13-17:
WOTFA State Workshop – Frontier Middle School,
Moses Lake, WA
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Washington Old Time Fiddlers Assoc., Inc.
3024 West 7th Avenue
Kennewick, WA 99336