Dear Fiddlers,
Our Fiddlers had a night off; last day of Fiddle camp; M/V Sr. Ctr. guitars strings ablaze n with Sirkku and her ewe in step with Marvin, Fred Engelke. Sarah, Dwight, Forest, Carol, Rich, Steve, and Jack! 13 in the audience. We postponed our meeting till September; we will meet to Jam Friday July 28th. at 6:30 pm at M/V Sr. Ctr. We were graced with 4 new folks this evening; Saige and her husband Michael saw our ad in the Clam Digger publication in Anacortes; Saige sang a couple songs; and another lady Andrea brought her banjo; and may play next time; Andrea and Lennis saw our Mount Vernon sign ad at the Ctr.; were happy to have you folks with us! All had a nice outing. Darrington Bluegrass Festival, July 21,22, and 23rd. https://www.darringtonbluegrass.com/
Please note: no worries about W.O.T.F.A. member renewals; the 2024 Member renewal month is Oct. for everyone; and any new folks too. For current members not sure they are current on 2023 dues and wanting to know; Josh Larios (IT Chair) says: “And if they aren’t sure what their status is, they’re welcome to drop me a line (it@wotfa.org) and I can look them up and let them know.”
Thank you all! Looking fwd. to having the new folks this evening join us at Danny’s! Please Note: Skagit Fair is Aug; so on Friday Aug. 11th. our Jam/ Meeting is cancelled!
Our OTF Annual Potluck Picnic will again be at Danny and Lorene Vandenbergs home Park, it will take place Saturday, Aug 19th. 10 ish am music, then we eat approx. 1 – 2 p.m. ish : )
Address is: 6414 N Fruitdale Rd, Sedro Woolley
Our Monthly Senior Center Jam will take place at 6:30pm on August 25th, Join us! Address is 1401 Cleveland Ave.
Hard to top a day of pleasant warm sunshine while driving across growing farm fields in our Skagit Valley, en route to the tranquil town of La Conner to perform a wide variety of music to appreciative folks at La Conner Retirement Inn; with 14 musicians poised ready to play at 2:40 pm; we ask and get the green light to play; 71 in the Audience delight us with their comments and applause; even the 2 care dogs, which seem more human than dogs enjoy the petting and fellowship of the group assembled; prayed for a good turnout today; and so very good to have Chrystal and Dennis, Marvin, Sarah, Denise, Rich, Jack, and Judy, Fred, Rohxanne, Diana and Duane, Forest, Gary, Peggy, Carol,and Dwight; please know how much you all are appreciated; we may not all get as much time at the mic as we would like; but your supportive musical contribution makes the whole group shine that much brighter; and words from the listeners; “That’s the best band I ever heard; warm the heart of us all who work diligently to do well! THANK YOU ALL for your time commitment! You all did very well! REMINDER~THIS coming Thursday July 6th. S/W SR. CTR. play @ 11:30 am. then…lunch! See yoo all soon…rest well!
Then she took up the bow and began to play. The tone was warm and deep, storied with layers of age. (Fiddler’s Green — A.S. Peterson)
And then she caught the song. She fell upon it and music poured from the fiddle’s hollow, bright and liquid like fire out of the heart of the earth. (Fiddler’s Green — A.S. Peterson)
Rest well; and know I’m grateful for each one of you; because, as Fred Rogers says: “There is nobody exactly like you; so you are unique and special”!!! The wisdom of Fred Rogers:
“You are a very special person. There is only one like you in the whole world. There’s never been anyone exactly like you before, and there will never be again. Only you.”
“As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has or ever will have something inside that is unique to all time. It’s our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression.”
See you all soon! Rest well!
People clap after a violin song while people clap during a fiddle song.
Interim Chair /Reporter, Fred Robbins
Secretary – Needed
Treasurer – Sarah Buntin, # 360-679-6595 email: itsrustyoldhalo@frontier.com
Event scheduling Sarah, # 360-679-6595
Calendar Fred Robbins # 206-786-3369 email: fred@robbinsmetal.com
Respectfully submitted, On behalf of the Fiddlers,…Fred Robbins : )
🎤🎼🎧🎸 Music is life! Take a moment to visit the W.O.T.F.A. Home Website https://wotfa.org/ See The Tune of the Month! AND lots of other information!!!