Happy Fall, friends!  District 5 has been playing Beer Barrel Polka (a favorite for our audiences), October Morn, When the Leaves Turn Brown Again, Shine on Harvest Moon and are getting ready to pull out our Christmas tunes for December.  Cold Frosty Morning and Ice on the Road will have to wait for now.

By the time you read this Daylight Savings Time will have ended~guess there’s not enough Daylight to save right now.  Other November observances include- Nov 4~ National Chicken Lady Day (Celebrate with Chicken Reel, Chicken Under the Washtub and Cluck Old Hen); Nov 13~Hug a Musician Day (actually need Many more days like this!); and Nov 16 is National Clarinet Day~Shout Out to Katie and her woodwind skills!  May Thanksgiving find you going Over the River and through the Woods to celebrate with loved ones in Gratitude and with some good food and memories.  The Thanksgiving Waltz is a real pretty tune.

At our October business meeting, Kent McCabe consented to continue as Chair for District 5 and was unanimously accepted to continue.  Shout out and Big THANK YOU to Kent for accepting and all his hard work in setting up the sound system for our playouts.  We are Grateful.

Playouts scheduled

  • Nov 5~Fieldstone
  • Nov 13~Pearl On Oyster Bay
  • Nov 21~Canterbury
  • Dec 8~Liberty Shores
  • Dec 15~Retsil VA Home
  • Jan 12~Crista Shores
  • Jan 15~Clearbrook
  • Jan 21~Country Meadows

Contacts for scheduling or attending playouts: Sharon Habener  habs_@msn.com or Kay McCarthy kaycmccarthy@gmail.com

Retsil VA October

 

 

 

JAMMING EVERY TUESDAY 1-4pm!  First and third Tuesdays are in Silverdale Mall in the community room next to Dick’s Sporting Goods.  We’re back at the Subway in Silverdale -2238 NW Bucklin Hill Rd for the 2nd, 4th and any 5th Tuesdays-until the end of 2025.  Stop by, bring a friend.

  • NOTE:  Starting 2026, we will meet EVERY Tuesday at the Silverdale Mall until we resume our Belfair Barn schedule during the warmer months of May, June, July, August and September.  The mall space is bigger and we have more exposure to the public, so we’ve elected to try this for 2026.

Check our WOTFA5 Facebook page for updates (20+) Facebook

We continue to meet for our business meeting the third Saturday of every month from 11-3 at Kitsap Square Dance Hall in Bremerton at 6800 W Belfair Valley Road.  We jam from 11-12 without music stands, break for finger foods and a business meeting and then continue jamming until 3 pm (with your music stand if you want).  Come join us!  Update your membership and if you know of any students in our district interested in Fiddle Camp, start encouraging them Now! We have scholarships for these kiddos for next summer!

Happy Fall to each of you.  May these days find you well and enjoying your friends, family and Lots of music.  Keep playing!

District 5 Chair:  Kent McCabe  dkmccabe0723@gmail.com   360-277-6140 (texts preferred)

Respectfully submitted:  Reporter, Sandi O’Kelly    s_okelly@msn.com

 

 

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