April is blooming!  The Big Bear eaglets have hatched!       Eagle nest

Still jamming at the Puyallup Senior Activity Center on Mondays 1:30-3:30!
We usually play a mix of Old Time, Pop, and some Blues tunes.  Join us!  Bring a friend.
You can drop in to listen if you wish too.  Come on in!
Also, it’s time to register for the July 27 WOTFA Summer Camp.        Workshop

3rd Sundays.  District 8’s monthly meeting/jam starts at 2PM on the 3rd Sunday of the month at the
Mid County Community Center (MCCC) in Tacoma.  Come on in and give it a try!         MCCC

The dance band has started up again.  1st and 3rd Mondays  5:30-7:30PM at the
Tacoma MCCC (Mid County Community Center.)  Please mark your calendars.  Good practice last week!

The April “Tune of the Month” is Maggots in the Sheephide.  Yup, that’s what it says.
You’ve got to see this one, very fun, especially the cello part below!
As usual, there will be notes, recordings, and videos to play along.
Did you know that you can slow down these youtube recordings, and play along?
These are really fun.  Thanks Josh!

I’ll add a few upcoming festivities below.  I hope we can all attend one or more of these.

Feb 12-15  16th Ole Old-Time Festival in Olympia https://olyoldtime.weebly.com/
Feb 19-22   2026 Wintergrass Festival  in Bellevue since 1994  https://wintergrass.com/
Apr 18-19   NW Regional Fiddle Contest   (since 1969)  Spokane Valley      NW Regionals
May 24 1pm  Celebration of Life pot luck for Denise Carter in Vancouver
https://wotfa.org/event/celebration-of-life-for-denice-carter/
May 8-9  Fiddlers on the Peak in Valley, WA .  Call Joan  509-937-4427     Fiddlers on the Peak
Jun 28- Jun 5  Centrum Fiddle Tunes Workshop  since 1977
https://centrum.org/program/fiddle-tunes/
Jul 20-23  West Cascades Fiddle Camp  in Pleasant Hill Oregon    https://fiddlecamp.net/
Jul 27 -31  WOTFA Summer Camp since 1968 now at Cashmere fairgrounds
https://fiddlecamp.wotfa.org/

Jul 31 – Aug 02 WAMA Pickerfest in Centralia   https://wamapickersfest.org/
Aug 8-16  24th Annual Centralia Oldtime Music Campout      https://www.centraliacampout.com/
Oct 9-11  3rd Annual “Old Growth Oldtime Festival” Seattle Latvian Center  https://www.oldgrowtholdtime.org/

I’ll try to add more activites as they come up.

Please check the flyer Celebration of Life for Denise Carter.  She was the District 10 chair person, a music teacher,  and a great organizer of fiddle contests in WA and also CO before.
There will be a pot luck and a jam.  Details are on the web page flyer.