Marvelous March!

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!
And don’t forget to renew those memberships!        Welcome Bill, Ingrid, Aaron.

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 bring a friend.

The dance band will start up again in March, 1st and 3rd Mondays at 5:30-7:30
at the Tacoma MCCC (Mid County Community Center.)  Please mark your calendars.  Good practice this week!

The March “Tune of the Month” is Walk Chalk Chicken
As usual, there are notes, recordings, and videos to play along.   Did you know that you can slow down
these recordings, and play along?
This is really fun.  Thanks Josh!
And another “Tune of the Month”     Redican’s Trip to Appalachia

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/
May 24 1pm  Celebration of Life pot luck for Denise Carter in Vancouver
https://wotfa.org/event/celebration-of-life-for-denice-carter/
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.