Autum is coming!

And . . . .

We are still jamming at the Puyallup Senior Activity Center on Mondays 1:30-3:30!    (Not Federal holidays.)
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.  Come on in!  Bring an instrument!

July 27-31 Summer Camp is over and what fun we had.  Besides lessons  from great instructors (fiddle, guitar, stand up base, piano, ukulele) there were  two dances, band scramble, concert.   The weather was good. Classrooms have AC.  Think about trying this out next year.  Workshop

3rd Sundays.  Starting up again September 20.  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 for a “meet and greet”, 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.)  10205 44th Ave E, Tacoma, WA 98446.   Please mark your calendars.  Good practice last week!
We decided to meet all summer . . . when not attending the summer programs below.  Come and visit us.  Looks like a dance on September 12 is on at the OHOP Grange.        41608 Mountain Hwy E, Eatonville, WA 98328

The June Tune of the Month “Sam and Elzie”.       https://wotfa.org/evergreen-fiddler/
You’ve got to see these tunes on the web page, very fun!
As usual, there are notes, recordings, and videos to play along.
Did you know that you can slow down these youtube recordings and play along?
These are really good.  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 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/

See y’all soon!