Hi Everyone:
We will be having our regular monthly acoustic jam this coming Friday, April 7th from 10am-Noon at Faith Baptist Church in Chehalis. The church is located at 436 Coal Creek Rd. To find the church take I-5 to exit 79, then head East. Turn LEFT on N. National Ave and go 1/3 mile, then turn RIGHT on Coal Creek Rd. Go 1.1 mile, then turn RIGHT into the church driveway. We are usually in the middle building. There will be coffee and tea and some snacks, but it’s not a potluck.
And don’t forget that FiddleCamp registration will be this monday, April 3rd and is online this year, but if you don’t have a computer you can mail in your registration.
FiddleCamp will be July 10-14 this year at the Moses Lake Christian academy in Moses Lake, Wa. Tuition is $75 for youth and $175 for adults and all classes are half day. If there is room in the class you can sign up for a second class in the opposite time slot for no extra charge.
District 9 has FiddleCamp tuition scholarships available for anyone under age 18 who is a WOTFA member and lives in the district (Lewis & Thurston Counties), give me a call or text if you would like a scholarship for FiddleCamp. All the money we raise throughout the year goes exclusively to provide youth scholarships for FiddleCamp, and I would like to see that money used to send our kids to Moses Lake if possible.
Dry camping is available at the school, there are one or two electrical hook-ups available but may or may not be available. Both the Ramada Inn and the Inn at Moses Lake are offering a $99.99/night price for anyone there for FiddleCamp.
Also, there is camping at the Grant County Fairgrounds and several RV parks in Moses Lake.
You can link to the registration website directly here: https://wotfa.org/fiddle-camp-2023-registration/ Or, log into the WOTFA site and look for the tab that says ‘meetings and events’, then use the workshop/fiddlecamp tab or go to fiddlecamp.wotfa.org
In addition to classes, there will be lots of jamming, free mini-classes in the evenings, a dance on at least one of the nights, a fiddle contest and a band scramble and a lot more. Showers will be available at the school, and there are supposed to be food trucks there as well this year, so if you don’t want to cook there will be options.
That’s it! Be well everyone and I hope to see you at the jam on Friday.
Christie Easter
360-791-5185