Music Community Resources Newsletter  5/7/08

This week at the Pegasus Coffee House     www.pegasuscoffeehouse.org
                         131 Parfitt Way
                         Bainbridge Island
                         842-6725
 
Friday May 9,  7:30 PM
 
 
  Joe Prater (of Cat Loves Crow www.catlovescrow.com
 
  &
 
  Mike Murray (of Smoke Creek www.smokecreek.com)
 
  acoustic folk originals and traditionals
 
 
 
 
Saturday May 10, 7:30 PM
  
 
 
  Valerie Markell
  her warm, honey voice weaves a rich tapestry - romantic, beautiful, and grounded.
  www.valeriemarkell.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sunday May 11, 7:00 PM
 
 
   MCR Open Mic

   All ages and all styles welcome for songs, instrumentals, poems and readings.

   Piano available.  Hosted by Rick Barrenger
 
 
 
 

This week in "The Alley Upstairs" room above Cafe Allegro  (206) 633-3030
directly across from the UW campus in the alley behind:
Magus Books, 1408 NE 42nd St.  (between University Way and 15th Ave.) 
Seattle, WA  98105        
www.cafeallegromusic.com
 
Friday May 9,  7:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tim Bertsch www.timbertsch.com  /  17 Queens www.myspace.com/17queens
 
Hosted by Ryan Polich
 
 

MCR Board Member, Brad Yaeger, has a new CD!
 
 
   www.bradyaeger.com
 
 Free Downloads of the complete record:  Fighting to Be Last
 
 Listen Now!
 
 
 
 
 

Bluegrass from the Forest Festival  -  Shelton, WA
  Friday - Sunday   May 9, 10, & 11
 
  Friday 6 - 10 PM
  Saturday 10 AM - 10 PM
  Sunday 11 AM - 4 PM
 
  See: www.runawaytrainbluegrass.com/bluegrass/bluegrass.htm
 
  Shelton High School Auditorium and Campus
  3737 North Shelton Springs Rd.
  Shelton, WA  98584
 
 
Cedar Hill - Missouri
The James King Band - Virginia
Runaway Train (host band) - Puget Sound
Black River - Winlock, WA
The Cascade Mountain Boys - Duvall, WA
Deadwood Revival - Sequim, WA 
No Parta Nothin' - Seattle, WA
Molly Adkins and Martin Stevens - Portland/Salem, OR
Dewgrass - Gig Harbor, WA
Chick Rose (Youth Program) - Portland, OR
 
 

Come join us this Sunday!
 
 
 
"The Community Singers" www.communitysingers.org is a group of regular people who sing at local nursing homes, hospitals, shelters, and community gatherings in our neighborhood. And we invite you to join us!  There are no auditions and no singing experience is necessary, just a willing heart!  For more information or to get on our reminder-email list, contact: info@communitysingers.orgOur next sing-along is:
 
 
Sunday, May 11th (Mother's Day) 1:00 - 1:45 PM
in the dining room
Island Health & Rehab Center
835 Madison Avenue North
Bainbridge Island
                         Please come and sing with us!
                                                                   The Community Singers
 
 

Coming Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18 Alaskan Fiddler/Poet Ken Waldman www.kenwaldman.com
with multi-instrumentalist Tania Opland www.myspace.com/taniaopland.
 
Evening Concert: Saturday May 17, 7:00 pm at Island Center Hall, 8395 Fletcher Bay Rd. Advance tickets available at Winslow Drug, or by calling the park office at (206) 842-2306. Advance adult $13, door adult $15, youth $10.
 
Children's Concert: specially for younger children, Sunday May 18, 3:00 - 3:45 pm at Strawberry Hill Mini-Gym, 7666 High School Road.  Tickets at the door, $5 each or $20 per family.
 
Old-time Fiddle Workshop: for all levels of fiddlers from advanced beginners on up.  Learn how to turn your violin into a fiddle and get an old-time sound, and learn a new tune to take along with you.  Ken and Tania will help you take the next step from whereever you are starting. Please register for the workshop ahead of time by calling (206) 842-2306, or register online.  We must have a minimum number of pre-registered participants for this workshop to go, so please register soon!  For  all the details, please go to www.biparks.org/programs/specialevents.php.
 
 

Hank Williams / Patsy Cline
 
Rick Barrenger brings you the 4th Annual Hank Williams/Patsy Cline Tribute Festival
local bands doing all your favorite songs of Hank Williams and Patsy Cline
 
Saturday June 28, 2008
5:00 - 10:00 PM
Food Vendors:  Wild Horse BBQ + the Mudmobile + Cream of the Crop Ice Cream
in the Barn at Hazel Creek Farm on Koura Road
 
Admission = $10 ($5 kids under 15, seniors 60+)
 
 

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