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Past MCR Events:
MCR Nights in
the Greenwood District hosted by Brad Yaeger.
Wayward Coffeehouse
8570 Greenwood Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98103 - Phone (206) 706-3240
www.waywardcoffee.com and www.myspace.com/waywardcoffeehouse
Saturday June 28, 2008, 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Ali Marcus and Friends
http://cdbaby.com/cd/alimarcus2
also with Kristy Cameron and Donna Stolz
Saturday June 28, 2008 from 5:00 - 10:00 PM MCR in association with Rick Barrenger produced the 4th annual Hank Williams and Patsy Cline Tribute Festival , in the Barn at Hazel Creek Farm, 8903 Koura Road, Bainbridge Island -
For more information, see: www.musiccommunityresources.com/HankWilliamsPatsyCline.htm
MCR Nights in
the Greenwood District hosted by Brad Yaeger.
Wayward Coffeehouse
8570 Greenwood Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98103 - Phone (206) 706-3240
www.waywardcoffee.com and www.myspace.com/waywardcoffeehouse
Saturday May 31, 2008
Ethan Perry
www.myspace.com/ethanjperry
Rose Laughlin
www.roselaughlin.com
www.myspace.com/roselaughlinfolksinger
Saturday April 26, 2008 from 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Mona Sterling
www.monasterling.net
www.myspace.com/monasterling
Jerin Falkner
www.jerinfalkner.com
www.myspace.com/jerinfalknermusic
7:30 PM Saturday March 29th, The Starlings CD Release Party
www.starlingsmusic.com and www.myspace.com/thestarlings
at the Island Center Hall
8395 Fletcher Bay Road
Bainbridge Island.
MCR Nights in
the Greenwood District hosted by Brad Yaeger.
Wayward Coffeehouse
8570 Greenwood Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98103 - Phone (206) 706-3240
www.waywardcoffee.com and www.myspace.com/waywardcoffeehouse
Saturday March 29, 2008
8:00 - 10:00 PM
Shy in Sunshine www.myspace.com/shyinsunshine
plus Dillon Warnek www.dillonwarnek.com 
7:30
pm Friday February 29, 2008 Diane Spengler, organized a benefit concert
entitled, "Women's Voices" for
the cause of homeless women, see the Compass Cascade Women's Center www.compasscenter.org.
The music featured the fabulous women's a capella trio, Bella,
and also The South of Kingston
Trio, Chele's
Kitchen and Jeanne Rose.
Seabold Hall, 14454 Komedal Road. NE, Bainbridge Island. Diane has written
a paper on her work with homeless women at Compass Cascade Women's Program,
as part of her Masters Degree at Antioch
University.
The wriiting and its subject were chosen for The Sixteenth Annual International
Family Therapy Association (IFTA) World Congress in Portugal in March,
2008, where Diane will travel to present her work.
2:00 PM Sunday February 10 MCR produced a Benefit concert for the Native Horsemanship Youth Program featuring Bluegrass guitar master, David Grier, with Lynne Ferguson at the Island Center Hall, 8395 Fletcher Bay Road, Bainbridge Island.
Saturday
and Sunday January 19 & 20, 2008 MCR hosted the Essential Frame Drum
Method Workshop for Traditional Middle Eastern and Balkan Music
by internationally
recognized drum instructor Rowan Storm at the Eagle Harbour Congregational Church,
Bainbridge Island.
After the workshop on Saturday evening there was a special "Carpet Concert & Rug Jam", of Middle Eastern music with Rowan Storm and Seattle's Stanley Greenthal, at the Shirvan Rug Gallery, 424 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island.
Wednesday December 12, 2007 MCR presented David Grier www.davidgrier.com,
at
the Pegasus Coffee
House,
Bainbridge Island. He is recognizably one of
the best flat-picking guitarists in Bluegrass today. He has been voted the "Best
Guitar Player of the Year" multiple times
by the International Bluegrass Music Association www.ibma.org.
He is also one of Acoustic Guitar Magazine's www.acousticguitar.com "artists
of the decade", and he has played on several Grammy Award winning recordings!
Tuesday December
11, 2007: Music Community Resources was interviewed on the Kevin McDonald Presents
Show (www.kevinmcdonaldpresents.com)
on KKNW Alternative Talk Radio 1150
AM. The show was recorded and is available as a podcast for downloading at: kevinmcdonaldpresents.mypodcast.com/2007/12/Kevin_McDonald_Presents_Norm_Johnson_and_Music_Community_Resource-65079.html
Christmas Caroling
Sunday December 9, 2007 the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce in partnership
with The Chandelery, and Music Community Resources sponsored a Christmas
Carol Sing-along while waiting for the Christmas Ship and Lighted Boat Parade
at Waterfront Park. The Chamber provided hot chocolate and cider to the visitors.
Rick
Barrenger lead us in the sing-along by the dock.
Christmas in the Country
On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, November 30, December 1,& 2, MCR
assisted with finding musicians for the 14th annual "Christmas in the
Country" Arts
and Crafts Show www.christmasinthecountry.info. 
Nov. 24, 2007 A Thanks-Giving
Concert for the Rick Barrenger Medical Fund featured
Chele's Kitchen, Marilyn Kay, Dobro Gene Gilliam, Charliss, Celeb Spencer,
Jeanne Rose, Stuart Williams & Dave
Bristow combo, and Danie Leigh & Leon at the Island Music Guild
Hall in Rolling Bay, 10598 Valley Road.
On
Friday and Saturday November, 2 & 3, 2007 MCR hosted a Showcase
Room at the Folk Alliance Region West Conference www.far-west.org in
Vancouver, Washington. See: http://musiccommunityresources.com/FAR-West2007.html.
MCR helpd to locate musicians for the Boys and Girls club summer camp for the week of August 20-24, 2007 which was called, "Melody Mayhem".
Bainbridge Island Boys & Girls Club, contact:
Kati Novak knovak@positiveplace.org (206)
855-8486
8521 Madison Ave. NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
A unit of: Boys & Girls Clubs of King County
http://www.positiveplace.org/locations.htm#bainbridge
Summer
Studio Tour
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday August 10th, 11th, and 12th, 2007 MCR provided the music for the 7th annual Summer Studio Tour, see: www.bistudiotour.com.
You can find the schedule of music at: www.musiccommunityresources.com/StudioTour07.xls
The 3rd Annual Summer Street Dance at Town Square.
It was the 40th anniversary of San Francisco's, Summer of Love Concerts, so DJ Donna Every spun everyone's favorite '60s music from 6:00 - 10:00 PM Saturday August 11, 2007 in Town Square, 280 Madison Ave. (where Farmer's Market is held, in front of BPA). Also we are accepted non-perishable food donations for HelpLine House, in the spirit of 1967, and brought them 3 grocery sacks of supplies.
Saturday August 11, 2007 in Town Square, Bainbridge Island
Saturday and Sunday August 4th and 5th, 2007, MCR provided music and ran the sound for the Bainbridge Island Arts Expo. www.artexpobi.com.
The 2007 Art Expo was held at a historic farmhouse and surrounding farmland on the north end of Bainbridge Island. 13398 Manzanita Road NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Phone Number (206) 842-7385 or (206) 819-3618.
MCR provided the musicians for Town & Country Market's "Music at the Market" series on July 13, July 27, and August 10, 2007 at T&C Market, 343 East Winslow Way, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110.
Bainbridge Bluegrass Festival 2007 
Saturday July 21, 2007 at:
Battle Point Park
11299 Arrow Point Drive NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
http://bainbridgebluegrassfestival.com
This event was a fundraiser for the Park's Transmitter Building Renovation Project: www.transmitterbuilding.com
Senior Concert Series in the Clubhouse at Winslow Arms
Apartments, 220 Parfitt Way SW - MCR in association with Don Solorow presents
the 2007 Concert Series for Senior Residents of Bainbridge Island, various
musicians and genres. These were free concerts, open to everyone. This project
was supported, in part, by the City of Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities
Fund, administered by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council.
Sunday February 18, 2007 4:00 PM The Electric Lemonade Project
Original music by artists from Bainbridge Island and Kingston
Composers/Songwriters: Lila Burns & Corbin Lester
www.myspace.com/theelectriclemonadeproject
Sunday March 18, 2007 4:00 PM Rachel Harrington
a beautiful voice delivering gentle country songs
www.rachelharrington.net
Sunday April 15, 2007 4:00 PM Kate Borkowski
sweet vocals of her own words in a jazz-folk-blues style
www.musicbykate.com 
Sunday May 20, 2007 4:00 PM classical guitarist, Cesar Medel
trained at the Hizidor Handler K Conservatory of Music
in Viña del Mar, Chile
www.cesarmedel.com
Sunday June 17, 2007 4:00 PM Rick Barrenger
playing good jazz and country sass!
Sunday Jul 15, 2007 4:00 PM Cellomania
4 cellos in concert
MCR ran sound at Battle Point Park for the two guest speakers: Mary Robson,
Seattle-Times Gardening Columnist, Topic: "We Are All Alike" on
Saturday July 14 and Ciscoe Morris, Radio and TV Gardening Expert,
Topic: "Ciscoe's Favorites - From Foliage To Flowers" on
Sunday July 15, 2007.
Saturday, June 23, 2007 afternoon, in the Barn at Hazel Creek Farm, 8903 Koura Road - MCR presents "The 3rd Annual Hank Williams and Patsy Cline Tribute" with Rick Barrenger. Admission $10.
See: www.musiccommunityresources.com/HankWilliamsPatsyCline.htm
Sunday, June 10th at 7:30 PM, Island Center Hall, 8395 Fletcher Bay Rd: Irish
Flutist Hanz Araki's CD Release Concert. The CD is called "Little Fires" and
the concert will feature Hanz Araki - Irish flute, Cary Novonty - guitar, Suzanne
Taylor - piano, Eddie Parente - fiddle, Matty Sears - bodhran/percussion...
www.hanzaraki.com and http://www.myspace.com/hanzaraki
Irish flute player Hanz Araki is the quintessential world music musician. He has performed around the world with music groups such as the Juno Award-winning Paperboys, fiddle-duo, The Bridies, Portland's all-star Pogues cover band, K.M.R.I.A. and is featured on more than a dozen recordings and soundtracks.
Friday, June 1, 2007 at 7:30 PM, Bainbridge Island at Island Center Hall -
MCR presented Reg Meuross from England. 
with Matt Price www.notechoice.com
and special opening by MJ Bishop www.mjbishopband.com.
Saturday March 31, 2007 at 7:30 PM at Island Center Hall - MCR presented: Jazz/Folk
singer, Claudia Schmidt – Vocals, Guitar, Dulcimer.
www.claudiaschmidt.com and www.myspace.com/claudiaschmidt
Sunday February 25, 2007 at 4:00 PM, at the Pegasus Coffee House at 131 Parfitt
Way SW - MCR presented: Four Shillings Short, a Celtic, Folk,
World-music duo with Aodh Óg & Christy Martin. 
http://www.fourshillingsshort.com
Sunday December 10, 2006, MCR hosted the Christmas carol sing-along lead by
Rick Barrenger for the Christmas Ship and Boat Parade at Waterfront Park, Bainbridge
Island. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce in partnership with The Chandelery.
December 1,2,& 3 2006 MCR helped locate musicians to play at the annual "Christmas
in the Country" Arts and Crafts Show www.christmasinthecountry.info.
Thursday, November 30, 2006 - MCR volunteered at the FCC Hearings with KBCS
and Reclaim the Media at the Seattle Library 
Saturday November 25, 2006 - MCR co-sponsored The Squeegees performance for
children at the Kids Discovery Museum, Bainbridge Island. 
Saturday November 11, 2006 - The Grammy Foundation's NW Chapter Music Technology
Summit Conference in Seattle. MCR provided contact with local musicians to encourage
attendance at the event. 
Thursday November 2, 2006 - MCR provided the music for the Washington Lawyers
for the Arts 30th Anniversary Gala at Pravda Studios 
Saturday October 28, 2006 - MCR sponsored the Seattle presentation of the Rock
Goddess Festival at Bop Street Records 
Sunday October 1, 2006 - "Back-to-College" Concert at The Rainbow
in the U-District 
Saturday September 30, 2006 - Eva Tree's CD Release Party at Island Center
Hall 
Sunday September 17, 2006 - MCR provided the music for the Farm Harvest Dinner,
a benefit for the Make a Wish Foundation at Farmhouse Organic Farm in Poulsbo.
Saturday September 16, 2006 - MCR sponsored the Teen Band Show at the Grange
Hall 
Saturday August 12, 2006 - MCR sponsored the Summer Street Dance at Town Square
Friday August 11 - Sunday August 13, 2006 - MCR provided music for each studio
at the Annual Bainbridge Island Summer Studio Tour.
Saturday July 29, 2006 - MCR's first-ever Bainbridge Bluegrass Festival, entertained
1,683 visitors! 
Thursdays July 6- August 24, 2006 - MCR provided the music for the Summer Concert
Series at the Alderwood Mall in Lynwood 
Saturday June 15th - Summer of Love, benefit concert for "Real Change"
Newspaper. 
Sunday June 4, 2006 - The Seattle Flute Choir, co-sponsored by MCR & the
Kids Discovery Museum, played at Island Center Hall. 
Sunday May 21, 2006 - MCR's Tracy Grammer Concert at Island Center Hall. 
Monday May 15, 2006 - MCR Open House and Welcoming Party at the Rainbow. 
Thursday May 11, 2006 - "Girls Night Out" late night shopping and
dinner event, MCR provided 3 bands in the gazebo at Winslow Green 
Saturday April 22, 2006 - MCR's The Katya Chorover Band Concert at the Guild
Hall. 
Saturday, April 1, 2006 - MCR sponsored the C-A-G-E-D Theory Guitar Clinic
with Casey Garland at Seabold Hall. 
Sunday March 18, 2006 - University District Service Providers fundraiser at
the Rainbow. 
Saturday March 18, 2006 - MCR's Overton Berry Jazz Piano at the Guild Hall.
Saturday February 4, 2006 - MCR's Hanz Araki, Irish FluteConcert at the Guild
Hall.
Thursday February 2, 2006 - Bands for Fans music community mixer at the Premier
Club co-sponsored by MCR. 
