Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Members of the Skyline Strings (l-r) Parker Brown, Ethan Goodridge, Marion Duncan, Chastity Paddock, and Daniel Foley played a full set at the RYSE Rythym & Fun Festival at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds on August 24.
The Epic Minstrels entertained over 80 people attending the concert at the Don Thomas Building.
Skyline Strings in the Don Thomas Building
Ticket purchasers enjoyed hot dog or chili dog dinners served by RYSE volunteer Andrew Knee and Parks and Rec board member Wendy Carter.
Oh! Brothers musicians Glenn Morrison, Bruce DeLeonard, and Jimmye Turner gave a masterclass in bluegrass.
Opry organizer Kate Hockersmith takes a moment to join in on a song with Kyle Terry.
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Friends of the Pool, Parks and Recreation, and Rural Youth Enrichment Services held a Rhythm and Fun Festival at the fairgrounds on Saturday, August 24. Over 100 people came to hear the live music, have dinner, play carnival games, and watch young banjo and fiddle contestants. The fundraiser for the pool raised $3,600.
Ticket purchasers enjoyed hot dog or chili dog dinners served by RYSE volunteer Andrew Knee and Parks and Rec board member Wendy Carter.
Kate Hockersmith brought her community of bluegrass musicians to the Don Thomas Building with the first Jasper Mountain Opry Youth Festival. A large circle of musicians joined the Mythical/Movable Blue Mountain Bluegrass Jam at six p.m.
Opry organizer Kate Hockersmith takes a moment to join in on a song with Kyle Terry.
At 7 p.m., Hockersmith introduced two youth bands to play on the stage. The very well-dressed sextet, The Epic Minstrels, played the accordion, banjo, guitar, lap-steel, fiddle, and cello on songs including sea shanties.
The Epic Minstrels entertained over 80 people attending the concert at the Don Thomas Building.
Skyline Strings is a quintet of familiar faces from Hockersmith's free youth music program, Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project. Players took solos and traded instruments as they performed atop the traditional bluegrass trailer/stage. Robert Walsh provided sound and technical support for the evening.
Oh! Brothers musicians Glenn Morrison, Bruce DeLeonard, and Jimmye Turner gave a masterclass in bluegrass.
The last act of the evening was the seasoned trio, Oh! Brothers. Musicians Glenn Morrison, Bruce DeLeonard, and Jimmye Turner gave a masterclass in bluegrass, played their favorite songs, and shared the genre's history. The band ended their set by inviting the young musicians from the earlier bands to the stage for the night's last song.
Earlier in the day, Turner made drawings of cartoon characters from his "Friendly Forest" comic strip, which he gave to the kids in the audience.
Hockersmith plans on making the Jasper Mountain Opry an annual youth bluegrass festival at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds.
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