Man oh man, here we are, the 1st of September.
Last weekend, August 22, we had the 2nd Vashon Winery Folk Festival. It was a remarkable festival conceived by Wally Bell who found all of the musicians…and what a stellar selection.
Music went from 2pm until just after 10pm with a performance on the hour, plus side shows while the groups or individuals were setting up.
You can check it out on myspace.com/vashonwineryfolkfestival, to view pictures and to listen to the various artists.
I had many favorites but I particularly enjoyed Tamara Lewis of Seattle, her voice and personality were arresting, and I liked her ballad-like songs.
But I also really liked Tania Opland and her husband Mike. The previous night she sang a song as we sat around the campfire and it really took my breath away…..a Stephen Foster song. I couldn’t see her from across the campfire but her voice seemed to rise with the fire’s smoke.
We were really blessed to have Pete Scott here from England. His music is fun and poignant and I enjoyed talking to him over the next week or so that he spent with Wally.
Next up is the Sound Food Reunion with Scott Cossu in concert, Sunday, Sept. 6, 6pm.
Then, October 10, is a repeat of last year’s CiderFest, though this year other groups are tagging on for a full day of harvest activities. In fact, the new name is CiderFest; a Harvest Celebration. I will be helping organize the cider tasting in the afternoon of the 10th, I think from 3 – 6pm.
And then of course there is this thing called harvest……I better get to work.
