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BLUES FESTIVAL Jerron Paxton, Artistic Director JULY 29 - AUGUST 5 SUMMER FESTIVAL SCHEDULE CENTRUM creativity in community PORT TOWNSEND BLUES FESTIVAL Jerron Paxton, Artistic Director JULY 29 - AUGUST 5 Jerron Paxton FORT WORDEN STATE PARK, PORT TOWNSEND SUPPLEMENT TO THE JULY 25, 2018 PORT TOWNSEND & JEFFERSON COUNTY LEADER suMMer at centruM HELLO FRIENDS, WELCOME TO It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to this year’s TH CENTRUM’S 45 SEASON! acoustic blues festival! Growing with and learning from this festival has been one of the biggest pleasures of my I INVITE YOU to join the life. Being made artistic director is a great honor. We have Centrum community in the plenty of friends and faculty eager to help this year and it creation of art and honoring is a safe bet that it’s going to be a hoot. We’re glad you are of diverse traditions. here to join us! DISCOVER creative workshops, mainstage Blues and the culture surrounding it has been a part of my performances, nightclub life since the beginning. My forebears came from the plantations of Louisiana and events, literary readings, Arkansas bringing their culture and music with them and instilling it in me. The lectures, dances, artist both lively and lowdown music that was the soundtrack of their lives should not residencies, youth programs, be preserved as an old relic, but be kept as alive and vibrant as it was when it was and more. in its heyday. CENTRUM PROGRAMS Life seems to have given me the task and responsibility to be a steward of the welcome participants from across the globe to music and culture of my progenitors as they pass into the new bright world. With historic Fort Worden State Park. Last year alone, cultural liveliness as part of my goals and being a reasonable hand at the strings Centrum served participants from 16 countries, all as my credentials, I look forward to doing and learning as much as possible to add 50 states, and 77% of the counties in Washington a bit of my fl avor to the festival. State. Thirty percent of program participants are age 18 or younger! Peace, Love & Blessings. As always, we welcome youth age 18 and younger , Artistic Director to all performances for free, with an advance Jerron Paxton reservation. Free off erings at Centrum for everyone include our outdoor Free Fridays at the Fort series, all readings at the Writers’ Conference and most workshop participant concerts throughout the summer. NEW THIS YEAR our Blues and Jazz in the Clubs WELCOME TO THE 2018 CENTRUM PORT concerts will appear in venues throughout Fort Worden. We encourage clubs goers to enjoy a meal TOWNSEND ACOUSTIC BLUES FESTIVAL! and shopping in downtown Port Townsend before After spending a week of learning in community with heading to the Fort. This venue change means all passionate bearers of early blues traditions, we are excited concerts will now be open to all ages. In addition, to celebrate with you as they take to the stage! the new “clubs” will feature expanded seating and refreshments. Artistic Director, Jerron Paxton has gathered musicians THE CENTRUM COMMUNITY is grateful for support who were either born into early blues traditions or became from the Sage Foundation, Washington State Arts bearers of these traditions out of direct exposure and Commission, Washington State Parks Commission, passion. the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Fort Worden PDA. On behalf of the Centrum staff and These musicians and the participants who came to learn from them, gathered board, I extend our thanks to all of our donors and at Fort Worden State Park to form a week-long, thriving, multi-generational sponsors who support our mission and Centrum’s community that honors the traditions upon which American blues and roots music unique role in the Puget Sound community. were founded. Rooted in the music and cultures of African Americans, this music gave rise to spirituals, old-time, country blues, gospel, urban blues, jazz, rhythm & Thank you! blues, rock & roll and soul. We are honored to share this music with you, thank you so much for joining us! Executive Director , Program Manager Centrum Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival (800) 746-1982 • centrum.org 2 The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader • 2018 CENTRUM BLUES PORT TOWNSEND blues in the clubs FRIDAY AUGUST 3, 2018 8 P.M. – MIDNIGHT $25 with wristband* 1st set: 8 – 9 p.m. 2nd set: 9:15 – 10:15 p.m. 3rd set: 10:30 p.m. – 12 a.m. JOSEPH F. WHEELER THEATER Mary Flower and Chaz Leary Jimmy ‘Duck’ Holmes Cary Morin BUILDING 204 UP SOUTH (paintings by Tracy Bigelow Grisman) Carl Sonny Leyland Roy Book Binder Ernie Vega, Mara Kaye and Ben Fox BUILDING 204 UP NORTH (photos by Dick Waterman) Jontavious Willis and Andrew Alli Ethan Leinwand and Daddy Long Legs Jerron Paxton SEMINAR BUILDING Acoustic Participant Showcase RAINSHADOW RECORDING Del Rey SEMINAR BUILDING All venues are all ages. Both Craig Ventresco SATURDAY AUGUST 4, 2018 Acoustic Participant Showcase Friday & Saturday night, beer Christopher Davis-Shannon 8 P.M. – MIDNIGHT and wine and non-alcoholic and Brian Farrow $25 with wristband* RAINSHADOW RECORDING beverages as well as Grab and Mary Flower and Chaz Leary Go foods are available in all SCHOOLHOUSE D 1st set: 8 – 9 p.m. Cary Morin venues. Cocktails in 204 and (artwork by Rebecca Rafuse) 2nd set: 9:15 – 10:15 p.m. Fred Sokolow JFK. BBQ and a full bar available Lauren Sheehan 3rd set: 10:30 p.m. – 12 a.m. at Taps until midnight. Pat Donohue SCHOOLHOUSE D Fred Sokolow JOSEPH F. WHEELER THEATER Carl Sonny Leyland (artwork by Rebecca Rafuse) *IMPORTANT NOTE: Blues in Christopher Davis-Shannon and the Clubs is a movable feast JFK BUILDING Pat Donohue Brian Farrow of great music in various Fort Orville Johnson, Corey Ledet, Del Rey Jenny Peterson and Luke Worden venues, with each and Dean Mueller Anthony / Rhapsody Students venue operating on a first Jelly Rollers (Darren Loucas, BUILDING 204 UP SOUTH Rhapsody Faculty (Ben Hunter, come first served basis. Your Sean Divine, Eric Eagle, Wayne (paintings by Tracy Bigelow Joe Seamons, Tina Dietz, wristband is an all-night access Horvitz, Bill Molloy) Grisman) Cameron Armstrong) pass and we encourage you to Jelly Rollers Craig Ventresco Roy Book Binder move throughout the evening Ethan Leinwand JFK BUILDING to gain the full benefit of Ernie Vega, Mara Kaye, with the Clubs experience. Venue BUILDING 204 UP NORTH Daddy Long Legs hosts will direct you to the Jerron Paxton available seating or standing Crossroads MUSIC will (photos by Dick Waterman) G Burns Jug Band room options. Please read our open its pop-up blues store Orville Johnson, Corey Ledet, wristband policy online. from 8pm-10pm Friday and Ben Fox night only In Schoolhouse Jimmy Duck Holmes *Programs and artists subject to H with artist CDs and books Jontavious Willis change. available for sale. 2018 CENTRUM BLUES PORT TOWNSEND • The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader 3 thanK YOu cOncerts Wednesday August 1, 7:30 PM Centrum off ers profound thanks to the BLUES DANCE foundation and government entities that support Fort Worden State Park, McCurdy Pavilion - $20 Featuring: Jerron Paxton with the G Burns Jug Band and friends our distinctive mission. Their grants help fuel (Clinton Davis, Tim McNalley, Jonathan Piper, and Jake Faulkner) our programming, and their imprimatur assists Centrum’s eff orts to broaden support for its services throughout the state and nation. Friday August 3, Noon FREE FRIDAYS Fort Worden State Park Commons Lawn - FREE Featuring: Jontavious Willis and Cary Morin Saturday, August 4, 11 AM GOSPEL CHOIR PERFORMANCE – FREE Fort Worden Chapel (on the lawn outside, bring a blanket or lawn chair) - FREE Featuring: The Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Gospel Choir with Reverend John Wilkins and his daughters Tawana Cunningham, Tangela Longstreet, and Joyce Jones – joined by Eric Eagle on drums, Jim Nyby on piano and Ben Fox on bass. Saturday, August 4, 1:30 PM ACOUSTIC BLUES SHOWCASE McCurdy Pavilion , Fort Worden State Park - $27, $40, $48 Featuring: Pat Donohue, Jontavious Willis and Andrew Alli, Lazy Lester, Roy Book Binder, Jimmy Duck Holmes, Christopher Davis- Teren MacLeod/ Shannon and Brian Farrow, Ethan Leinwand, Mary Flower and Chaz REMAX Leary, Cary Morin, Del Rey, Craig Ventresco, Daddy Long Legs and Jerron Paxton Mo-Chilli BBQ available for purchase Friday, August 3 & Saturday, August 4, 8 pm-Midnight BLUES IN THE CLUBS Various venues at Fort Worden State Park - $25 wristband BLUES FESTIVAL PACKAGES Harborside Inn Seating is reserved at the McCurdy Pavilion performances. Includes Acoustic Blues Showcase and Blues in the Clubs. Centrum’s corporate sponsors include regional, national, Pricing based on McCurdy Pavilion Seating and international corporations that understand the value Section A: $110 of supporting the arts. Their contributions foster the Section B: $90 creativity and sense of kinship that has thousands of Section C: $80 workshop participants and audience members converging for Centrum’s 2018 Summer Season. Purchase tickets online at centrum.org or call (800) 746-1982 4 The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader • 2018 CENTRUM BLUES PORT TOWNSEND Pt blues artists ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - JERRON garnered praise from the national roots community, and an enthusiastic PAXTON following on the West Coast. In 2013, the band launched their residency at Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton transports San Diego’s Black Cat Bar, held the first Saturday of every month. They have audiences back to the 1920s and makes them self-released two albums, including their most recent, The Southern Pacific & wish they could stay there. He sings and The Santa Fe, which earned them a San Diego Music Award. The album also plays banjo, guitar, piano, fiddle, harmonica, received coverage from renowned roots music publication No Depression, Cajun accordion and the bones with an who called their work “a joyous and soulful restoration of one of the lost eerie ability to transform traditional jazz, treasures of American musical tradition.” They have shared the stage with blues, folk and country into the present.
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