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A Newsletter for Columbia, Snake, and Yakima River Folk Gibson Guitar Raffle! Solid-top, Epiphone AJ-200 May 2007 SCE Acoustic-Electric Guitar. Tickets on sale now, for $5. Buy them at 3RFS events, or call Alan, 943-5662 or Mary, Progressive Bluegrass from Wry Dry Band 943-0327. Drawing will be traditional bluegrass instrumentation, on guitar and fiddle, and Kurt Gustafson Saturday, 12 May, 7:30 PM Sunday night, Sept. 2, at the the group’s music includes traditional on stand-up bass. Joe was the winner Tumbleweed Music Festival. Badger Mountain Dry Band, the Tri- bluegrass standards, original Gospel of the 2005 Walnut Valley Flatpicking Need not be present to win. Cities' only prog r essive bluegrass band, material, 60’s rock and roll, swing tunes, contest held in Winfield, Kansas. has been a terrific, loyal supporter of big band tunes, old country standards , The concert will be held at the our Tumbleweed Music Festival for and more. The “Dry” in this band's Battelle Auditorium, Battelle Blvd., Help us promote 3RFS years. They will perform in concert to name refers to the use of non-electric Richland. Tickets are available in events! Post the enclosed promote the festival and help recruit instruments - the music is anything advance for $11 gen./$9 srs and stu- flyer where the most volunteers. but “dry!” dents at Bookworm stores, Battelle For 15 years the Badger Mountain Band members include Jim Honeyman Performing Arts Business Center, people will see it. Dry Band has brought their brand of on mandolin, John April on guitar and and Octopus' Garden. $1 more at the Thanks! music to the Pacific Northwest. Playing banjo, Chuck Peden on guitar, Joe Smart door; $3 off for 3RFS members. The Wanderers Concert Free to Members! The trio split up after college, but Carl for three documentaries for KCTS-TV Saturday, 19 May, 7:30 PM and Bill got together a few years la t e r . channel 9, Seattle. The Wanderers are the feature artists The trio started annual reunions, so The Wanderers feature folk songs at this year’s annual meeting. (Free to they’ve been together for 45 years! from the 1950s to today. Their long- members.) The band made up of Carl Bill and Carl revived the Columbia awaited recording, "It's About Time" Allen and Bill Murlin, are regular per- River songs written by Woody Guthrie is now available. formers at Tumbleweed Music Festival. in 1941. Bill found and published 17 of The concert will be held at the Carl and Bill met in a folk trio at WSU, Guthrie's Northwest songs. He also pro- Kennewick Highlands Grange, 15th Pullman, in 1959. After winning a ta l - duced an album of Woody’s record- and Union. Admission is FREE for ent show, the trio, includingAl Hansen, ings of 17 of those songs. 3RFS members! Others can join at the ap p e a r ed at WSU dances and functions. Carl has done musical sound tracks door, or pay the usual ticket prices. Les Barker Brings Humor & Music to Grange work with humans from time to time. the folk opera “The Stones of Callanish,” Saturday, 16 June, 7:30 PM He has traveled Gr eat Britain, Hong “Some Love,” “The Wings of Butterflies,” Poet/comedian Les Barker is a writer Ko n g , , , th e “Airs of the Dog,” and “Twilight of the of strange poems and comes to us from and . His poems Dogs,” all involving a galaxy of talent. . He performed at the 3RFS have spawned a number of folk heroe s , His serious songs have been record- C o ffeehouse several years ago and in c l u d ing Jason and the Arguments, ed by Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick, packed the house. He was a pro f e s- Cosmo the Fairly Accurate Knife June Tabor, The Kingston Trio and sional accountant before he became a Thrower, and Spot of the Antarctic. Tom Paxton . pr ofessional idiot! Les began his per- The Mrs. Ackroyd Band, has four Les Barker will be at the Kennewick forming career as an assistant to Mrs. albums: “Oranges & Lemmings,” “Gnus Highlands Grange, 15th and Union. Ac k r oyd, a small, hairy mongrel who & Roses,” “Tubular Dogs,” and “Yel p ! ” Buy your tickets early, available in laid around in folk clubs, bit people Les has written 76 books, which sell advance for $12 general/$9 seniors and became famous. Mrs. Ac k r oyd was in large numbers at his gigs because and students at the Bookworm stores, the only dog ever to own a rec o r d label. people don't quite believe what they've Battelle Performing Arts Business Since her sad demise, Les has mainly just heard. There are also five highly Ce n t e r , and Octopus’ Garden. $1 more been a solo performer, though he does acclaimed albums of Les’s serious work: at the door; $3 off for 3RFS members. 2 3

is primary author of eTALK, our elec- Datri Bean, New at Annual Meeting w/ tronic music addendum. I want to help the 2007 the Coffeehouse Food, Votes & Music Cindy Rakowski – Member at Large Y e s ! Tumbleweed Music Fest succeed! (Incumbent). Cindy has served on the Friday, 11 May, 7:30 PM Saturday, 19 May, 7:30 PM board for a year adding a great talent Walla Walla contra dance I would like to be a: ___ Patron, $50.00 for organization. She is active in the 7:30 PM Sat., Stateline Steeped in hot, muggy weather, love, Once a year we get together for the ___ Donor, $100.00 contra dance community as one of the Grange, Old Milton Highway God and corn whiskey, songwriter Three Rivers Folklife Society Annual ___ Contributor, $250.00 many organizers and a caller. Wh e n & Ferndale Road. Datri Bean, in her first appearance at Meeting. This year, the only item on 509-938-7403 or 509-522-0399 not dancing or calling around the area, Please send me two tickets to the the 3RFS Coffeehouse, will blend 1930s the agenda is the election of the Board Cindy is a hydrologist with Battelle. Northwest Folklife Festival, (check one) ___ Saturday Evening Concert jazz with folksy Americana. of Directors. Before the meeting we’ll Phil Glover – Member at Large. Phil Seattle Center ___ Sunday Evening Contra Dance Datri was raised in a rodeo family, get together for a potluck at 6:00 PM is pleased to be nominated for a posi- in Wyoming, listening to her mother's Bring a food dish to share. We'll pro- tion on the Board of Directors. His My tickets, buttons, and poster can be mailed to me at: scratchy Scott Joplin rec o r ds. She later vide paperware and drinks.After the recent retirement has freed up a lot of Yakima Folklife Festival studied at the Boston Conservatory of voting, there will be the concert by Name______time and he would like to get more Yakima Valley Museum Music, then high-tailed it for Austin, TX, The Wanderers. active in 3RFS. He feels the goal of bring- landing in a big house full of hooligans, The 3RFS nominating committee Address______ing talented entertainment to our jazz musicians, exchange students, and has proposed the following slate: community is a worthy one and he ______bike mechanics. Love dragged Datri Alan Page – President. Alan has been Tumbleweed Plans looks forward to supporting this goal. kicking and screaming to Seattle. She producer and host of the Three Rivers Phone Number______Chuck Peden – Member at Large. soon returned to Austin to record her Folklife Society Coffeehouse for three in High Gear - Join! Chuck and his family have been active Send to: 3RFS Tumbleweed Festival, P.O. Box 1098, Richland, WA 99352 ten-song, all-original debut album, years. He also has served on the Board, Enclose your check payable to Three Rivers Folklife Society. Thank You! in 3RFS for many years. He is a mem- We’ll need help this summer publici- “Slow Down Summertime.” Ab o u t . c o m last year as Vice President. He looks ber of Badger Mountain Dry Band and zing the festival, distributing posters, named her one of the “best folk artists fo r w a r d to continuing with the Coffe e - a scientist at Battelle. raising money, etc. Are you willing to you've never heard of.” house and serving on the Board. Special Thanks to Kendal Smith and house a performer? Donate food for 2007 Membership Application She has been touring the United Bruce Mesford – Vice President. Bru c e Gene Weisskopf for serving on the the hospitality room? Solicit donations? Your membership gives you voting rights in folklife elections, $3 off most States, and was recently honored by has been involved in the Tumbleweed concerts, and is tax deductible! You’ll even get a nifty membership card to 3RFS Board. They served well and (no one else likes to do it either!). There’ s the Kerrville New Folk, Telluride, Music Festival as Volunteer Coordi n a t o r show your friends and neighbors! contributed much to our organization still lots to do, so get involved! Come and Rocky Mountain folk festivals for since 1998, and is also the organizer of and indicate that they will still be to our meetings at the Richland Library ____ Individual ($15) or ____ Family ($20) Is this a renewal? Y N her songwriting. the Second Saturday Sea Song Singalong. active as volunteers. or call Mary at 943-0327. Name ______You can find her at All Saints Episcopal He produces most of our nautically Performer and songwriting contest Address ______Ch u r ch, 1322 Kimball, in Richland. The themed concerts. applications are available on our web- coffeehouse begins at 7:30 PM with an John Perry – Treasurer. John has ______is published monthly si t e www.3rfs.org. Deadline is June 6. open mic session. Come early to si g n worked at various positions since 3RFS from September through May by Phone ______E-mail ______up for a slot. Suggested donation, at was formed. He was a founding Board the Three Rivers Folklife Society.Editor: I can help 3RFS with: the door, is $8 gen./$6 srs. and stdts. member and has been involved with- Mary Hartman Production: Kendal Smith New Name, Same ___ Providing refreshments at concerts ___ Setting up chairs ___ Fund raising For info call 943-5662, or e-mail coffee concert production, Tumbleweed Music Original Design: Theresa Grate ___ Taking admission at events ___ Folding the newsletter ___ Coffeehouses [email protected] or visit our website, Festival and as a performer himself. Send items of interest to: Bluegrass & Fun! ___ Serving on Board of Directors ___ Publicity ___ Song circles www.3rfs.org/coffee.htm He looks forward to continuing to [email protected] ___ Demonstrating folk arts ___ Membership ___ Contra dances work on fiscal matters for 3RFS. Send address changes to: Friday-Sunday, 8-10 June Jim Zimmerschied ___ Tumbleweed Music Festival ___ Other ______Frank Cuta – Secretary (Incumbent). 1757 Boston, Richland, WA 99354Send Since the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Make check payable to: Three Rivers Folklife Society, P.O. Box 1098, Richland, WA 99352. Last Last Sunday Frank has been active in 3RFS for member classified ads to: ended, this festival is now the Sa c a j a w e a P.O. Box 1098, Richland, WA 99352 many years. He provides sound ampli- Bluegrass Festival and Dutch Oven Sing Along in May? fication at concerts and other events 3RFS 2006-07 Board of Directors Re n d e z v o u s to reflect the location of the and serves on the Board and on the John Perry, President 783-9937 Newsletter Hiatus SSSSS Skips May Sunday, 24 May 2:00 PM event. Enjoy bluegrass, workshops, foods Tumbleweed planning committee. He [email protected] Alan Page, Vice President 943-5662 and vendors. Bands include Bottomline Folktalk takes a couple of months off Normally we’d be shakin’ the shingles For the past few months we've been brings a “voice of calm reason” when Frank Cuta, Secretary 967-2658 (Kentucky,) Broken Valley Roadshow every summer. Your next issue will off of Richland’s Round Table Pizza meeting the last Sunday of each month meetings get tense. Gene Weisskopf, Treasurer 946-1316 (Montana,) Looking Glass (WA,) Panhandle Members at Large: arrive in August, with details about on Saturday, May 12th. This month, from 2:00 to 5:00 PM to sing songs Harry Babad – Member at Large Harry Babad 375-0328 Polecats (Idaho,) Sugarfoot Express (O R , ) Tumbleweed Music Festival. But please SSSSS is handing that date over to the together. We’re not sure if there's (Incumbent). Harry has been active in Bruce Mesford 946-9226 and Top String (WA.) The festival, spon- make a note of these upcoming dates! Badger Mountain Dry Band in con- enough interest to hold one in May the community since the 1970s, from Cindy Rakowski 308-6408 Kendal Smith 946-0344 so r ed by the Mid-Columbia Tra d i t i o n a l ce r t at Battelle Auditorium, at 7:30 PM , (the last Sunday is Memorial Day school boards to arts associations, and Arts & Music Association, will be held August 5, Dan Maher Concert to and we’ll all be there! weekend) or during the summer. In has served on the 3RFS Board for sev- 3RFS e-mail: [email protected] 3RFS Info: www. 3 r f s . o r g at Sacajawea State Park, south of Pasco, benefit Tumbleweed We WILL meet, as usual, on June 9th, order to express your interest, Please eral years. He focuses on producing 509 528-2215 off Highway12. For ticket information for the usual Sea Songs and pizza, at contact Harry Babad, at 375-0328, if September 1-2, Tumbleweed Music and selling 3RFS product, including or directions e-mail [email protected] PM Festival, Ho w a r d Amon Park, Richland the usual 7:00 -ish time, at Richland’s you are not on his e-mail list, or e- the 3RFS CD set “Front Row Seat,” This or call 509 366-7995. Round Table Pizza. mail him at [email protected]. year, he reinstated our song circle and .