Three Rivers Folklife Society Welcomes you to the 16th Annual Tumbleweed Music Festival at Howard Amon Park and Richland Community Center. Special thanks to our co-sponsor, The City of Richland, for this wonderful site on the Columbia River. Every year since 1997, audiences have enjoyed Tumbleweed’s Open Mic Stage – all day Saturday and Sunday. The open mic easy atmosphere in this beautiful, shady park. This year we stage is sponsored by Victory Music and offers everyone a chance have approximately 100 acts on the four outdoor stages. You to perform in the park. Sign up for a time slot to show your stuff. will see and hear a very wide range of acoustic music including blues, bluegrass, traditional, contemporary, nautical, country, Saturday Night Concert – This year’s concert features Lindsay old-time, ‘alternative,’ and ethnic music from around the world. Street (A quasi-Celtic quartet that sings in two languages), Jim Many of your long-time favorite performers, as well as some Page (Seattle singer/songwriter), and Back Porch Swing (A new performers, are here to entertain. We also have several blend of swing and traditional). The tickets for this concert at dance acts representing a wide range of styles from around the North Stage are $10 general admission and $8 for seniors the country and around the world. The dance acts are on stage and students. The concert begins at 7:00 pm and is emceed by inside the Richland Community Center. Dan Maher, host of the Inland Folk radio program on NWPR. In addition to the music and dancing, there are over 30 free “Youth Night” takes place on the Fingernail Stage from 6:30 - performer-lead workshops offering instruction for playing a 9:30 pm Friday evening. Tumbleweed Music Festival is happy variety of instruments, songwriting, and promoting your own to continue an event that started just last year. This concert is musical group. Most of the workshops are participatory; come entirely planned, produced and performed by young, local talent with instruments and voices ready. in collaboration with “Catalyst:InCiting Change through Creativity” a local non-profit group dedicated to helping young artists find and develop their creativity. The concert will feature Quinnel, Special events you won’t want to miss! Dear Doris, Ghost Animals, Kristin Carpenter/Rachel Ross/ Songwriting Contest – Saturday at 5:00 pm at the West Stage, Andrea Harpster, Silver Dollar Circus and StaticBox. 10 finalists will perform songs with this year’s theme “Crossroads.” You’ll hear the winner at the Saturday evening concert. Two events are featured on Sunday evening. From 6:30-8:00 pm there is a free concert featuring many Tumbleweed favorites Band Scramble – This happens on Sunday at 3:30. Everyone performing songs related to this year’s “Crossroads” theme. At is invited to participate. Sign up anytime before 2:00 pm then 8:00 pm a Contra Dance featuring House Blend with caller Dan meet at the Information Booth at 2:00 pm. You’ll be assigned to Clark will take place at the tennis courts near the West Stage. a random band to perform two songs at 3:30 pm. General admission is $8, $5 for seniors and students. Continued on Pg. 2 Tri-Cities Independent Businesses Big Thanks to... for sale. The beautiful artwork on our products was created First, the Tumbleweed Music Festival thanks all the perform- by local artist Consuelo Soto-Murphy. We will be raffling off ers who are giving you great entertainment for free. Let them the original signed artwork that was used for this year’s prod- know you appreciate their music by purchasing their CDs uc t s . We are also raffling a Yamaha LJ 16 guitar, donated at the Information Booth. by Ted Brown Music. Check out the artwork and the guitar at the Information booth and buy a raffle ticket while you are The Tumbleweed Music Festival planning committee also there. Tickets for the artwork and for the guitar are $5 each. thanks all of our sponsors and patrons for generously sup- porting the Festival. This Festival wouldn’t happen without Fi n a l l y , the Festival planning committee thanks all of the won- their help and support. de r f u l volunteers that have made this Festival, and previous festivals, a growing and glowing success. Thanks to all. We also would like to thank the audience for participating in this year’s Festival. If you can, please lend your support to Enjoy, this and future festivals by buying Tumbleweed Festival Jim Coleman, Coordinator products. We have awesome buttons, T-shirts, and posters 2012 Tumbleweed Music Festival 2012 Tumbleweed Music Festival Performer Information Jenn Adams is a singer/songwriter Sandy Bly will be running a participato- dominated Ron Dalton’s early years. from Montana. Jenn provides us with ry Song Circle workshop. This is a sing- Peggy Sullivan moved from piano to an eclectic mix of blues, folk, and jazz. along facilitated by Sandy and friends guitar and old time music. Both have Jenn will lead a ‘Song Writing Master Bev and Leo Kaminski, veterans of many long running interest in Americana & Class’ workshop. years of enthusiastic Portland area song Roots styles. Together as Burgundy Academy of Scottish Dance is a local circles. Pearl the pair merges old and new styles dance academy performing traditional Barb and Daniel say “For years we with their natural harmony blend. Scottish highland dance. Enjoy watching played alone, then we started jamming Mike Buchman is a Seattle-based the classic energetic Scottish country together and found we could do so much performing songwriter whose song top- dancing. more. It’s about having fun.” This local ics run from personal reflection to social Carl Allen and Micki Perry will be play- duo is new to Tumbleweed. Welcome! justice. A former journalist, poet, and ing ‘20 Grow Big Songs’ for children by John Bartholomew is a member of fiction writer, Mike is a keen observer Woody Guthrie. These long time friends Kosher Cookin’ and will lead a Mandolin and compelling storyteller. have enjoyed exploring the music of workshop. Campbell Road. Dan and Barbara Woody Guthrie. Carl lives in Seattle, Steve Beck and the Beckaroos is a Tuttle of Peshastin, their daughter and Micki in Kennewick. Micki will also singer/songwriter from Kent, Was h i n g t o n . Jessamyn Tuttle and her husband Jon teach a workshop for musicians, ‘Pack His deep tone and original tunes on Nauert of Mount Vernon comprise this Up Your Promo.’ Carl also performs with acoustic guitar may be accompanied by family band. They perform traditional and The Wanderers. friend Steff Kayser on guitar. contemporary music of Ireland and Back Porch Swing has been playing Peter Blake and Skip Nelson have Scotland on flute, bouzouki, fiddle, guitar, swing, traditional, and original songs been playing music together and with and bodhran. and tunes for two decades. Based in Mountain Thyme for over 30 years. Cat loves Crow (Joe and Karena Olympia, they’ve come over the moun- Peter has performed his assortment of Prater) are a vocal harmony duo from tains to return to the Tumbleweed stage. folk music at Tumbleweed for 16 years. Western Washington. They played their This fabulous group will be part of our Blue Mountain Spanish Sound a duo first Tumbleweed in 2000 and Karena evening concert. Also enjoy their music from College Place, Jesse Campos and won the songwriting contest in 2008. Th e y during the swing dance in the communi- Lance Smith play high energy acoustic perform folk, old-time, bluegrass, and ty center. guitar with influences from South Africa, Russian music. Joe will lead a workshop Sanchali Banerjee returns to the festival South America, Gypsy, and more. on ‘Songs of Phil Ochs.’ to perform Classical Odissi Dance. Odissi Burgundy Pearl brings Ron Dalton and Steve Cheseborough “re-creates the Dance is considered the ‘oldest surviv- Peggy Sullivan together. Jazz vocals blues and hokum of the 1920s-30s, inter- ing dance form from India.’ sp e r s i n g the songs with stories, history, 2012 Tumbleweed Music Festival Performer Information and humor.” Steve will run a workshop We are thrilled to welcome her back for privilege of opening for on April 15th. ‘The Crossroads: Myth, Magic, & Reality.’ her second Tumbleweed performance. Chris Kelly, Tarik Merzouk, Saul Gomez, Blues performer and scholar Steve dis- Dear Doris is a cool local band that Jordon Wendling, and Alex Coleman cusses the Crossroads and the life and plays folk music, gypsy music guitars, aspire to play horn-driven, cinematic music of Robert Johnson. banjos, accordion and other treats. Band indie rock and believe bands should be Chinese Folk Dancers led by Ling Ling members are Michael Hopp, Andrew fun and get folks movin’ and dancin’. Wu and her husband John Heaney. The Watson, Britton Omel, Jansen Legget The Great Sänger and Didele “Hailing Tri-Cities’ local group will offer a mix of and Catlee Olson. (Friday Concert) from the mighty metropolis of Tillesquat, classical dances from China. Nancy K. Dillon is an award winning Sänger and Didele present an irreverent Dan Clark is an experienced dance songwriter, singer, and performer origi- take on sea songs and folk music. The caller from Walla Walla. He’ll be calling nally from Oklahoma. Nancy has been a ‘Tillesquat Two-oh’ are repeat offenders our Sunday night contra dance and finalist in the Tumbleweed song contest at Tumbleweed Music Festival, having teaching the ‘Contra Dance 101’ work- five times, winning second place in 2007. inflicted their brand of music and humor shop, all you need to know about contra She is based in Seattle and tours the US on an unsuspecting public for several dancing in 45 minutes.