[nfbwatlk] A Saturday event NOT TO BE MISSED

Jim jp100 at earthlink.net
Mon Jun 6 23:14:34 UTC 2011


Oh, OK.  My event isn't till June 18th.
Good to clarify.
JP


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This Saturday at the Woodinbille winery. 

ALCO

On Jun 6, 2011, at 1:39 AM, "Jim" <jp100 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Oh my goodness.  He's in town?
> Wow!
> Jim
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Alco Canfield
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 1:38 AM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A Saturday event NOT TO BE MISSED
> 
> Sorry, Jim.  I am going to see Garrison Keeler.
> 
> Alco
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Portillo <jp100 at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 12:57 AM
> To: 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List' <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] A Saturday event NOT TO BE MISSED
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> Nope...This isn't about baseball or Mexican food, but it is about 
> something that Seattle Federationists can do after the NFB chapter 
> meeting.  How cool is that?!  And, rumor has it that a Federationist 
> is heavily involved in this event...promoting it and even playing bass 
> for the concert.  Here's the email.  I hope some of you can make it!
> Jim
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> The official first day of Summer is June 21st, and I think that we 
> should celebrate early, the weekend before, with an afternoon 
> workshop, a potluck dinner, and a fantastic evening concert full of good
old fashion folk music!
> This event will feature Northwest folk duo "The Wanderers!"  Some of 
> you may have seen them at Folklife, either playing at the Fisher Green 
> stage or being the official MC's for the tribute to Woody Guthrie.  
> Believe me when I tell you.You ain't seen nothin' yet!
> 
> If you are a big Woody Guthrie fan, or if you are just starting to 
> learn about Woody Guthrie, this workshop is a must!  These guys have 
> credentials and are considered two of the top Woody Guthrie experts in 
> the Pacific Northwest.
> 
> Following are details to the upcoming event.  Since this is a house 
> concert, it is STRONGLY advised that you call and make reservations, 
> as soon as possible,  so that the host has an idea regarding space and 
> food.  Also, please feel to spread the word regarding this Saturday event.
> See you there!!
> 
> Jim
> 
> Carl Allen and Bill Murlin have been performing together for over 50
years.
> They are Northwest experts on Woody Guthrie's Columbia River songs. 
> Their workshops are filled with facts, stories and songs.  A concert 
> by the Wanderers includes many of Woody Guthrie's Columbia River songs 
> as well as classics from The Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, 
> Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders, and Phil Ochs, among others.  And
singing along is a must!
> (www.thewanderersfolk.com)
> 
> Woody Guthrie's Columbia River Songs workshop - Saturday June 18, 4pm 
> - $15 Wanderers "folk heroes" concert and hootenanny - Saturday June 
> 18, 7:30pm -
> $15
> Attend both and a pot-luck supper between shows - $25 Near Bellevue 
> (WA) College For reservations, contact: Jean at 425-747-7655 or
neeej at aol.com.
> 
> Woody Guthrie and The Columbia River Collection-A slice of Pacific 
> Northwest History
> 
> Come with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, the month of 
> May, the year of 1941.  A 27-year-old folksinger from Oklahoma, by the 
> name of Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, has been hired by a fledgling federal 
> agency, the Bonneville Power Administration, to write songs for a 
> movie about the Columbia River.  The movie is to be a propaganda 
> piece, touting public power over private power.  It turns out to be 
> one of the best investments the federal government has ever made.
> 
> In thirty days Woody Guthrie is paid $266.66 and writes twenty-six 
> songs about the river, the dams and the men working on the dams.  How 
> did these songs get written?  What was Woody thinking about when he 
> wrote them?  What has been the impact of those twenty-six songs?  Come 
> to a workshop, Saturday, June 18th, at 4:00 PM to learn the answers to 
> these and many other questions, as Bill Murlin (late of the Bonneville 
> Power Administration and editor of The Columbia River Collection) and 
> Carl Allen (10 years as an Inquiring Mind speaker for Humanities 
> Washington and a Guthrie scholar) present a workshop on Woody Guthrie 
> and The Columbia River Songs.  The cost for this workshop is only $15. 
> See the website www.thewanderersfolk.com for some great pix and more
information.
> Call Jean at 425-747-7655 to make reservations!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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