At the Grange

It's all happening at the Grange.

Well, WAGS will convene at the Skamokawa Grange on Wed., Sept. 7, 7 p.m.

WAGS 8/31 and 9/7

WOW! a lot of music this month. WAGS will meet Aug. 31 at 7 at the Pioneer Church and Sept. 7 at the Skamokawa Grange, also 7 p.m. Looking forward to seeing you all again. August was a busy month for everyone, with vacations, family reunions and other things going on plus WAGS did 3 gigs.

--Jerry Ledtke

Good news, bad news

For those who like flamenco and classical guitar, check out the website of Guitar Society International. Lots of great stuff, including videos of good players such as Tonino Baliardo of the Gypsy Kings trying out their guitars.

They also posted the news of the death of Moraito Chico, a contemporary flamenco guitar master.

Copy and paste the links:

http://guitarsalon.com/blog/?p=2335
http://guitarsalon.com/blog/?p=2339

WAGS on Wednesday

Wahkiakum Acoustic Guitar Society will converge August 31, 7 p.m., at the Pioneer Community Center in Cathlamet.

WAGS on Wednesday

Wahkiakum Acoustic Guitar Society will converge Wednesday, May 25, 7 p.m., at the Pioneer Community Center, Cathlamet.

Costich posts songs

WAGS singer/songwriter Dale Costich has created a YouTube account and posted some of his material. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL505CA8CB82C19F3B

WAGS jam on March 16

It was a gas. We had keyboard, bass, banjo, and 5 guitars. The difference between a jam and what we do at our regular WAGS is that at a jam the emphasis is on everyone playing together. At a jam you don't do complicated songs or ones with too many verses. Like someone said, if you find yourself playing alone, stop, you're not jamming. It's really neat having a bass to hold it all together. We did a couple of 10 minute songs. We asked Eric Parrill to do a couple of banjo songs alone; nobody could keep up with him anyway, and he put on quite a show and jammed on every thing else we did.

Regular WAGS at the Pioneer Church on March 30, 7-9. On the 6th of April, our next WAGS date, we are planning a pot luck at 6 and jam till 9 at Pat Conrad's. Will let you know more about that later, like what what to bring for food so we all don't bring the same thing. I think we will be jamming at least once a week and I will let you know in case any of you want to come.

I'm forwarding info about concert at Pioneer church. (Andrew Emlen and friends doing a concert of Bach, Hayden and Debussy at the Pioneer Church, March 26, 7:30 p.m.; tickets $10 at the door)

Reported by Jerry Ledtke