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1 WASHINGTON EVERGREEN FIDDLER NEWSLETTER OF THE WASHINGTON OLD TIME FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION december 2017 ~ January 2018 ISSUE # 10

2 Newsletter of the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association Issue #10 December 2017-January 2018 Web site: Newsletter is published 10 times a year. Membership dues are $25.00 per year, this includes the newsletter. Additional members in the same household are $5.00 each. Membership expires Dec. 31 st each year. BOARD OF DIRECTORS STATE OFFICERS: DISTRICT CHAIRS PRESIDENT Dist. 1 District dissolved Bill Crabtree 40 E Noble Pl. Dist. 2 Kyle Peterson Shelton,WA Spokane Dist. 3 Gerry Gengler bill.crabtree@wotfa.org E.Wenatchee Dist. 4 Barry Cole VICE PRESIDENT WEST Bellingham Laura Farr Dist. 5 Kay McCarthy 200 SE Arcadia Ridge Dr. Port Orchard Shelton, WA Dist. 6 Tyler Hagood Kirkland wlzfarr@msn.com Dist. 7 District dissolved VICE PRESIDENT EAST Dist. 8 Barbara Peterson Jim Harter Milton Belmont Blvd Dist. 9 Christie Easter West Richland, WA Toledo, WA (360) Dist. 10 Denice Carter JimN7ars@gmail.com Vancouver Dist. 11 Charlie Root SECRETARY Moses Lake Denise Jennings Dist. 12 Jim Harter th Ave Ct E Richland Bonney Lake, WA Dist. 15 Rita Hubbard Pt.Townsend Dist. 16 Noel Lareau joeanddenisejennings@comcast.net Arlington TREASURER Leigh Frazier Cloverdale Ct SW Lakewood, WA leigh.frazier@mindspring.com

3 CHAIRMEN OTHER DIVISIONS WOTFA WEBMASTER: Pro-Tem: Bill Crabtree NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Bonni Wuennecke ~ ; 3024 W. 7 th Ave., Kennewick, WA bonniwuenn@frontier.com STATE CONTEST: Denice Carter-- Fidlmom1@gmail.com WORKSHOP: wotfaworkshop@gmail.com Corrine Judd (253) Tyler Hagood (360) MUSIC EDITOR: Pete Martin pete@petimarpress.com MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: Noel Lareau ~ (360) th St NE~Ste D-PMB 550 Lake Stevens, WA Noelula@aol.com WORKSHOP We are firming up our 2018 instructors and hotels and it's looking to be another great year! Last year we had a $16, net Loss. There were many contributing factors to this but honestly we have been working at a loss for many years. Thankfully, we had Districts contribute over the years giving us a savings that we could work from. We are to the point where we MUST increase the tuition to try and come out even in the end. We know this will be a hardship to some and we hope, with the advance notice, you will be able to work things out to still come. Tyler and I look forward to seeing all of you each year. We both grew up in WOTFA and it's like a family reunion every year at Fiddle Camp. The website is currently still showing ALL info for last year. We should have something updated by the first of the year. If you want up to date info, join our Facebook Group "W.O.T.F.A. Workshop". Dates: July 16-20, 2018 Where: Moses Lake Christian Academy Cost: Adults $175 Youth $75 Any questions please us at wotfaworkshop@gmail.com ~ Page 2 ~

4 DISTRICT 1: Asotin, Columbia, Garfield & Whitman Counties; REPORTER: Betty Lehrman No longer an active WOTFA district DISTRICT 2: Ferry, Lincoln, Pend O Reille, Spokane & Stevens Counties; CHAIR: Kyle Peterson wotfa.kyle@gmail.com Monthly Meeting & Jam: To Be Announced Now that winter is here, many of our members are drawn by their instinct to hibernate. Others are using the dark hours and isolation to practice their scales and double-stops. Then there are those who still have to go to work every day. Check your status and be glad, I'm sure you have made good choices. District 2 Playdates 1st Monday: 4:30 pm - The Gardens S. University, Spokane Valley, Contact: Kyle Peterson (509) , - kyle.wotfa@gmail.com. 2nd Monday: 7:30 pm - Broadway Court Estates E. Broadway, Spokane Valley, WA. Contact: JayDean Ludiker (509) , - jaydeanl@earthlink.net. 3rd Thursday: 12:00 pm - Appleway Court, 221 S. Farr, Spokane Valley, WA. Contact: John Sours (509) , - jsours@comcast.net. 3rd Thursday: 6:30 pm - Spokane Veterans Home, 222 E. 5th St., just east of St. Lukes Rehab Center. Contact: Judy Brown. DISTRICT 3: Chelan, Douglas & Okanogan Counties; CHAIR: Gerry Gengler, (509) g.rry@frontier.com REPORTER: Diane Charlton Monthly Meeting: 4 th Sunday Calvary Crossroads Church District three had the election of officers for the year. Through a unanimous vote the present officers were voted to serve for another year. Chairman: Gerry Gengler ~Vice Chairman: Joe Leonard Treasurer: Bev Dresker ~ Secretary: Diane Charlton We are very pleased to welcome our newest member, Nancy Dunn, who plays a very cool fiddle. It s also nice to have Jack back playing with us again. ~ Page 3 ~

5 A few members went to George to jam with some local musicians and some from District Eleven Old Time Fiddlers. It s always fun to go out and do some different jams with other musicians. We have a new playdate. We go to Columbia Heights on the first Monday of the month at 2:00 o clock. All of our play dates are open jams. Any and all are welcome to come to any of them and play with us. Put away your Turkey in the Straw and similar pieces and get out your Christmas music. Merry Christmas to all. Until next year! DISTRICT 4: Skagit, Whatcom, Island and San Juan Counties; CHAIR: Barry Cole (360) barrycole@juno.com REPORTER; Marguerite (Peggy) Cairns (360) ~ cairns.jonpeg@gmail.com Monthly Meeting: 6:30 pm -2 nd Friday of each month at the Mt. Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St, Mt. Vernon, WA Our officers for 2018: Chair : Barry Cole -Secretary : Susie Gwost Treasurer : Sara Buntin REPORTER; Marguerite (Peggy) Cairns (360) cairns.jonpeg@ gmail.com Please pick up our play dates schedules at our monthly business meetings held on the 2nd Friday. Welcome to December! Time to renew our memberships for (membership form on last page). We are fortunate to have such wonderful and dedicated officers (Past and Present), Susie (fiddler, guitar and vocals) has been in service with us for many years and as Secretary keeps our records and helps keep our business events updated. Our Sara (vocals and rhythm shakers) has agreed to serve a second term as Treasurer and keeps us up on monies going out and coming in. Note: Sara and her husband Frank (guitar and vocals) set up the equipment (sound system) at all our jams: that's 12 to 14 events a month. Thank you both. Last but not least is Barry Cole, (fiddler, mandolin, auto-harp and vocals) our new kid on the block just celebrated his 65th last month (Nov.) Although a relatively newer member, he is very active at our play outs, has ~ Page 4 ~

6 stepped up and is our new Chairperson. Welcome Barry! Our annual Christmas party is scheduled for the 2nd of December, at the Elks in Mt. Vernon. At our last Business meeting we met on the Third Friday in November (unusual scheduling due to holiday events). Wonderful turnout, we loved seeing everyone. We still need someone to make coffee and set out the goodies & snacks for the second and fourth Friday Jams at the Mt. Vernon Senior Center. If you find it in your heart to help out let us know at our next business meeting (second Fri. at Mt. Vernon). Lastly we are all about music and passing it on.. We provide music Scholarships to our young people and young at heart members... so please be generous with your donations so to keep this opportunity open for future generations to come. As 2017 comes to an end and 2018 comes into view we give thanks to the good music and many wonderful social gatherings of the past year. Our musicians are the best. We truly miss those who have gone on and welcome all who have joined us. Thank you to our members who may not have been mentioned, who really help in setting up and tearing down at our many functions. May the new year bring all the blessings of health, companionship and Music music music... until we meet again Love Peggy DISTRICT 5: Kitsap, Mason, Grays Harbor & Pacific Counties ~ CHAIR: Kay McCarthy- (360) mkmccarthy11@gmail.com REPORTER: Laura Farr, Shelton (360) wlzfarr@msn.com Mason County Coordinators: Will and Laura Farr, Shelton (360) Kitsap County coordinator: Kay McCarthy Monthly Meeting: 3 rd Saturday Kitsap County Square Dance Club, 6800 Old Belfair Hwy-Gorst, WA. 11:00-Noon: 12:00-1:00: Meeting & finger food potluck, 1:00-3:00: Modified Jam At our meeting on November 18 th, we decided to go with a potluck dinner for our December meeting on the 16 th. Bill Crabtree will bring turkey and dressing, and Kay McCarthy will bring a ham. Everyone else signed up for other dishes to complement the meal. We will not have a business meeting, but just dinner and jamming. ~ Page 5 ~

7 After some discussion, we decided to cancel our meeting for February, since that is the same weekend as the Oly Oldtime Festival. Many of our members will be attending that event. For more information, check out their website at olyoldtime.weebly.com. We are also looking to hold another fiddle/mandolin and guitar workshop sometime in the spring. I ll post more information as things get firmed up. Happy Thanksgiving to all, and we wish everyone a very happy holiday season. WOTFA Play date schedule Kitsap County Check with coordinator for changes before coming to play. Kay McCarthy nd Thursday 2:00 3:00 Cypress Gardens Bremerton 3 rd Thursday 2:00 3:00 Stafford at Ridgemont Port Orchard 4 th Tuesday 2:00 3:00 Bay Point Retirement Bremerton 4 th Thursday 2:30 3:30 Park Vista Retirement Port Orchard DISTRICT 6: King County; CHAIR: Tyler Hagood, st Ave NE, Kirkland, WA (360) t.hagood@gmail.com REPORTER: Simon Knaphus (415) Dist. 6 Monthly Meeting: 2 nd Saturday Des Moines Masonic Center, 2208 S. 223 rd, Des Moines. Doors open at 11:00 AM, meeting at 1:00 PM followed by finger food potluck and jam session. No meetings May through August. Meetings resume in Sept. Circle Jam: 4 th Saturday in January, February, March; September & October 1:00-4:00 PM, Des Moines Masonic Center. No Jams in April, May, June, July, August, November & December. Our November meeting saw bigger numbers, and it was nice to catch up with friends and hear the jamming. We send happy wishes to everyone who can't make it for one reason or another, and hope you're enjoying good music! We wish a speedy recovery to Clayton Naset who is home and recovering well from a procedure to remove cancer from his nose and ear. Please hold Ena Birkland in your thoughts - her son Keith Birkland passed away November 1st due to aggressive cancer. Please keep Dave Bartley in your thoughts too - he was in the hospital with pneumonia and congestive heart failure and is likely home with hospice care by now. Shirley (who is still our reporter behind the scenes!) put it best, "Dave and Elsie have been such a big reason District 6 has done so well. They ~ Page 6 ~

8 have represented District 6 in providing music for our playdates in North Seattle, Bothell, Bellevue, Issaquah, etc. Last year they performed over 30 play dates and this year over 20 with Dave not feeling his best. Dave always promotes our youth, supporting those that come to play with him and those that are learning our music by attending the workshop every year." Thank you Dave! I hope everyone else is doing well, and that the holiday season is bringing lots of joy to you and your friends and families. DISTRICT 8: Pierce County CHAIR: Barbara Peterson, -(253) ~ bmacleanp@comcast.net REPORTER: Ron Duncan mbdrwd@comcast.net Monthly meeting: 3 rd Sunday ~ Mid County Community Center, th Ave E., Tacoma. Doors open 2:00. Business meeting at 2:30 followed by an OPEN jam. No meetings May through August We have two special play outs in December. We play at Peoples Retirement Community at 6:30 pm on December 6th and at Franke Tobey Jones at 1:30 on December 7th. Our December meeting on Sunday 12/17 will be our annual Christmas party. No business meeting, just jamming and socializing. The refreshments will be pizza and potluck. This is always our best attended meeting of the year. Be sure to be there and bring friends so you won t miss out on a really enjoyable event. Our January meeting and jam will be on Sunday, January 21st at 2 pm. DISTRICT 9: Lewis & Thurston Counties: CHAIR: Christie Easter (360) ~ mrwillys@aol.com REPORTER: same as above Quarterly Business Meeting; meeting and jam on Saturday, January 27th from 10AM-1PM at the Salkum Public Library meeting room in Salkum, Wa. Take I-5 exit 68 and go East about 12 miles and the library will be on the right in downtown Salkum. Everyone is welcome. Here is all the news from District 9; It is with great sadness that I want to tell everyone that Chuck Montgomery passed away in late October. He was well known for his wonderful Texas style vocals and guitar playing and was also known for helping young people to learn music. Chuck was born in 1937 in Texas and was taught to play the guitar at an early age by his father. He joined the Air Force on his 17th birthday, although he told everyone he hated ~ Page 7 ~

9 flying! He retired from the State of Washington in 2002 and began to sing and play guitar with the Washington Old Time Fiddlers at that time. He also volunteered at a local elementary school teaching music. His version of 'Kentucky Waltz' and 'Cool, Clear Water' were always favorites. He will be greatly missed. An open mic celebration of life is planned for Friday, December 8th at the Ira L. Cater VFW on Martin Way in Olympia at 3pm. It was Chuck's wish that there be no sadness surrounding his passing, only a happy celebration with friends, family and lots of music, so if you come, please bring your instrument. We have a playdate on Wednesday, December 13th from 4:00-5:00pm at Colonial Stillwater Estates in Centralia. For January: We are moving to a new location for our monthly meeting & jam! We will be at the Adna Grange on Saturday, January 27th from 10am-1pm. We will be jamming in the main hall of the grange. It will not be a potluck because the grange will be hosting their famous baked potato bar in the grange kitchen from 11:30-1:30pm. This is a potato with all the fixings and even dessert for $7 per person. The grange is located at 123 Dieckman Rd in Adna, Wa. To find the grange, take I-5 to the Hwy 6 exit (Exit 77), then head West. Take a right on Bunker Creek Rd and follow it to Dieckman Rd, take a right on Dieckman Rd and the grange will be on your left. We hope to see everyone there! DISTRICT 10: Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania and Wakiukum Counties; CHAIR: Denice Carter Fidlmom1@gmail.comR REPORTER: Cynthia Hamm Monthly Meeting: 3 rd Sat. Open jam 2:00-4:00, Business Meeting 5:00. Fishers Grange Community Center ~ 814 NE 162 nd Ave -Vancouver. open to public 2 nd Friday: 5:00 Fiddle only jam-potluck-fishers Grange-open to public Officers District 10: Chair - Denice Carter - Fidlmom1@gmail.com ~ Vice Chair - Cynthia Hamm -- cynthiahamm48@gmail.com Treasurer - Lauren Bode--L.Bode@comcast.net Secretary - Janet Gunter--leejanetrubyowen@gmail.com District 10 is reorganizing our meeting and jam schedule as we search for a new location as our hub. We hope to have a distric 10 webpage set up soon and will post meetings, jams and playouts there. Please check back ~ Page 8 ~

10 on the membership area on WOTFA website. We acquired a good number of new members and new officers have volunteered to help build our district. Once again the Washington State Fiddle Championships will be held the first weekend of the Clark County Fair and hosted by District 10. Exact dates to be announced. We'd like to thank WOTFA and WOTFA districts 3,4,5,6,8,10,11,12,15 and 16 for generously contributing last year and ask that you support the contest again this year. Fiddle contests are one of the best ways to promote fiddling! As good examples of fine fiddling are presented more publicly we can grow our membership and interest in the art form. Our team is dedicated to working hard to present this contest and are very excited to establish it. For more info please visit or find us on face book. I'd like to encourage our members to help WOTFA save money in printing and mailing costs by going to your membership profile and unchecking the box to receive a newsletter by snail mail. I understand there are some that are not comfortable with that but for those of you who are, please let us know by changing that setting on your profile. Members can log in to download and print the newsletters from the WOTFA website. Once you're logged in, just click the newsletter tab at the top of the page. (Ed note: If I have less than 200 newsletters to mail each month we will lose our bulk mailing privileges, and then no one will receive a printed newsletter) DISTRICT 11: Grant and Adams Counties; CHAIR: Charlie Root, 23 Road M NE Moses Lake, WA (509) clroot@sosmail.us MONTHLY MEETING: 3 rd Sunday 1:30 PM Jam: 2:00-4:00, Moses Lake Senior Center, 608 E. 3 rd Ave. Moses Lake District 11 held their monthly meeting and jam on November 19th. We had a good jam with 11 musicians and a good audience. Though we do not have any additional things planned in the next couple of months, we are planning to make all of our regular play outs during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season, weather permitting. PLAYOUTS: 2 nd Tues: 1:00 PM Avalon Care Center, Othello, WA 2:30 PM Coventry House, Othello, WA ~ Page 9 ~

11 DISTRICT 11 Playouts continued 2 nd Wed: 1:00PM Moses Lake Senior Retirement Community, Moses Lake, WA 3 rd Tues: 10:00AM McKay Healthcare and Rehab Center, Soap Lake, WA 3 rd Thurs: 10:00AM Hearthstone Inn, Moses Lake, WA 4 th Tues: 10:30AM The Cambridge Retirement Home, Quincy, WA 4 th Thurs Every Even Month: 10:00AM Summerwood, Moses Lake, WA (April & June) DISTRICT 12: Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla Counties; CHAIR: Jim Harter, 1102 Belmont Blvd, West Richland, WA (509) JimN7ars@gmail.com REPORTER: Chuck Hedel, cwhedel@gmail.com Monthly Meeting: 2 nd Sunday at Trios Adult Day Services Building, 10 N. Washington St., Kennewick (enter at back.) Doors open at 2:00 PM for jamming; Potluck at 3:00, followed by short business meeting and more jamming. Monthly Jam and Show: 2 nd Thursday of every month, ~ 7:00 PM ~ Knights of Columbus Hall, 2500 Chester Rd., Richland. (Please bring treats) District 12 will holding a holiday dinner once again at our December business meeting on Sunday, 12/10/2017 starting at 1:00 PM (vs the usual 2:00 start). Please bring a side dish and/or dessert to go with turkey. No gift exchange this year. Please plan to attend. We wish a speedy recovery to Micki Perry, who suffered a shoulder injury recently. We look forward to seeing her at 100% very soon! Mark your calendar! District 12 s annual Winter Show is now scheduled for Saturday, February 10, 2018, at the Pasco Grange. More information will be provided in the February 2018 newsletter. The mostly-monthly Round Table Pizza Jam for December will take place on Friday, December 15, 2017, at the Pasco location, 3201 W Court St. For January, the Pizza Jam will take place on Friday, January 19, 2018, at the Richland location, 1769 Leslie Rd.(Just off Gage Blvd.) Have a wonderful and safe Holiday season and remember to put the December 10 District 12 holiday dinner on your calendar. See you in 2018! ~ Page 10 ~

12 DISTRICT 12 MONTHLY PLAYDATES 1 st Wed 6:00 PM Hawthorne Court, 524 N Ely, Kennewick 2 nd Wed 6:30 PM Tri-City Retirement Inn, 2000 Road 22, Pasco 3 rd Wed 6:30 PM Richland Rehab, 1745 Pike Ave, Richland 4 th Wed 6:30 PM Brookdale,1629 George Washington Way, Richland 5 th Wed 6:30 PM Guardian Angel, 245 Van Giesen, Richland 1 st Fri 2:00 PM Callaway Gardens, 5505 W Skagit Ct, Kennewick Monday December 4 Monday December 11 3:30 PM Royal Columbian, 5615 W Umatilla, Kennewick ADULT DAY SERVICES PLAYDATES DECEMBER 10:30 AM 10:30 AM (Yes! Just one week apart!) JANUARY Monday January 8 Monday January 22 FEBRUARY Monday February 5 Monday February 19 10:30 AM 10:30 AM 10:30 AM 10:30 AM DISTRICT 15: Jefferson and Clallam Counties; DISTRICT 15: Clallam and Jefferson Counties; CHAIR: Rita Hubbard, e- mail sidandrita@yahoo.com PLAYDATE COORDINATOR: Frank Figg (360) , meflf@olympus.net; SPECIAL PLAYDATES COORDINATOR: Steve Sahnow, sahnows@olypen.com WEB SITE: Monthly Meetings: Second Saturday at Shipley Center 921 E. Hammond, Sequim, Set up and open jamming begin at 9:30 a.m.; Business meeting 11:00 a.m.; on stage member performances from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Fourth Saturday at Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Road, Chimacum WA Set up and open jamming begin at 9:30 a.m. Member performances from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Schedule changes in summer and December. See for up-to-date info. District 15 Regular Playdates for December 2017 First Friday: Avamere Olympic Rehab. 2:00 p.m. Sherwood Assisted Living 3:30 p.m. ~ Page 11 ~

13 DISTRICT 15 Playouts, continued: First Tuesday. Sinclair Place (OSK) 1:30 p.m. St. Andrews 2:30 p.m. First Wednesday: San Juan Villa 3:00 p.m. Second Wednesday: Dungeness Courte 1:45 p.m. Second Thursday: Suncrest Village 11:30 a.m. (OSK) Third Tuesday: Golden Years 1:15 p.m. Discovery Memory 3:00 p.m. Third Wednesday: Life Care (Kah-Tai) 3:00 p.m. Third Thursday: Laurel Place Noon (12:00) Fourth Thursday: Sequim Rehabilitation 2:00 p.m. (OSK) Sinclair Place 3:30 District 15 Regular Playdates January 2018 First Tuesday: Sinclair Place 1:30 p.m. (OSK) St. Andrews 2:30 p.m. First Wednesday: San Juan Villa 3:00 p.m. First Friday: Sherwood Assisted Living 3:30 p.m. Second Wednesday: Dungeness Courte 1:45 p.m. Second Thursday: Suncrest Village 11:30 a.m (OSK) Third Tuesday: Golden Years 1:15 p.m. Discovery Memory 3:00 p.m. Third Wednesday: Life Care 3:00 Third Thursday: Laurel Place Noon 12:00 Fourth Thursday: Sequim Rehabilitation 2:00 p.m.(osk) Sinclair Place 3:30 DISTRICT 16: Snohomish County; CHAIR: Noel Lareau, Burn Rd., Arlington, WA ~ (360) Noelula@aol.com REPORTER: Noel Lareau Sunshine Chair: Mayves Anderson mande93221@aol.com Playdate coordinator: Gary Nordby gtnordby@frontier.com Monthly Meeting-No meetings June through August. 3 rd Saturday at Burn Rd, Arlington, WA.-Doors open at noon- 2:00 pm Potluck, 3:00 pm meeting and then jam time. Meeting is short to give us time for jamming. Please come! Jam nights: 2 nd and 4 th Fridays at Sisco Heights Community Center, th Ave NE, Arlington. Celtic at 5 PM, workshop at 6 PM, jamming throughout. Happy Holidays! Nothing new at D16 so I will not blab on. ~ Page 12 ~

14 DISTRICT 16 Playouts: 1 st Fridays Rose Creek Senior Living 2-4 PM. 625 S. Stilliguamish Ave., Arlington st Tuesdays Olympic Place Retirement 2 3 PM Olympic Pl. NE, Arlington, WA nd Wednesdays Arlington Rehab 2 3 PM 620 S. Hazel St., Arlington, WA rd Fridays Brookdale 3 4 PM t Dr. NE, Marysville, WA. We would love to have help doing the playouts! If you are interested, please just show up, or get in touch with our playout coordinator Gary Nordby, gtnordby@frontier.com, So Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, stay well and make lotsa music! OPEN JAMS-PLEASE JOIN US!!! D2 Contact Kyle Peterson, , wotfa.kyle@gmail.com Spokane - Sun 2:45 5:45 PM Auntie s Bookstore 402 W. Main Ave. D3 - Contact: Gerry Gengler, , g.rry@frontier.com Wenatchee - 4 th Sun, 2 PM - Calvary Crossroads Church, 1301 Maple St. All 13 monthly play dates are open jams call Gerry for info. D4 - Contact: Chuck and Darleen Page, , dpage1939@gmail.com Oak Harbor - 1 st Fri 6:30 9 PM Oak Harbor Senior Ctr, 51, SE Jerome St. Mt. Vernon - 2 nd and 4th Fri 6:30 P PM Mt Vernon Senior Ctr 1401 Cleveland St D5 - Contact: Kay McCarthy, , kaymccarthy@gmail.com Gorst - 3 rd Sat 11 AM - Kitsap Co. Square Dance Club, 6800 Old Belfair Hwy, Bremerton. 11 AM tune learning, noon meeting and finger food potluck, 1-3 circle jam. D6 - Contact Tyler Hagood, t.hagood@gmail.com No jams in April, May, June, July, August, November, December Des Moines - 2 nd Sat 11 AM, Masonic Center, 2208 S.223 rd. (Sept, Oct, Nov, Jan, Feb, March Also meeting, potluck. 4 th Sat 1 PM, Masonic Center (Sept, Oct, Jan, Feb, March) Continued on next page ~ Page 13 ~

15 OPEN JAMS, continued D7- Contact: Cheryl Hall, , Yakima 3 rd Thurs 7 PM 217 S. 63 rd Ave. D8 Contact Barbara Tacoma - 3 rd Sun 3-5 PM Mid County Community Ctr th Ave. E. Puyallup - Wednesdays 5-8, Fridays 1-4 PM th Ave. E. D9 Contact: Christie Easter Salkum Sat 12/7 1 PM Salkum Timberland Library 2480 US HwY 12, Salkum Chehalis Sat 1/20 10 AM -! PM ADNA Grange 172 Cousins Rd., Chehalis D10 - Contact: Cynthia Hamm, , cynthiahamm48@gmail.com Vancouver - 3 rd Sat 2 PM Fisher s Grange Community Ctr., 814 NE 162 nd Ave. D11 - Contact: Charlie Root, , clroot@sosmail.us Moses Lake - 3 rd Sun 2PM Moses Lake Senior Center, 608 E. 3 rd Ave. D12 - Contact: Jim Harter, , jimn7ars@gmail.com Richland - 2 nd Thurs - 7PM Knights of Columbus Hall, 2500 Chester Rd. Kennewick - 2 nd Sun 2PM Trios Adult Day Services Building, 10 N. Washington St (enter at back.) Jam, potluck, meeting, jam Round Table Pizza Jam: Dec. 15-Pasco; Jan. 19-Richland (Leslie Rd)(See page 11) D 15 Contact: Rita Hubbard, sidandrita@yahoo.com, Sequim 2nd Sat, 10 AM Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond Meeting, jam, lessons, show Chimacum - 4 th Sat 9:30 AM Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Rd. D16 - Contact: Noel Lareau, , noelula@aol.com Arlington 2 nd, and 4th Fri - 5 PM - SHCC, th Ave. NE, rd Saturdays noon until 4 PM Burn Rd., Meeting, potluck, jam. Sept - May Midway - Contact: Doug Coppinger, , baboo13@comcast.net Sunday Dec 17 1:30 PM Shoreline Library ~ Page 14 ~

16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Official WOTFA Sponsored Events 2017: December 9- District 6 Christmas Party 2018: Feb. 10: District 12 Annual Winter Show-Columbia Valley Grange Road 64 and W. Court St. Pasco, WA. Doors open at 2:00 for jamming. Dinner 4:30; SHOW-6:00 We welcome members from ALL districts July 16-20: WOTFA WORKSHOP Moses Lake Christian Academy- Moses Lake, WA Get your events for 2018 in to me by January 15, 2018 to be included in the February newsletter This is the last newsletter you will receive until your membership dues for 2018 are paid. Be sure to get them paid early in January in order to receive the February newsletter. Send them to the Membership Chair whose address is on the membership application. Do not send cash. ~ Page 15 ~