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1st Prize
Flatpicker
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The 2007 Champion
Guitar Flatpicker Josh Robertson shows off his trophy and an
envelope full of prize money. Check on the Activities
page for more detail of how to enter.
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Ft.
Colville
Jamboree
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Every
second Saturday of the month (except July, August & Sept.) the
Fort Colville Grange hall is the place to be if you love good family
style music and jamming. More detail on the Jamboree page.
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Workshops
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Free workshops by local
musicians who share their wealth of knowledge to those who are
interested in instruments popular in bluegrass. Check out the
Activities
page for details!
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Gospel Sing
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Last year one highlight was the reunion of the
Dunn Mountain Boys at the
Sunday Gospel sing!
Featured Pickin' Party Bands and
other great musicians from the area perform Gospel favorites to an
audience that loves to
sing
along!
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Our
Great Line-up for 2008 includes:
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Richard Eich,
fiddler, singer, and guitiarist for Northern
Underground, founded
the band in February 2007. In addition to fiddle and
guitar, Richard picks a mean mandolin and is
an instructor in all the bluegrass instruments. He
is joined by the sweet vocals of Abby Hodges on mandolin
and Alicia Heinen on rhythm guitar. Both in their teens,
these young ladies set a quick pace, blending their voices
on gospel, bluegrass, and origianl tunes. Bringing
banjo to the band, Keith Fletcher burns it up with
traditional breakdowns and melodic licks that fill in
the mix. Keith's mom, Connie Fletcher of the Fletcher
Girls, sings a few tunes and adds harmony vocals while driving
out the tempo on bass fiddle.
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The Panhandle
Polecats have been raising a ruckus around the
Inland
Northwest with their traditional bluegrass for the
last several years. They hail
from the
North
Idaho
panhandle where they were raised in their little mountain
home on the Rathdrum prairie. This band is made up
of five siblings who love to
play music almost as much as they love to
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Dominion Mountain
is formed by Terry and
Joyce Foster. Joined by Shasta Hincke and Phillip Brown, they
perform a variety of bluegrass, Gospel and old time tunes.
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Kettle Creek
started from an
occasional jam session has grown and flourished into a
reputable and high energy entertainment experience.
2007 was a stellar year for this dedicated group of
musicians with performances scheduled on the same stage as The
Seldom Scene, The Infamous Stringdusters, Steve Kaufman and
Gary Davis, Dan Crary and Thunderation along with many
others.
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The Engell Family hails from Stevens County and has
toured all over the west; from Washington to Arizona. They are
enthusiastically received where ever the play. We are glad to have
them this year as a part of the 2008 Pickin' Party! |
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RedWing is a group of talented young ladies, They
play oldtime, bluegrass, celtic, french Canadian and swing tunes.They play upbeat, toe-tapping fiddle music and their 3 part vocals complete the show. They have played extensively in the Spokane area.
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