Wednesday, May 13, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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girls
Magic moments at sisters arts event
lacrosse
ends season
with loss
program in Sisters schools,
which is supported by Sisters
Folk Festival.
Not only is she a dedicated
singer-songwriter whose
talent is blossoming in the
program, says SFF Creative
Director Brad Tisdel, she’s
one of the students who does
the most to promote the cul-
ture of the program in Sisters
High School.
“Whenever we need a stu-
dent … to roll up her sleeves
and get to work, she’s that stu-
dent,” Tisdel told The Nugget.
She not only performs in
the Americana Project, she
also teaches younger students
guitar.
Heidi was biding her
time, waiting for the Preston
Thompson Guitar to come
onto the auction block.
Preston Thompson Guitars
has made a rapid and impres-
sive mark in the world of
quality acoustic instruments
since opening its manufactur-
ing facility on Main Avenue
in Sisters at the end of 2013.
It’s a return to a career that
Thompson started in the
1970s, recreating the classic
American sound produced by
Golden Age Martin Guitars of
the 1930s.
Thompson donated a
dreadnought guitar to this
year ’s MOTH auction.
Patrons got to hear just what
that instrument could do,
listening to Chris Luquette,
guitarist for Frank Solivan &
Dirty Kitchen, play an iden-
tical instrument on stage.
Preston Thompson Guitars
is developing a signature
series with the 25-year-old
guitar-slinger.
Megan was the student
tapped to display the gui-
tar. As she held it up for the
crowd’s viewing, the bidding
got started. And Heidi showed
up. The plan was in action.
She later told The Nugget
that as soon as Tisdel drew
the Queen of Hearts from the
hat, “We had the guitar.”
By Jim Cornelius
Correspondent
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The girls lacrosse team
lost 10-7 at West Salem on
Monday, May 4, in their final
game of the season.
Sisters only scored once
in the first half; a goal from
Langley Vogt, with an assist
from Taylor Schneider. West
Salem scored six goals in the
first half and held a five-point
lead at the half.
The Outlaws put up a fight
in the second half, and scored
six additional goals — three
from Vogt, two from Emily
Ford, and one from Schneider.
Sisters’ shot percentage
for the first half was only 20
percent, and in the second
half they were 60 percent.
Seven players were credited
with ground ball controls;
Hannah Stuwe and Jenny
O’Connor each had two,
and Vogt, Schneider, Jessica
Edwards, Sierra Hummel
and MacKenzie Hendrickson
each had one. Vogt led the
team with five draw controls,
and O’Connor and Marissa
Young each recorded two.
Addy Baney had a 44 per-
cent save-rate for the game
in goal. Currently, Baney is
ranked fifth among goalkeep-
ers in the league and she has
only been the goalie in four
games. Bree Papworth is
ranked seventh, after serving
as keeper in six games.
Vogt is at the top of the
league in draw controls,
caused turnovers and ground
ball controls.
“We definitely had a
strong second-half game,”
said Coach Mikaela Trott-
Rickards. “I’m learning
that our team is consistently
strong as the game goes on.
Other teams waver and grow
tired, but because of our
desire to play hard and not
give up, we shine in the sec-
ond half.”
There were many magical
moments at the My Own Two
Hands art auction and party
Saturday night. The event
grossed $135,000 to support
the programs of Sisters Folk
Festival — which is magic
enough on its own.
Then there was the bid-
ding war for a masterpiece
by noted Northwest artist
Rick Bartow, a $10,000 pad-
dle-raise donation by Ken
and Ginger Harrison and the
vision of three generations of
Sisters folks dancing the night
away to the fiery bluegrass
of Frank Solivan & Dirty
Kitchen.
But nothing could sur-
pass the magic of the sale of
Preston Thompson Guitars’
donation — a dreadnought
guitar.
It started with the luck of
the draw…
For the first time this
year, MOTH featured a kind
of raffle. Patrons entering
Ponderosa Forge for the auc-
tion could buy a playing card
for $100 — with 52 in the
deck, that added up to $5,200.
A winning card was drawn
out of a hat, with the winner
getting $5,200 in credit to
spend during the auction.
The winner was the Queen
of Hearts, purchased by Heidi
Ellsworth of Camp Sherman.
But Heidi was hidden in the
dark of the Forge, strangely
quiet. High school students
paraded the art before eager
bidders, who snapped up
paintings, sculptures, a cus-
tom knife, a sword, wood
benches… Auctioneer Jeff
Mornarich tried to coax her
into the action to no avail.
What he did not know was
that Heidi had a plan.
Heidi is the mother of
Megan Ellsworth, one of
the standout students in the
Sisters Americana Project, the
musical education outreach
photo by Jay mather
Megan and Heidi ellsworth celebrate their luck at the MOTH auction at
Ponderosa Forge.
Megan knew something going out into a wide musical
was up, and her joy was evi- world — playing an heirloom
dent as the gavel came down instrument that came into
at $4,750 — and she knew she her hands on the turn of the
was the owner of an exquisite Queen of Hearts.
custom guitar.
“There’s songs in that gui-
tar,” Tisdel intoned from the
No job too big
stage.
or too small
And Megan Ellsworth will
be the one to write them. In
New
fact, she was pretty sure she
wouldn’t get any sleep that
Construction
night. She had a guitar to play.
Remodels
Megan came to Sisters
High School from Black Butte
Additions
School in Camp Sherman.
Decks
Music is a big part of her fam-
ily’s life, and since she was a
Maintenance
little girl she’s turned out for
& Repairs
local music events, including
the annual barbecues at Camp
Sherman Store.
“She’s absorbed this cul-
ture for so long, for her to be
a part of it now is amazing,”
Heidi said.
A junior, Megan has
Over 20 years Experience
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