Wednesday, September 14, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
FOLk FESTIVAL: All ages
and walks of life came
together in Sisters
connected to the community.
It’s nice to be involved even
if it’s a small way,” Ogden
told The Nugget.
Bend musician guitarist
and lead singer for The Love
Puppies, David Skelton, has
volunteered as the artist liai-
son supervisor for the past
seven years.
“Sisters Folk Festival’s
Creative Director Brad Tisdel
reached out to me years ago
and we began a new process
to help the artists out with
their needs,” Skelton said.
“Besides checking in and
out of all the artists mer-
chandise, we also handle
any questions that they have,
including where their lodging
is. We just want to make sure
that the artists don’t have any-
thing to worry about except
performing. Our whole job
is making their transition
from driving 10 hours to get
here to get on stage without a
hitch. We want to give them a
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inviting space for performers.
“I’m a huge live-music
fan, and incorporating great
music with our business is
a dream come true for me,”
Aaron Okura said.
The late-night venue fea-
tured five dynamic acts dur-
ing the festival.
Each year there are hun-
dreds of dedicated volunteers
that are the heartbeat of the
festival. They check badges,
set up and tear down, staff the
tents and tables, arrange dis-
plays, support the artists and
a slew of other tasks.
Sisters resident Jeanie
Ogden has been volunteering
as an artist liaison for three
years.
“It helps me feel more
photo by Jay Mather
ruthie Foster made a triumphant return to the folk festival stage.
Helping you fi nd the
best coverage
soft place to land so they can
focus on performing while
they’re here.”
At 6:15 p.m. at Village
Green Park on Friday, The
East Pointers from Canada
kicked off the festival with
their high-energy traditional
Celtic music with that added
twist of contemporary to a
packed house (see related
story, page 17).
Folks walking dogs,
strolling babies, or even
folks with their entire fam-
ily, made their way across
Village Green Park to eat
a little or sit a spell in their
chair or curl up on a blanket
with or without an arm-band
that gets you into a venue.
Even without a ticket, folks
became part of the Sisters
community, brought together
by the event, enjoying
themselves under the warm
sunny skies during the day
or under the starry skies at
night.
Eva Sanders and her hus-
band, Bill, from Terrebonne
have been coming to the fes-
tival for 10 years and enjoy
every minute of it.
“We wouldn’t miss the
Sisters Folk Festival for the
world,” Sanders said. “Each
year there is something
uniquely different to listen to,
and you can’t go wrong with
Sisters as the setting.”
And just because the fes-
tival was sold out didn’t
mean folks couldn’t enjoy
a little fantastic music and
hear the amazing performers
for free over the weekend.
The Fir Street Park stage was
a free venue that included
Americana Project students
on Saturday.
photo by Jay Mather
Chuck prophet rocked the tent at Melvin’s last weekend.
The festival offered up a
slate of workshops — infor-
mal performances with Q &
A between songs.
Alasdair Fraser — known
as Scotland’s premier fid-
dler ambassador — and tal-
ented cellist Natalie Haas
performed at Sisters Coffee
venue, which was a work-
shop. Fraser, a fiddler since
he was 8 years old, answered
a question about the return of
traditional Scottish music.
“There is a bit of a
revival going on in Scotland.
Musicians are looking for
their true voice again, we’re
putting the Scottish blood
back in the system now. And
more and more musicians
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music. And as we find our
voice again the arts flourish.”
And the folk music tradi-
tion of passing the torch from
generation to generation was
in full flower.
Megan Rose, a gradu-
ate of Sisters Folk Festival’s
Americana Project, per-
formed for her very first time
at The Open Door venue.
“I was so happy and giddy
to be a part of the festival.
And to everyone who has
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she said. “There were so
many mentors for me in the
Americana Project.”
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