Wednesday, August 29, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters
nonprofit
raises flood
victim
funds
Rising singer-songwriter to play festival
By Ceili Cornelius
Correspondent
Hayley Heynderickx, an
up-and-coming singer-song-
writer will be returning to
Sisters — this time with her
very own slot at the Sisters
Folk Festival.
Heynderickx hails from
North Grove, Oregon and
now resides in Portland.
She has always been
involved with music. Her
empathetic songwriting
translates what her web-
site describes as “…a life of
paradoxes. Heynderickx
grew up in a religious house-
hold in Oregon, closely
identifying with her Filipino
roots, but also straddling
multiple cultural identities.
Now residing in Portland,
her faith is not overt, but her
introspection and continued
struggle for self-actualiza-
tion are easily accessible and
relatable.”
F r om a young a ge ,
Heynderickx went to open
mics, getting her sound out
there in front of an audience.
“I wanted to start sharing
my songs outside of the bed-
room, so I would go to little
local shows in Portland,” said
Heynderickx.
Her love for the music
world comes from doing it at
such a young age.
“I enjoy the spontaneity of
it and meeting and exploring
things from different walks of
life,” she said.
Heynderickx’s most recent
album, “I Need to Start a
Garden,” came out a few
months ago and placed her
on multiple “artists to watch”
lists.
“I don’t really think about
being featured on those, I just
want to continue to travel on
and share my music, I think
if you think too much about
it you can lose sight of why
you’re doing it,” she told The
Nugget.
She recorded the album
with mutual friends who
started their own record
company, Noma Studios in
Portland. The band she has
behind her are all musicians
that have come out of the
Portland music scene.
“The inspiration for the
album really comes from
everyday experiences, each
song has its own backstory,”
she said.
Her eight-song record
is available to purchase,
or is available on Spotify.
Heynderickx describes her
music as offering a “thought-
ful, lyrical, singer-songwriter
PHOTO PROVIDED
Hayley Heynderickx has taught young songwriters in Sisters. Now she is
coming to town to perform at the Sisters Folk Festival.
sound.”
She has been to Sisters
a few times before as an
instructor for the Americana
Song Academy for Youth.
“It was really a great
opportunity to be at a camp
that wasn’t afraid to be vul-
nerable. I think it manifests a
lot of good in seeing the kids
progress over the weekends’
time,” she said.
Heynderickx will now
be playing the Sisters Folk
Festival as a featured artist,
traveling with her band.
7
“I look forward to com-
ing back to the magical,
thoughtful community of
Sisters and meeting a ton
of people and musicians,
and hopefully collaborating
with some artists on songs
throughout the weekend,” she
said.
Haley Heynderickx
will be performing at vari-
ous venues throughout the
weekend of the Sisters Folk
Festival, September 7-9. For
information on tickets go to
sistersfolkfestival.org/tickets.
Catastrophic flooding has
washed away families’ homes
throughout the state of Kerala,
India.
Sisters-based World’s
Children supports 28 orphan-
ages and two schools in India
and has launched a fundraiser
for families and children who
are victims of the flood —
to help them rebuild and get
household necessities, food
and medical supplies. The
project will be overseen by
long-time trusted World’s
Children partners based near
Kerala.
World’s Children is coor-
dinating disaster relief in the
Idukki District, especially the
hard-hit town of Devikulam,
where families are facing
dangerous post-flood con-
ditions. Any donation sup-
port is appreciated, and pho-
tos and updates on what is
achieved will be provided to
all donors. For more infor-
mation visit www.worldschil
dren.org/projects.