Tuesday, 25 August 2009

21-Aug-09 USA Trip - Day 19

Up prompt this morning as we were all going away for the weekend. The Celluloid Cowboys (Steve and Kristi and their friends Bill and Lynne) were booked to play at the Wahkiakum County Fair - about a 3 hour drive south of Tacoma. The traffic was heavy but we made it to the County Fair ground by 5:00pm so they could check in (due to play at 7:00pm) and then we made our way to the Bed and Breakfast - The Inn at Lucky Mud... in Skamokawa... a wonderful house set in magnificent grounds... the scenery was just breathtaking.

The Lucky Mud is run by long time friends of Steve and Kristi called Jessica and Sunrise. We were made very welcome, quickly shown our rooms (wow! more of that later) and then all sat down to creamed broccolli soup and homemade bread - yum. We then made our way back to the fair ground in good time for The Celluloid Cowboys to get their gear set up and to have a sound check.

This gave us a chance to take a look around the fair... there were the usual stands and we popped our head into one of the tents and were handed free spin tickets by two girls who asked 'Do you want free spin the wheel tickets?' We weren't sure what to expect but went along and Val won a bright green necklace and Jimmy some football stickers!

Then we made our way back to the bleachers in front of the music stage. The Celluloid Cowboys gave a good performance encompassing American classics, swing, Hawaiian, contemporary, and self-penned numbers. The fair organisers immediately booked them for next year's event.

After the fair closed we drove back to the Lucky Mud where we had a singaround, eating, drinking and playing session that went on into the night with evryone singing/playing together and individually with ad hoc accompaniments being added to many songs. Songs from the jiva repertoire were:


  • Different Dreams (jiva)
  • Louise (Paul Siebel)
  • Some Way Home (jiva)
  • Two Old Friends (Chris Simpson)
  • Yorkshire Romance (CJ Rowe)
A great way to end a great evening in the company of great friends and great hosts.

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Links
jiva website
jiva MySpace
Steve & Kristi Nebel website

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