We have the privilege of having John Moore (Mandolin, Guitar) and Dennis Caplinger (Fiddle, Banjo) at our festival this year. Their group Bluegrass Etc. played at a pizza place in Southern California where a very young Chris Thile and Sean and Sara Watson of Nickel Creek caught...
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Formed in the Chicago area in 1975, The Special Consensus is a four-person acoustic bluegrass band with a repertoire that features traditional bluegrass standards, original compositions by band members and professional songwriters, and songs from other musical genres performed in the bluegrass format. The band has...
Read MoreMember Kathy Caldwell and assistant Nancy Burgess Obern participated in the Frontier Days Dutch Oven Cook-off at the Walla Walla fair, August 31, 2013. The girls were thrilled that their team, called Goin' Dutch won Grand Champion. They also took home 2 people's choice awards...
Read MoreWin over $100 at our Dutch Oven jackpot cook-off! The 2012 Dutch Oven Rendezvous will again have a Dutch Oven cook-off . This year, as well as possibly winning one of three jackpot prizes, the dish with the most votes from the judges will win an additional...
Read MoreThe Acoustic Winter Show is again being hosted by MCTAMA. February 4, 2012, at Richland Community Center. Show times are are 7pm to 9:30pm. This is an open mike format, so you never know who is going to appear. There will be space for jamming. The...
Read More[gallery link="file" columns="5"] Another great fall dinner: venison stew cooked in a 12 inch deep Dutch oven and cornbread cooked in a 10 inch Dutch oven. I added a jalapeno pepper to the stew to add a little kick. Sometimes (not this time) I add a...
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