Pacific Northwest Gathering/Camp

[ray]

What: Acoustic Guitar/Music gathering

When: August 22, 23, 24

Where: It will be in Arlington, Wa Area 98223-9019. Yahoo Map link: http://tinyurl.com/eqcs

Who: YOU!!! TGF, RMMGA and local acoustic guitar afficionados

How: RSVP (please update if you havent lately) to
rmmga_nw@hotmail.com please help make this a success.

Critical: Address will not be published online... send mail
requesting address and flier mailing to hotmail address above.

Cost: No Profit taking! We get the facilities for free... therefore
costs will be kept to a minimum. Weekend campers will all be asked to
share some minimal costs for a quality generator, damage deposit (fully
refundable), and anything WE (need your input to hotmail above) decide as a
valuable such as catering, traveling performers, etc.

Features, Details (in work, nothing in concrete yet) we anticipate:

Larry Pattis on Friday Nite (probable)
Workshops with Rick Ruskin, Stephen Boyke (probable)
Roy McAlister Display (probable)
Top-end Catered on site BBQ Saturday (pending response to hotmail)
Very nice "hillbilly engineered" BBQ spit and cooking areas for DIY
folks---- *see pictures
Amphitheatre Stage setting
Plenty of hi-end sound system and acoustic amp/preamp gear
Drive in Camping, volleyball court, slip-n-slide (best around-- *see
pictures), plenty of greenery, gathering shelters, parking
State fair weekend
Arlington motor inn (for those who prefer not to camp) 360-652-9595

Still needed: "Local" volunteers to help with the planning/chores associated

Pictures of the same site we'll use for our gathering (will be 8/22, 8/23,8/24) at the recent rock & roll "do", Dave's annual pigfest. What a blast!

Dropdead gorgeous property:

http://www.msnusers.com/PNW2/shoebox.msnw?Page=1

Special thanks to JD, Stephen Boyke, Rick Ruskin, Larry Pattis, John Sorell, Tony Weber, Doc, Roy McAlister, and others.... Obviously, I am depending on several folks to help communicate/coordinate so if I've missed anyone or taken too much liberty in announcing representation early, please accept my deepest apologies. Again for everyone's sake, no commitments should be considered firm except the facility... I will be directly communicating with each erformer/instructor/displayer in the near future, and a flyer will be snail mailed!

I may be reached at raymond"dot"boyce3 "at" verizon"dot"net

~ray

[jeffrey]

Man I'd love to go to that. And I might actually be up that way around then. I need to check out my schedule and stuff.

I'm going to Mt. Rainier for a 1 day Mountaineering/Ice Climbing class. If the get together is anywhere in that vicinity, I may try and make it.

[ray]

Originally posted by jeffrey
Man I'd love to go to that. And I might actually be up that way around then. <snip> ....try and make it.


Hope you can... an event for those who take music to the heart... :roll:

There will be some very fine players (and guitars) there. If you aren't already familiar with him, do a yahoo search on Larry Pattis, and theres even more in the works.

Momentum is important, so please get on the hotmail address in the original post asap.