BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20150412T020000Z DTEND:20150412T050000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Tunesmith Night DESCRIPTION:Tunesmith Night is held every second Saturday\, October through May\, this monthly showcase of original music is an opportunity for songwriters to present their work to a supportive listening audience\, sharing insights with the listeners and camaraderie with their fellow tunesmiths. The show is presented in a round-robin format\, with each musician playing a song\, then the next taking a turn\, creating an interesting and varied performance. Doors open at 6pm\, music at 7pm\, all ages welcome. Saturday's songwriters are: Gareth Tabor\, Curt Kruse & Edmund Wayne & Heidi Muller.\n\n\n\nGareth Tabor is well-known to Tunesmith Night audiences. His first experience with the Wallowa Valley music scene was as a member of the Back Alley String Band\, a bluegrass band based in Portland. He began writing songs several years ago after having attended Summer Fishtrap's song writing workshop\, and often returns to their Imnaha Writers' Retreat for some focused writing time. Tabor states that as a song writer\, he tries to " craft songs which\, based on specific locations and events\, embody experiences and emotions that resonate with the listeners' own " along this " joyful\, sad\, sweet\, and at times\, absurd\, journey we call 'life'." In 2011\, Tabor was invited to perform one of his recent songs\, "Deep Creek\," based on events surrounding the massacre of Chinese miners along the Snake River in 1887\, at the Chinese Remembering Conference in Lewiston\; subsequently\, the song was used as the sound track for a PBS special about the murders. When not writing songs\, or performing with one of his two bands\, Gareth continues his day job as an ophthalmic surgeon in Lake Oswego\, Oregon\, where he resides with his wife\, Janet.\n\n \n\nWith songwriter and lead singer Curt Krause at the helm\, Edmund Wayne is making waves with their down-home\, dirt-rock\, pop-powered\, exploratory sound. With intimate vocals and dynamic song structure keep your full attention\, Edmund Wayne has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with some wonderful bands such as: Dawes\, Local Natives\, Deep Dark Woods\, Breathe Owl Breathe\, and Damien Jurado. Constantly creating\, Edmund Wayne is in the process of recording a full length album that will be released on Woolly Records.\n\n\n\nHeidi Muller crafts songs about places and people with vivid imagery and detail. Influences from Appalachia to the Pacific Northwest weave through her lyrics\, crystalline vocals\, guitar and mountain dulcimer playing. She's the writer of "Good Road\," the theme song for Northwest Public Radio's Inland Folk show\, local favorites "Anatone" and "In Wallowa\," and has released eight CDs. "The best of Heidi is in public where her concerts are a living room gathering of friends\, stories and songs that mix the joy\, sorrow\, humor and hope of life in a manner that entertains\, involves and raises spirits." - Victory Review X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Tunesmith Night is held every second Saturday\, October through May\, this monthly showcase of original music is an opportunity for songwriters to present their work to a supportive listening audience\, sharing insights with the listeners and camaraderie with their fellow tunesmiths. The show is presented in a round-robin format\, with each musician playing a song\, then the next taking a turn\, creating an interesting and varied performance. Doors open at 6pm\, music at 7pm\, all ages welcome. Saturday&rsquo\;s songwriters are: Gareth Tabor\, Curt Kruse &\; Edmund Wayne &\; Heidi Muller.
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\nGareth Tabor \;is well-known to Tunesmith Night audiences. \; His first experience with the Wallowa Valley music scene was as a member of the Back Alley String Band\, a bluegrass band based in Portland. \; He began writing songs several years ago after having attended Summer Fishtrap&rsquo\;s song writing workshop\, and often returns to their Imnaha Writers&rsquo\; Retreat for some focused writing time. Tabor states that as a song writer\, he tries to &ldquo\;&hellip\;craft songs which\, based on specific locations and events\, embody experiences and emotions that resonate with the listeners&rsquo\; own&hellip\;&rdquo\; along this &ldquo\;&hellip\;joyful\, sad\, sweet\, and at times\, absurd\, journey we call &lsquo\;life&rsquo\;.&rdquo\;  \;In 2011\, Tabor was invited to perform one of his recent songs\, &ldquo\;Deep Creek\,&rdquo\; based on events surrounding the massacre of Chinese miners along the Snake River in 1887\, at the Chinese Remembering Conference in Lewiston\; subsequently\, the song was used as the sound track for a PBS special about the murders. When not writing songs\, or performing with one of his two bands\, Gareth continues his day job as an ophthalmic surgeon in Lake Oswego\, Oregon\, where he resides with his wife\, Janet.
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\nWith songwriter and lead singer \;Curt Krause \;at the helm\, \;Edmund Wayne \;is making waves with their down-home\, dirt-rock\, pop-powered\, exploratory sound. With intimate vocals and dynamic song structure keep your full attention\, Edmund Wayne has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with some wonderful bands such as: Dawes\, Local Natives\, Deep Dark Woods\, Breathe Owl Breathe\, and Damien Jurado. \; Constantly creating\, Edmund Wayne is in the process of recording a full length album that will be released on Woolly Records.
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\nHeidi Muller crafts songs about places and people with vivid imagery and detail. Influences from Appalachia to the Pacific Northwest weave through her lyrics\, crystalline vocals\, guitar and mountain dulcimer playing. She&rsquo\;s the writer of &ldquo\;Good Road\,&rdquo\; the theme song for Northwest Public Radio&rsquo\;s Inland Folk show\, local favorites &ldquo\;Anatone&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;In Wallowa\,&rdquo\; and has released eight CDs. "\;The best of Heidi is in public where her concerts are a living room gathering of friends\, stories and songs that mix the joy\, sorrow\, humor and hope of life in a manner that entertains\, involves and raises spirits."\; - Victory Review
\n \; LOCATION:Lear's Main St. Pub & Grill\, 111 W. Main St.\, Enterprise UID:e.1631.7328 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260413T164909Z URL:http://wallowacountychamber.sampleorg.com/events/details/tunesmith-night-04-11-2015-7328 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR