Joe's out in the front of the shop practicing his 30 second radio spot for the PSA for the Mark O'Connor concert. Be sure to get your tickets NOW. Avaliable at the Idaho Falls Arts Council. More info at www.sitesviolin.com. We are trying to decide if we should put Wizard's Walk or Say Old Man on the out-tro.

The kids are working on a rendition of Fiddler's Dream and Chief Sitting in the Rain for their songs to play with Mark. They are going to play Wizard's Walk, Bowing the Strings, Boil the Cabbage, Billy Wilson's Clog and David's Jig (Natalie MacMaster).
There will be a free workshop at the Colonial Theater at 10:00 AM, September 3rd for all string players and other musicians in the area.

Today I played fiddle for a wedding in Big Sky, Montana. I played with Joe's son Pat Sites' band White Water Ramble. They are from Fort Collins, Colorado. For the processional we played Chinquapin Hunting, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Cherokee Shuffle and Black Berry Blossom. For the Bride to walk in we played Ashokan Farewell. Ashokan Farewell is a beautiful fiddle waltz written by one of my favorite composers, Jay Ungar. I hope to get to meet him some day. I talked with his wife Molly on the phone one day to get permission to perform a few of his compositions with our orchestra for a fundraising concert for Strings for Kids. She was very friendly and I enjoyed the visit.

Happy Fiddlin'

Jacie