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Stories of the Latino community in Skagit County from 1940 to 1970– in their own voices.  What brought them to the Valley, their celebrations, gathering places, traditions, leaders and more. 
 

Featuring Sachiko Yoshida and her students

Featuring Sachiko Yoshida and her students

This engaging exhibit, on loan from the Secretary of State’s Office of Elections, tells the story of voting in Washington State with information panels and artifacts.  From beans to hanging chads!  During this important election year, learn how voting has been accomplished through the years.
 

Petunia & The Vipers - With a piercing gaze, Petunia looks into the collective soul of the audience, then launches into some high and lonesome vocals that conjure up the ghost of Jimmie Rodgers. Not content with mesmerizing the crowd, Petunia's tapping boot propels the band into a snarling fire and brimstone rave-up as a wave of frantic jitterbuggers compete for space on the hardwood dance floor. He loves to keep you guessing.. often throwing a Spanish Ballad or Chanson a la Edith Piaf into the set. I believe it's the spirit of adventure that attracted the high calibre musicians that make up The Vipers. Jimmy, Stephen, Marc, James, Patrick and Sam have decades of experience working their magic with some of the most exciting names on the country and rockabilly circuits. Petunia & The Vipers thrive on the challenge of adding Latin rhythms to a country blues tune, or gypsy flavouring to a rockabilly standard. Petunia defies convention and yet there is some conservancy to his music. His honest, cut to the heart songwriting and multi-syllabic narratives would leave a lesser singer tongue-tied and breathless. I know, I've tried it. One of the many themes running through Petunia's lyrics relates to living life on one's own terms  fearlessly and without regret.

Brian Lee & the Orbiters- 2013 Washington Blues Society Best of the Blues Award for Best Traditional Blues Band Brian Lee & the Orbiters are one of the premier bands on the Northwest blues scene. Their engaging delivery, top-flight musicianship, and great repertoire of original tunes and gems from the blues tradition has created a strong following. Brian and the band are serious in their musicianship, but have serious fun when they perform! The Orbiters name evokes the concept of the band a broad orbit through the varied styles of the blues universe. Brian fronts the band with melodic vocals and superb guitar, slide guitar, and harmonica. Band members are among the finest in the region, with Steve Yonck on guitar, Russ Kammerer on drums, and Hank Yanda on bass and vocals.

Parade starts aat Noon followed by a family picnic. The early evening gets kicking with live music and the night is capped off with a fireworks display!

Take a lifetime of heartache and loss starting at birth and gift it with a lyric writing style that is filled with an honesty so vulnerable that it catches the most hardened heart off guard, knocking that back with a shot of WHISKEY DRENCHED VOCALS and a sweat dripping, take no prisoners performance, and you have one hell of a Blues Woman. Cee Cee James is one of those performers who comes across with more fire and fever when experienced live than is able to be captured on a recording. Stevie Ray Vaughan was often described the same way. She has a blistering voice that reaches for every ounce of emotion, sweat and raw power that she can muster. Cee Cee James is old-school blues...a steamy, sexy delivery of smokey back room stories spread over a bed of greasy slide guitar and pumping rhythms. She oozes blues.

Free Self Guided tour including over 20 artists!
Stop by the La Conner Visitor Center for a booklet!

Mia Starner is an engaging artist with a refreshing voice suited for the jazz and blues pieces she loves to sing. She can often be seen performing these styles with her husband Ben, although she's not limited to these genres. Mia's relationship with music was started early with all members of her family playing and singing as well as her father being a singer, multi-instrumentalist, musical instructor and songwriter. Mia also plays piano and clarinet and has a wide interest in all kinds of music. It was music that originally brought Mia and Ben together as a couple. Come and listen to their enthusiastic interpretations of the classics! Ben Starner is a piano master and his interpretations unique and intriguing. His finger technique is mesmerizing and his ability to interpret old classics with endless variety of phrasing astonishing. Come on in, enjoy dinner and drinks and experience this Skagit County musical phenom for yourself! Ben Starner is a Skagit County native born and raised. Ben has always loved music and has been playing the piano since the age of 12. Ben?s love of music and excellent ear affords him the ability to enjoy and perform multiple genres, not forsaking his first loves (jazz and ragtime) but in the true spirit of these styles, adds to the richness of his musical artistry.

Matthew Frantz- is a maverick in the music world. Not easily pigeonholed, his music is soulful, honest, gritty and relevant to what's going on in the world now. A few short years ago, Matthew released his album, Odessa Days on Ghost Note Records. The album features a broad spectrum of songs, from the melancholy Silver Dollar Stream and Docks to the driving and dark, London Honey Bee and the emotive Epic Of Harvey Dylan. -TO LISTEN: http://matthewfrantz.bandcamp.com/ MEDIA "After four years of building his repertoire of songs and getting comfortable in his new genre, Frantz is ready" - Chip Chandler -Amarillo Globe "Matthew Frantz's voice sells itself. You hear him and think, man, this guy's the real deal." - Kyle Dayne - The Art Of Celebration "Although his online bio spews dubious tales of mastodon resurrections and a guitar that killed Hitler, Matthew Frantz is a genuine singer-songwriter who saturates each verse in emotion. Far from weepy though, the Chicago-based... artist got his start with fret-sliding grooves and quiet, breathy moments... swaps those sweet acoustics for a more defiant take on electric folk rock, complete with echo-laden psychedelic strums." - Kat McReynolds - Mountain Express Asheville

Naches Heights Vineyard​

Featuring winemakers from Kontos Cellars, Stephenson Winery and Skylite Cellars.
This fully catered dinner cruise will take you northbound through the San Juan Islands.