The cost to seniors and members of the Three Rivers Folklife Society will be $12.00.
We’re off to play a concert at our friend Micki Perry’s house in Kennewick, Washington! She is the living heart of the Tumbleweed Music Festival in Tri-Cities. We’re so excited!
Singing is about community, and it’s rare that a couple has humor, humbleness, and a real sense of what’s important in this world to teach and lead others in song. As they often tell their audiences, “if you know the song, sing along. If you don’t, sing anyway.”
They embody what they call “living room music.” It’s not the “show-off” tunes, but the songs that are quiet, sometimes, that make us think about what’s important –family, home, getting along, kindness, and giving back. And sometimes the songs are so delightfully wacky that we learn to laugh in a time when life is not always so funny.|
Flip and Zeke are jewels in a town that’s full of talented musicians. But they make us smile, they make us weep, they make us shout for joy. We see ourselves more clearly though the songs they sing.
– Margaret Bikman, Arts & Entertainment Editor Emeritus, Bellingham Herald
Fl!p’s mom, Maryann Breskin, was born and raised in Ustick, just north of Boise. Mom’s heart connection with the apple ranch and vinegar factory were so clear that in the last years of her very long life she sat down with a piece of graph paper and drew a map of the ranch from memory. We were able to locate the original farmhouse from her map overlaid on Google Earth. She was accurate within a foot on the whole place. We’re bringing a few of her ashes back to her first home. It seems right to bring some songs of home and family as well as our usual goofiness.
Susan Elliot has offered to host a house concert for us Sunday May 19 when we come. We’ll start with a potluck BBQ, and proceed with music. We’ll finish by about 5 PM. We may also find a way to do a workshop on Ergonomics For Musicians, one of Fl!p’s passions.