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Don Niderost
WAMA Vice President
Winlock, Washington
May 16, 1959 - August 8, 2023
Please NOTE:
Any and all future WAMA scheduled events or activities
are subject to sudden change or cancellation.
Keep checking this page for information on our events.
Be sure to check the WAMA Events Calendar so you can make your plans now!
From left to right: Cheryl Terry, Fred Hart, and Richard Roth.
Thanks so very much!
The 2023 WAMA Wintergrass Hospitality Suite was a great success!
Besides the Winlock Pickersfest, the WAMA Hospitality Suite
is one of our main annual fundraising events.
Since WAMA is a total volunteer nonprofit organization, the only way we can exist to fulfill our mission is through membership fees, donations, and fundraisers. We ask you to Please Support Us in whatever way you can to help us reach our goal for covering expenses of this great WAMA event. Please click HERE and be a Suite Sponsor or Donor.
Click HERE to see our 2024 Suite Sponsors and Donors.
We use the WAMA Hospitality Suite
to let people know who we are and what we do. With our showcase bands,
workshops, and jams, we promote WAMA and
American Acoustic Music in many ways. One of
our main purposes includes being a supportive sponsor for
Wintergrass. Another is to involve as many members and
acoustic music fans as we can to enjoy this fantastic festival with us.
If you’re going to the Wintergrass 2024 Music Festival, be
sure to come to Suite 355 in the Hyatt
Regency and visit with us, have some snacks and refreshments,
participate in some incredible jams, and see some terrific Showcase Bands.
Click HERE to learn more about our
WAMA Hospitality Suite.
Click HERE to submit your band.
This annual festival includes instructional workshops, genre jams, open mics, and plenty of pickin’ and grinnin’! Check out the Pickersfest website to see details about the live bands, the workshop schedule, camping details, ticket info, links, and more.
The festival officially starts on Friday, but the jamming, fun, and camping begin
on Thursday!
(Camping is allowed from Thursday before the festival until Sunday, 3:00 pm
of the festival.
At the WAMA BBQ, You'll have a great time, lots of comradery, an excellent BBQ and potluck dinner, and a fantastic slow jam. This is a FREE WAMA event, and everyone, including all acoustic musicians and their families, are invited. Come join us and see what WAMA has to offer.
From
"World Class Music with Washington Acoustic Music Association"
By Krysta Carper
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use the WAMA Contact Us page to send us an email.
WAMA is an organization that supports all genres of American Acoustic Music. Since WAMA's top priorities include involving youth and helping people of all ages find their inner musician and creative spark, it was fantastic to receive this type of feedback from some of our young website visitors:
"As a music instructor out here in Vermont, I'm sending the Washington Acoustic Music
Association a thank you email in regards to your links page!
I've been putting together some lesson plans for my music classes - I'm currently educating
the group all about the history bluegrass and old time music, including the instruments used...
which sadly, is foreign to most of them! Your page led me to some great sites to check out!
Thank you!
I've had a few of my students helping me, and they showed me this fantastic fiddle guide!
I thought it was perfect to share! This is it...
Musical
Playgrounds: All About Fiddling
Can you include a link to it on your page? ...
I would LOVE to show the kids that their contribution is helping other musicians outside of
our group. I just know they'd get a kick out of it :)
Let me know - ..., if you get a chance to include it... (But I know life can be busy, so if
not, whenever you get a chance to is great!)
Thanks for keeping the love of music alive!
Amanda"
"I just wanted to quickly say thank you! I'm a youth services librarian running
a fun bluegrass and country music history class for 7-13 year olds, and I thought
you all might enjoy hearing that we were able to get some great use out of your
association's links list. We were even able to use some of this information for
our most recent group project. Thanks so much for sharing!
One of our youngest, Annie has also asked me if I could share the div where
she initially became interested in country music with you all, "From Austin to
Tennessee: The History of Country Music" - I've listed it below if you'd like to review!
Initially I was a little hesitant to reach out, but I thought this could actually
be a really fun addition for any other young aspiring musicians coming across your
information, like Annie! I wondered if you wouldn't mind adding this one to your list?
I find a little encouragement goes a long way, and would love to show Annie and the
rest of the library group if you do choose to include it! wamamusic.com/links.html
Thanks so much,
Tracy"
"From Austin to Tennessee: The History of Country Music".
