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Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau April 7-13 2008
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Ebbie Date: 30 Mar 01 - 07:45 PM Eight stars of gold on a field of blue - Alaska's flag. May it mean to you The blue of the sea, the evening sky, The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby; The gold of the early sourdough's dreams, The precious gold of the hills and streams; The brilliant stars in the northern sky, The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high, The great North Star with its steady light, O'er land and sea a beacon bright. Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear, The simple flag of a last frontier. Spud, no problem- I think this is the complete song. And yes, to the Fairbanks answer: Charles Fairbanks who was a senator from Indiana at the time, and who later became vice president under Teddy Roosevelt. The story goes that Judge James Wickersham who had his headquarters at Eagle City at the time ran into the founder of Barnettes Cache on board ship at St. Michael at the mouth of the Yukon one day and told him that if he would rename his crossroads store's name to Fairbanks, he, the judge, would move his headquarters over there. The rest, as they say, is history. Eb |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Spud Murphy Date: 30 Mar 01 - 07:22 PM Some guy by the name of Fairbanks? The Spud Twins. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Spud Murphy Date: 30 Mar 01 - 07:17 PM Alaska's Flag
Eight stars of gold on a field of blue, Scuze us, folks. Mrs. Murphy and I are having a senior moment. Well, you can take yer pick. Either way, its sure purty. Spud Spud
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Ebbie Date: 30 Mar 01 - 07:15 PM Shall do, Spud. I like the song. On the other hand, your history lesson is just a tad whacked! Juneau is older than Fairbanks (1881 vs. 1903) and certainly much older than Anchorage, which didn't get going until the 20s and was a tent city even then. If it weren't for the Alaska Railroad, Anchorage would've had no reason for being. I'm not sure what Fairbanks' reason is... I think the reason that in your version Alaska tried to give Southeast to Washington is that most of the Alaska immigrants were uncomfortable with so much beauty. You've got to admit that many Interior Alaskans are a tad odd. Where do you think those politicians come from? ;) Incidentally, do you know how Fairbanks got its name? I do. (Not due to its loveliness!) Eb |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Spud Murphy Date: 30 Mar 01 - 07:00 PM When I lived in Alaska most Alaskans considered South Eastern to be part of Washington. When they finally made us a state, it turned out that Washington didn't want it and they made us take it as the price for statehood. We got even though. We made them keep the capital there as a means of keeping the Interior free of politicians. We did offer to give them Wasilla as a consolation prize but they wouldn't take it. Sorry, Ebbie, I had to come clean about the facts of the case. And then, of course, there's Anchorage, but we don't usually acknowledge its existence in front of the children. Spud (From Fabulous Fairbanks)
Alaska's Flag Thanks, for the above, to Mrs. Murphy's memory. Maybe you could sing it for Mrs Murohy and me, Ebbie. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Ebbie Date: 30 Mar 01 - 06:53 PM Where do you live, 'Gin? I lived in Portland and Oregon City for awhile when I was married but most of my life was spent in the Salem area. Amity is my home 'town' but I spent the last few years in Monmouth/Independence. I've lived in a lot of places in the valley and on the coast - always on the 'wet' side, which is rather strange considering how much time I spent on the other side of the mountains, just playing. Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Amergin Date: 30 Mar 01 - 06:11 PM You like Oregon? I would rather be back home in Idaho. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Ebbie Date: 30 Mar 01 - 05:28 PM Actually, we have about 46 linear miles, beginning at Thane (5 miles to the south of downtown) to the end of out-the-road. The last 10 miles are not paved. That drive, beginning at the ferry terminal 13 miles north of downtown, is stunning- like Seattle or Sitka, but wild and blue and silver and gunmetal grey and green and gold, with small, deep green, uninhabited islands wooded to the waterline dropped precisely into the ocean. Once I sat and sketched a sunset over the mountains in the distance beyond the water with color pencils and it's still one of my favorite evocative pictures. I'm originally from Oregon and I like Oregon- but everything I like about Oregon is intensified here. Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: GUEST,Fionn in Co Down Date: 30 Mar 01 - 05:04 PM I'm losing my grip. The last post was from me, masquerading behind a shy PC. I think anonymity's even worse than having posts appear twice over, as also happened to me in this thread, I've just noticed. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: GUEST Date: 30 Mar 01 - 05:00 PM A little bit more than ten miles Barbara (maybe 30) but at least they're flat miles, unlike those at both ends of the marine highway (eg Haines to Kantishna, or from any part of Vancouver city to any other part.) |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Barbara Date: 30 Mar 01 - 11:34 AM If you take your mountain bike to Juneau, you can go all 10 miles (or is it more?)north/south on The Road, but if you want to go east/west you may have to carry it up and down the stairs Juneau uses instead of sidewalks. It's a lovely town full of colorful wooden houses and Russian artifacts mixed in with new state buildings [SOB, Spam Can], two miles long and three blocks wide. Bald eagles circle over downtown in the heat-vent thermals. The whole burg is glued to the side of Mt. Juneau and the glacier, and you can meet a bear on the stairs. April is likely the sunniest month, and the folk festival is wonderful. I've gone a number of years myself, tho not recently. The weather in spring in Southeast (what the people of the area call the panhandle part of Alaska) is not that different from Seattle, and the wild rugged land and is beautiful. Try it, you'll like it. Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Peter K (Fionn) Date: 29 Mar 01 - 06:13 PM Hi Ebbie - yes, I read that book. I remember a section (was it something about "finding what they were looking for"?) about a bizarre bureaucratic mission to see if there was a better option than Juneau for the state capital, and they finished up at a hole in the hedge near Talkeetna. (Willow?) That book is about as fine an introduction to a region as any region could hope to have. I'd recommend it to anyone. Can't remember what he said about J, but sounds like he agreed with me. (*BG*) But I also read that other book - "Disappearance: A Map," by the woman I mentioned to you once, Sheila Nickerson. Rest assured, Ebbie, I've got the message loud and clear, both from her book and from you, that there is much much more to appreciate in Juneau's immediate hinterland than I got to see in one brief visit. I'm aiming to get back, but maybe with my wife and daughter, and leaving the mountain bike at home. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Peter K (Fionn) Date: 29 Mar 01 - 06:11 PM Hi Ebbie - yes, I read that book. I remember a section (was it something about "finding what they were looking for"?) about a bizarre bureaucratic mission to see if there was a better option than Juneau for the state capital, and they finished up at a hole in the hedge near Talkeetna. (Willow?) That book is about as fine an introduction to a region as any region could hope to have. I'd recommend it to anyone. Can't remember what he said about J, but sounds like he agreed with me. (*BG*) But I also read that other book - "Disappearance: A Map," by the woman I mentioned to you once, Sheila Nickerson. Rest assured, Ebbie, I've got the message loud and clear, both from her book and from you, that there is much much more to appreciate in Juneau's immediate hinterland than I got to see in one brief visit. I'm aiming to get back, but maybe with my wife and daughter, and leaving the mountain bike at home. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Ebbie Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:42 PM Far from upsetting the 'neighbors', Fionn, the ferry system will often do an Artists on Board thing, where you play for your passage. And you are so right- it's a mind-boggling trip. If you're coming the other direction- through Canada's Yukon Territory, for instance- you can come as far as Skagway and Haines by highway and then catch the ferry for the last 5+ hours. Fionn, I hope that sometime you come to Juneau and get to know Juneau and its people through my eyes. Have you read John McPhee's 'Coming into the Country'? Well, he didn't care for Juneau- but hey, he didn't meet the right people. He met a lot of politicians- but most of them are from up north! (Just kidding- there are some great people up there) Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Peter K (Fionn) Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:28 PM For those of you in the lower 48, that's a magical time of year to be on the marine highway (departures from Prince Rupert and Bellingham I think). Pitch a tent on the solarium deck, or just get your sleeping bag under the electric heaters, and totally unwind for a few days amid dazzling scenery (remembering to watch for whales alongside). And an excellent chance for practice, without upsetting the neighbours, because on the return journey you'll have a whole deck to yourself. What few passengers there are at that time of year will all be going the other way! |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Ebbie Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:17 PM Cute, radriano- but I don't get it! (Oh, you mean, April, May, Juneau- hardi har har, indeed!) The guest artists this year are Alice, Tom and Brad- that's as in Alice Gerrard. I'm excited about meeting her and expect to enjoy them hugely. There's no way every year's guests resonate the same within each of us but every 3 years or so I get very excited about them. For instance, Ginny Hawker and Kay Justice brought their band up here a few years back- We're still singing the Primitive Baptist songs we learned then. I spent my teen years in Virginia so their sound takes me home. Too much blues makes me sad so the year we had a couple of bluesmen here I didn't spend much time in the auditorium. (Too loud, too) And another year- you get the idea... But sometimes you get a real surprise. For instance, Brave New World. I figured that would be a year that I just kind of sat it out- after all, there would be no songs in English and it's klezmer besides and what kind of workshops could they do that would be applicable? Well, I was wrong. They were wonderful. The AFF board scours the country each year, pursuing seminal people that typify a certain musical history. Read the criteria on the web site- it's amazing how many people are eager to come up here on that basis. On the other hand, how many guest artists get to come to such a beautiful place with such appreciative audiences who throw such great jams and who take the guests out salmon fishing? Ebbie
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: SINSULL Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:04 PM OUCH! Radriano - keep that up and we are going to make you sit with Amos,Art, and Kendall from now on. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: radriano Date: 29 Mar 01 - 04:37 PM Wait a minute, April 16-22? But the thread title says it's in Juneau. Hardi-har-har! Okay, so now I've got that out of my system. Sorry. What's the lineup going to be like, Ebbie? Wish I could make it. Richard |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: SINSULL Date: 29 Mar 01 - 04:27 PM If only... maybe I will quit my job after all. |
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Subject: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau From: Ebbie Date: 29 Mar 01 - 02:43 PM OK- make your reservations now! Our folk festival happens April 16-22. Find it at www.juneau.com/aff. A magic time. Seriously, if any 'Catters are able to come north, I'm easy to find- and I'll provide lots of opps for music. Art Thieme, as I recall, you asked that I say HI to Paul Roseland, 'the Singing Sourdough', when I see him. Well, he is scheduled to perform here on Friday evening. Is there anything else you want me to tell him? (BTW, I've always wanted to tell you, Art, that I used to spend a lot of time at Depoe Bay's used bookstore just across the bridge when I lived at Taft and Cutler City. Bought a lot of books for my little daughter there- titles I had grown up with, myself, like 'Beautiful Joe', 'Black Beauty', 'Call of the Wild', 'Ivanhoe' and lots of others. Could that have been your shop?) And what kind of Mudcat virus has migrated to Alaska?? I see by the schedule that a Joe Karson from Homer on the Kenai Peninsula is doing a set called 'Amish Blues'... Wha??? Ebbie |
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