A Concert With Friends

The third annual "A Concert With Friends" was a wonderful time and a great success. Thanks to Bob Skolnik of Mona Lake Productions, we once again were able to join with some great musical friends in the legendary Frauenthal Theater to raise money for the United Way.















Hawks and Owls opened the show with their traditional oldtime sound.
L-R Joe Van Acker, Bruce Ling, Becca Shilt.












For the end of Hawks and Owls' set they were joined by the Oat Bran Boys for a rousing version of Deep Elem Blues.









Then the Oat Bran Boys took the stage. L-R Richard King, John King, Dan Seabolt.

"The Oaties" always do a great job. The brother harmonies are top notch and they're great pickers.


John and Dan have been playing dates with us as part of the Ruth And Max Bloomquist Band, and we've been lucky to have them.



After the intermission we began the second half of the show with a couple of songs from our soon to be released CD. Then Bruce came out to play mandolin with us on another soon to be released song, Ruth's "I Hear Your Footsteps". He stayed on while the Oat Bran Boys joined us for "Daddy Was An Old Man" and then took a break while the Oaties backed us up on a few more tunes.







On one song, the Cajun flavored Thibideaux, Rich and Max traded instruments and shared a vocal mic. The height disparity made for some physical hilarity.














By the end of the show we were ALL on stage for Bob Skolnik's favorite singalong, You Are My Sunshine. The crowd 900 plus demanded one more and who were we to say no. Looks like we'll all be back next November.