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When my webhost returns, she will update our contacts page.
Meanwhile, our contact address is now valleystrings@aim.com
If you are on Facebook. You can add yourself to our group: All Strings Considered
Or add Tanya, Sherry, or Connie as friends, if you know us personally.
We’ll update you soon on our upcoming events that will be open to the public.
Tanya
Hello! This post is long overdue. We apologize for the delay.
Tanya is back from her very exciting summer tour of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and England with The Continentals Alumni Tour. She says, “I never had to play so many barre chords in different keys in my life!” She played rhythm guitar for the band which backed up the Continental Singers on stage. Apparently her favorite country was Scotland, as she is heading back next summer. She has been busy shaping up her private students for holiday concerts, and now Solo and Ensemble contest. Also working with a student string quartet at a local church.
All Strings is gearing up for a variety of events, two of which are public events, so you all can come and hear our new tunes, and enjoy the old favorites!
February 13th, 2010 @ 7-9pm at The Cascade Community Coffeehouse - Sunset Highway, East Wenatchee
February 14th, 2010 @ 6-8:30pm We’re back at Inna’s Cuisine for Valentine’s Day for the 3rd year in a row!
If you haven’t tried Inna’s Cuisine on the avenue in downtown Wenatchee, it’s time you did! She and her staff really know how to treat you right and make sure you and your sweetheart are happy. You can make it a family event too, that way, everyone’s bellies will be happy! All Strings will be playing from the “ceiling stage” once again. We lovingly call it that because when Tanya stands up, her head is inches from the ceiling. No worries, YOU will be comfortably seated, FAR from the ceiling. It’s kind of our Mary Poppins gig I guess. Not as far as music, just the feeling of floating near the ceiling. As always we will play great dinner background music, and throw in a few rippers only for those that have been seated for more than four hours!
You can also hear Tanya play on Friday February 12th, 2010 at the Barn Reserve in Leavenworth Washington. She will be playing with The Michael Carlos Band.
Sherry, Connie, and Tanya all managed to find themselves in the Pit of Siam in November 2009. Connie played clarinet, Tanya played violin, and Sherry conducted the school district musical, The King and I. All Strings Considered had a blast playing in the pit orchestra (Pit of Siam).
We have a special request. If you come and read this blog, please take a moment to sign the guestbook.
Thank you very much. See you soon!
All Strings Considered
PS: If you are a Facebook user, check out our friends and fans site!
Join ASC, the Bavarian Leavenworth Tuba Ensemble, Trinity Choir, a male quartet, bluegrass musicians, and more for a night to remember!
May 17th, 2009 at 7 pm at the First Presbyterian Church. 1400 S. Miller in Wenatchee, Washington. “Amplify Him” will feature ASC and Friends, coffee and dessert served by the Trinity Choir, and basically a group of talented musicians donating their time, to help raise funds for Tanya to go on tour with The Continental Singers this summer.
Want to know more about Continental Ministries and how to donate to the costs of Tanya’s tour?
Click here to make an online donation and to find out more about the Continentals Ministry: http://www.continentalsingers.org/about.htm
If you donate online, let Tanya know, so that she can keep in touch with you during her tour and so you can receive updates and thank you cards.
We hope you join ASC and many of our fine, talented friends for a very fun evening!
Tanya’s undying gratitude goes to Gail Foreman, music ministry at First Presbyterian for setting up this event! And to all those who have already donated to the Continentals Ministry on her behalf!
Happy Spring everyone. I have been terrible about getting our gigs posted here and I apologize for that! We’ve been having so much fun, and I am finding Facebook a great place to post our gigs, but I will try to keep the website updated.
We had a great turn out for our Caffe Mela event on Saint Patty’s Day and I want to thank Matthew Terry for joining us during our set to sing his original composition, “When He Came Back.”
ASC played for the Musterd Seed fundraiser on March 21st and we were very impressed with the event.
Our “String Fashion Show” at the Friday Night Out concert series at Grace Lutheran was a big hit. Rebekah Gilmore from Seattle joined us with her amazing vocal talent, and I even pulled out the Bodhran for a number. We had a blast and the audience was wonderful!!
On April 25th from 2-4pm, ASC will be playing for The Riverwalk Inn Open House in beautiful Lake Chelan. Be sure to join us for some great music, wonderful organic foods prepared by the Healthy Gourmet, and sample some lavender iced tea!
On May 17th, you’ll find All Strings Considered playing at the 1st Presbytarian Church on Miller in Wenatchee. This event is a fundraiser to help raise money for the Continental Ministries. I am going on tour with this ministry this summer, and this Caberet event will feature many fine musicians from Wenatchee. There will be a free will offering and the proceeds will go to the ministry to support The Continentals Alumi Tour which be traveling to Ireland and Great Britain.
Last but not least, ASC will be doing a Library Tour! Wenatchee, Omak, and Moses Lake libraries will be hosting us for the summer programs. Dates will be June 18th, July 30th, and August 13th.
And now..a word from one of our fans:
I was soooooooooooooooo glad I dragged myself to the concert! I only heard the first half but was so impressed. I think you guys have come a long, long way! You were entertaining (the fashion show was cute and fun and really very imaginative. You all were very professional but playful as well and I that really is your trademark. You can be that way when you back it up with the wonderful ability that you all have.
Rebekah was a plus and it was obvious that you all worked well together – NO prima donnas’. I wish I could have seen the whole thing.
I talked to Mac and asked him what he said, He said I loved it!!! That is high praise from someone who tips the bars in the music world in talent as far as I am concerned. He really like the quirky piece that you wrote Tanya!
Anyway, thought you would love to hear from another music critic!
Love to you all
PS the piece right before the first piece that Rebekah sang (I think) where the Harp and violin play in the beginning made me cry it was so emotionally beautiful. I love all your instruments!
Thank you to all of you who attend our concerts and listen to our CD. Look for the next one to be released just before Christmas!
Tanya
Join us for a fun evening of music at Caffe Mela on March 17th, 2009. If you can’t make the Saint Patty’s Day concert, we’ll see you at the Friday Night Out Concert series on March 27th, 2009 at Grace Lutheran.
Thank you to all who hired us in 2008. We had so much fun doing your house concerts, your fundraisers, coffee house gigs, weddings, open houses. Our fan base is growing and believe me, we love you! Thanks to all who bought CD’s this year too. And to those of you who bought the Five Packs, oh my goodness, thanks so much. You are now lifetime members of the CDS410 Club.
Next up is our gig at the Leavenworth Coffee House on January 16th, 2009 at 7:30 pm at the lovely Barn Reserve in Leavenworth Washington.
http://www.leavenworthcoffeehouse.org/
If you can’t make the coffee house gig, then our next public performance will be at Inna’s Cuisine in downtown Wenatchee on February 14, 2009 from 5:30-8:30pm.
March 27th, 2009 we will be guests at the Friday Night Out Series hosted by the Grace Lutheran Church.
Hope to see you there!
All Strings Considered would like to send a big hug and lots of thanks to Dan Maher, host of Inland Folk on National Public Radio. We were featured in June of 2008, and Dan very graciously said wonderful things about our group AND played ASC during the week of the Wenatchee Bluegrass Festival, so we ended up sharing the air with a great group called The Infamous Stringdusters. Dan played at least three of our tracks from our album “A Place in the Heart”.
I think one of our highest compliments came when my own daughter (and how often do parents and children agree on music tastes?) used a our title track from the CD for her wedding. She definitely has grown into a fine young woman with a spendid variety of musical tastes. She even had Dan Maher and Connie Celustka singing at her wedding. Also a huge treat for all of us.
To those of you who HEAR music, and have a deep longing to learn how to play an instrument, or get better at the one you play, you can contact Connie or Tanya at the Wood’s House Conservatory of Music in Wenatchee Washington. http://www.woodshouse.org
CD’s are selling fast, so be sure to get all you need for Christmas gifts!
Tanya
If you haven’t been out to hear All Strings Considered play live music, now is the time!
Oct. 9 4:00 pm 1/3 ASC joins 3/4 Copper Top Bottle Rockets at the Leavenworth Gazebo
Oct. 11 11:30 am ASC @ Quincy Harvest Festival - Quincy, WA.
Oct. 21 7:00 pm ASC entertains “Friends of the Library” North Central Regional Library - Wenatchee, WA
Nov. 1 7:00 pm ASC @ Farmer’s Table Harvest Dinner - Community Center Wenatchee, WA
Nov. 8 7:00 pm ASC’s favorite spot! Caffe Mela - Downtown Wenatchee
Nov. 21 5:00 pm 1/3 ASC with WHCM students @ Festival of Trees. Wenatchee Convention Center
Dec. 6 5:00 pm ASC in the Holiday Showcase at Dusty Strings - Seattle Washington
Our CDs are on sale at these locations:
In Wenatchee: Caffe Mela, Pak it Rite, The Cellar Cafe, Wood n Things, The Collector’s Gallery, Avalon Music, and Farmer’s Table on Mission Street.
In Leavenworth: The Bavarian Lodge and Dee’s Quilt Shop
In Seattle: Dusty Strings
If you would like to listen to tracks from our CD “A Place in the Heart” :
http://cdbaby.com/cd/allstringsconsidered
Or buy them direct from Tanya Lawson (valleystrings@verizon.net)
Thanks again to all our fans who come out for our gigs, and to those who have invited us to play for weddings and special events.
Thanks to Cider Mill in Cashmere, United Way of Wenatchee, “Friends of the Library”, Bill Terry, Sherri Schneider, , Caffe Mela, Inna’s Cuisine, St. Laurent Winery, Northwest Folklife in Seattle, Riverwalk Books in Chelan, Tim Meyer, Dave Solomon, and anyone else I have failed to thank! Your support is much appreciated.
Keep your eyes open for a special event coming in March at the Grace Lutheran Church.
Tanya
Thank you for all your inqueries and thank you for supporting ASC through purchasing CD’s and asking us to play at your events. We truly appreciate it. For those of you who didn’t know, All Strings Considered was broadcast on National Public Radio in the month of June. Dan Maher from the Inland Folk radio program played three tracks from our new CD, and had lots of nice things to say about the three of us. AND, he called our music….”SWEET”!
Our Caffe Mela gig was a big success and we are planning a trip back in the near future. Meanwhile, we have a some private gigs lined up before we’ll be out playing in public again. For those of you who want to catch us live and in person. Here is the tentative schedule until the end of the year, subject to change of course!
Cider Mill (Cashmere) August 30th 2-4pm
Bookstore in Chelan October 5th 2-4pm
Dusty Strings (Seattle) December 6th 5:00pm
We have weddings, appreciate dinners, and harvest celebrations in between those dates.
If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email at valleystrings@aim.com
I will have our webmaster load a more visible way to contact us. Thank you for the feedback on the website.
Tanya
ASC