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Sheiton-Mason County Journal ISLAND Island community plans to host spaghetti feed fundraiser All of Mason County is in- vited to the annual Harstine Is- land spaghetti feed fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sat- urday, May 28. , This has been a long running tradition that brings together the MIKE Community CALLAGHAN Hall, Grange % and Theater Club to create a delicious din- ner. Members of the commu- nity club cook the spaghetti, grange members make the desserts, and the Theater Club serves the wine. Like a great Italian restaurant, you are invited to sit down at a linen covered table, visit with neigh- bets and be served by a great bunch of waiters. Both meat sauces and vegetarian sauces are available. The cost is only $6 for adults and $3 for chil- dren. With prices like that you can bring the whole neighbor- hood - so please join us. The cooks of this fine dinner are looking for a few donations of food - remember this is a fundraiser. They would great- ly appreciate it if you drive past the hall, could you please drop off some canned spa- ghetti sauce, canned tomatoes and some regular spaghetti noodles. The Harstine Island Com- munity Choir's May "H~art Beats" concert series is here. This group has been work- ing for months to prepare the concert. Years ago they started small and have grown into one of the premier choirs in the area. Now is your chance to hear them. They will be performing a group of wonderful love songs like Disney's "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mer- maid, "Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific and "Summertime" from Por- gy and Bess. Mourn through songs of sorrow such as "Danny Boy" and "Barb'ry Ellen." Songs range from master composer's works like Brahms' melodious love songs to today's preeminent choral composers works like Z. Randall Stroope's powerful "Omnia sol" and Morten Lan- ridsen's haunting "I)irait-on'. Harstine Island Community Choir debuts the commissioned love song of local composer and musician, Pat Butler. You can find them at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 20 at United Methodist Church in Shelton; at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 21 at St. Hugh Episcopal Church, Allyn and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 22 at Harst- ine Island Community Hall. Every May, there is a cem- etery clean up the weekend be- fore Memorial Day. If you are available May 21 to help, they will be meeting at 9 a.m. at the island cemetery on Island Drive North. The cemetery is located about 2.9 miles north of the bridge. You will need to bring tools like a weed wacki- er, rake, shovel, wheelbarrow, etc. It usually takes a couple of hours and it is fun to meet and talk with the folks who have been doing this important job for years. COOKIN' See Island on page B-5 Little fiddlers, guitarists and banjo enthusiasts Bluegrass From the Forest last Sunday. gathered for the Chick's Kids workshops and Journal photos by Natalie Johnson performance at Kids keep teacher's legacy alive at Bluegrass From the Forest By NATAUE JOHNSON "Chick's passion was to keep bluegrass music Few people who knew alive by imparting it to Chick Rose Can talk about the next generation," said him without getting emo- Enh Dew,t, who i~elped tional, organize the Chick's Kids Rose, the leader of blue- performance in Rose's ab- grass group Chick's Kids, sence. who perform at bluegrassDuring last weekend's shows around the state, Bluegrass From the Forest died this year, only two Festival at Shelton High months before he was School, longtime friends scheduled to come to Blue- and students of Rose or- grass From the Forest.ganized a bluegrass camp full of workshops and les- structor this year. sons for kids just learning This year, the Chick's to play bluegrass music Kids group had more than to those who had already a dozen kids from around been playing 10 or more the area, some local, some years, who camped with their While ultimately adults parents at the festival, supervise and organizeranging in age from five or -: the event, the ~enage and six to early teens. young adult instructors "It empowers this wiaole i did the actual work, De- new generation of blue- whirst said. grass musicians," De- "[Rose's] goal was to whirstsaid. make it fun and to use ju- One of the young nior instructors - kids re- instructors who made spend to other kids," she these workshops a success said. was Athena Patterson, a In fact, Dewhirst's own daughter acted as an in- See Grass on page B-5 B - Brew your own beer By NATALIE JOHNSON Some people are content with Bud Light, but not Bill Thornton. "Most Americans have gotten used to Miller or Bud but it all tastes the same," Thornton said, "You have a taste test and people can't tell the dif- ference, it's just a really light beer." After being frustrated by bland American beer for too long, Thornton and his wife Done!le began their own beer about ten years ago. This Janu- ary, the Thorntons opened up their own brewing supply shop, Mason County Brewing Supplies, on Cota Street in Shelton. "There is no other beer supply place in this whole county," Thornton said. A serious brewer for only a few years, Thornton had been traveling as far as Bremerton to get brewing supplies and thought Mason County should have a closer option. "We also own an online glass busi- ness. We sell glass to artists," he said. "I really wanted to have another on- line business." Regulations in the brewing supply industry forced the Thorntons to open up the physical storefront downtown, but they also sell supplies online. The process of making beer is actu- ally pretty simple, Thornton said. As long as you have the right supplies, and good guidance, you can't go wrong. "It's really simple, you can do it on a stovetop or outside on the burner," he said. The decision to start brewing his own beer was almost as simple as Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Donelle, left, and Bill Thornton recently opened a brewery supply store in Shelton. making it, Thornton said. "Well, I'm a hell of a beer drinker!" he said. While brewing your own beer takes longer than walking or driving to your nearest convenience store for a Bud Light, the benefits are worth the four week walt, he said. "Usually you make your own beer because it tastes better than store- bought," he said. There really is only one "beginners mistake" that can ruin a whole batch, Thornton said. "Not following directions," he said. Experienced brewers like the Thorntons start the brewing process with grains, he said, but inexperienced See Cook on page B-5 Journal photo by Natalie Johnson The Anna's Bay Chorale practices for their summer concert at the Harmony Hill Retreat Center in Union. Chorale heats up for summer concert By NATALIE JOHNSON Inspired by the success of their performance of Han- deI's "Messiah" in December, the Anna's Bay Chorale is continuing their classical series with Mozart's "Requi- em" this July. "It's an all Mozart program, which fits the cycle we started with 'Messiah," Chorale director Matthew Ble- gen said. "It was clear the choir was ready for a heavy diet of the classics." Blegen said that his goal is to take another step through music history with every new piece the choir performs. Mozart is in the beginning of the classical pe- riod and is heavily influenced by baroque styles, he said. "What we're used to hearing has evolved through western music," he said. "Baroque is all about baroque- ness- showing off." In the Renaissance, music began mirroring the new social idea that individuals have worth, Blegen said. This See Chorale on page B-5 Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1