Say “Alialujah” To Trailers and Cellos

Alialujah Choir at theSou’wester Lodge
Location: Beach Access Road (38th Place), P.O. Box 102, Seaview, WA 98644

The Alialujah Choir is a rotating collection of collaborators including the Portland Cello Project, but it’s core is the trio of Adam Shearer and Alia Farah of Wienland, and Adam Selzer (Norfolk & Wester) founder of the Type Foundry Recording Studio in Portland.

The Sou’wester’s blog page says:

The group was founded after coming together to create a song for OPB’s Live Wire! Radio Show’s “Dearly Departed” benefit album. The band has gone on to record its debut album released by Jealous Butcher Records and garner international awards for the video and song, ‘A House, A Home,’ directed by Mark Smith.

They’ve only played publicly ten times in three years so this is a very cool deal.

Making the weekend even more unique, it’s a “Spartan Only Rally;” yes, it’s the first time Spartan owners have held a rally exclusively for this brand of trailers. Spartans were built by the Spartan Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1960.

Organizers had hoped to bring the first Spartan to ever roll off the assembly line, “The Silver Queen.” Late word from Don Denning, who’s leading the rally, is that the Queen won’t make it to this gathering.

You can see these vintage trailers up close Saturday from 10 to 4. Look for the “Open” signs.

Music and lectures are free at The Sou’Wester Lodge in Seaview, Washington.

Contact Don Denning, rally coordinator, by email at spartanrally@live.com

An avid vintage trailer enthusiast, Don owns two Spartans and has a deep appreciation for the history, design, and overall first rate quality of these trailer-coaches.

To reserve a room or a trailer at The Sou’Wester:
The Sou’Wester Lodge
3728 J Place
Seaview WA, 98644
360-642-2542
souwesterlodge@gmail.com
http://souwesterlodge.com

Posted in Camping, Long Beach penninsula, Northwest coast, Washington
Tagged Adam Selzer, Laura Gibson, Mark Smith, Portland, Portland Cello Project, RV park, Silver Queen, Spartan Aircraft Company, trailers
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Tillamook Cheese & Power Chords

The 57th Tillamook County June Dairy Parade and Festival celebrates the County’s dairy industry and heritage and is, we’re told, the third-largest parade in the state. The 2013 theme was “Clowning Around.” The band you hear is the Power Pep Band from Portland, Oregon. Their motto is: “Power Chords without the Power Cords.”
And, yes, there were Teardrop Trailers there, too. They ventured down from the Trask River Gathering for the parade.
Check out teardroptrailers.org for TOW info.

Oregon Coast, Meet Teardrop. Teardrop, Meet Coast (squidknot.com)
Richard & The Modernistics Aren’t A Band (squidknot.com)
Teardrop Fans Dream Big, But Camp Small (squidknot.com)

Posted in Camping, Northwest coast, Oregon
Tagged Dairy, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, Power chord, Teardrop trailer, Tillamook County Oregon, Trask River
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April 26, 2013

Radiation City Under The Bridge

Here’s the third in a series of videos produced for Portland’s Tender Loving Empire.

Fort George teamed with the indie record label, Tender Loving Empire, to create a Northwest Pale Ale and some cool music, too.

The four-mile deep backdrop of the lower Columbia makes for stunning visuals by Into the Woods, a group dedicated to music media from the Pacific Northwest.

Radiation City’s new album, “Animals in the Median” is out now. Time magazine calls Radiation City one of the “11 Great Bands You Should Know (But Don’t).” The band plays Portland’s Wonder Ballroom Friday, June 28th. Find out more at radiationcity.net