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| 2/23/18 Wintergrass jammers |
It’s
hard to sketch when your toes are tapping to lively bluegrass music!
For
the fifth year, Urban Sketchers Seattle
met at Wintergrass, the Puget Sound
area’s weekend-long annual bluegrass festival at the Bellevue Hyatt Regency. I missed
it last year because I was out of town, so I was especially looking forward to
this year’s event, which is one of my all-time favorite sketch outings.
As
I sketched the musicians who had gathered in the hotel hallways for impromptu
jams, friends greeted and embraced each other, happily reuniting. Some had
apparently come from distant states to participate in this long-anticipated
event. I overheard them comparing program notes and planning which concerts and
demos to attend. All morning, even as I heard the literal vibes of traditional
music, I also sensed the vibes of happy people doing what they enjoy most –
playing and listening to music. I don’t play an instrument, yet somehow their excitement
felt familiar . . .
And
then I suddenly realized what Wintergrass reminded me of: The Urban Sketchers
Symposium. Instead of sketchbooks, pens and paints, they used fiddles, banjos and
mandolins to express their common passion. Tapping and nodding to the music, I
knew how they felt.
I saw this post over on the Urban Sketchers blog earlier. It is so great that they have a gathering to celebrate and create their music together. I'm sure this is an event I would enjoy...both the music and the chance to sketch the musicians. Nicely done, Tina!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Joan! I look forward to sketching this event every year -- such a great combo of art and music!
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